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The bell hung in the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony. It was then moved to make way for the [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympic cauldron]], and stored in the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park|Olympic Park]].<ref name=LOPW>{{cite news |title=Opening Ceremony bell to go on public display|url=http://www.londonolympicparkwatch.com/#/big-bell/4572458798 |publisher=London Olympic Park Watch |date=7 January 2013 |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> The Olympic Park re-opened in July 2013, and in May 2016 the bell was returned and reinstalled on a supporting structure just outside the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic opening ceremony programme pledged that after 200 years the bell would return to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry for retuning,<ref>Olympic opening ceremony programme, page 13</ref> but the foundry closed in 2017.
The bell is not currently rung due to concerns that doing so would disturb nearby residents,
==See also==
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