epw042089 ENGLAND (1933). The Lea Bridge Road football stadium and speedway track, Lea Bridge, 1933

Clapton Orient likely playing here at the time, according to Freddie Brown later it was Leyton Amateurs http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Lea%20Bridge.htm

Old maps tell us these may well have been changing rooms for those using the marsh for sports.

According to one Freddie Brown, Gordon Harker's 1933 film Britannia of Billingsgate was filmed here: Watch the film for free on the BFA website https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-britannia-of-billingsgate-1933-online

Part of the this grandstand is still standing at the end of Rigg Approach. Further details can be found at the defunct speedway website.

There's a very good change this structure remains on the Craig Plant site off Rigg Approach.

Lea Flood Relief channel now runs right to left thru this area.

Argall Way now runs alongside the railway here.

Site of current Lea Valley riding centre.

Ex Great Eastern Railway's Lea Bridge station.

LEA BRIDGE STADIUM (Former Home of Clapton Orient FC & Lea Bridge Speedway Team) The skeletal remains of one of the old stadium stands still exist on this site. Orient played here (often nicknamed The Bridge) between 1930 and 1937, however Orient also played at Wembley Stadium and Highbury due to Lea Bridge Stadium being deemed as unsafe for spectators (a complaint over perimeter fencing which meant that pitch invasion frequently occurred). Lea Bridge gates averaged 7000, and in 1936/1937 Orient's match versus Millwall attracted the ground's highest attendance, 20.400. But the club was never happy at the speedway stadium, and in 1937 rode their final move to Brisbane Road, a mile away in Leyton renaming themselves Leyton Orient. Source: Derelictlondon.com In 1933 Lea Bridge Stadium was used for filming racing scenes for the movie Britannia of Billingsgate.