The complex first opened in 1886.
The Grand Hall and Pillar Hall were completed in 1885. The National Hall … See more

Olympia was originally conceived in the early 1880s as the National Agricultural Hall, a larger version of the Royal Agricultural Hall (1861–62, Grade II) in Islington. The project of building a National Agricultura… See more

The Olympia Exhibition Centre consists of:
• The Grand Hall, the former National Agricultural Hall.
• The Pillar Hall, the former Minor Hall, both of 1885 in Italianate style by Henry Edward Coe with J… See more

• BBC Good Food Show
• Olympia Events International Horse Show
• London Chess Classic
• Pure London… See more

Olympia Hall was the venue for the Aga Khan's UK Padhramni from 1–7 September 1979. Olympia Hall was transformed to a solemn place of prayer clad in red and green textile and the Imamat crest adorned with fresh fl… See more

• A mass meeting of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists was held at Olympia on 7 June 1934 which resulted in clashes with their Socialist and Communist opponents and much press comment.
• A European … See more