WHEN television cameras and Olympic horse riders descend on Greenwich Park in a few weeks, one of the things they will see is the work of schoolchildren.

Youngsters from John Roan, Timbercroft, Alderwood and Invicta schools came together earlier this year to design a sculpture for the park's cross country course.

Depicting Greenwich's most famous buildings from the Old Royal Naval College to The O2, the piece was made out of plywood by Ravensbourne College students.

Unveiled by former Olympic athlete Jonathan Edwards, it is now on display at the bottom of a jump on the course which drops 2 metres to the ground below.

Images of the park's jumps are banned from publication until just days before the contest, but they have a unique style - one resembles a chess board, another looks like an ice cream stall and there's even a jump involving a gallows.

Venue manager Jeremy Edwards said he was pleased with the park's progress, despite delays in work caused by the wet weather,

He said: "These are the last stages - tidying up and dressing the venue."

Mr Edwards claimed he did not expect crowds to churn the mud up, even if rain continues, saying: "We're lucky as we have here a myriad of permanent paths.

"The course has been designed with those in mind and people coming will stay on the paths."