The Olympic Park - six months on: in pictures

At the Aquatics Centre, seats are taken out and the sides of this temporary wing are exposed Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

A massive hole in the side of the Water Polo Arena shows that most of the seats have been removed Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Near the Copper Box Arena, a mini nursery has been set up to store some of the trees that are going to be planted in new areas of the park Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

A huge space is being landscaped for the North Park on the former site of the hockey pitches Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

A lone digger lies on land being relandscaped for the North Park Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Trees are wrapped up to protect them from frost near the main stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Anish Kapoor's Orbit looms in the background as the walkway is landscaped in front of the main stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

The main stadium itself is cordoned off Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Seats and scaffolding are removed from inside the Basketball Arena Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Work continues around the outside of the velodrome Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Outside the Basketball Arena, bare scaffolding surrounds the only sign of any branding from the games Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Inside the Aquatics Centre, a no-swimming sign hangs by the pool, protected from work to take off the two side wings that held the spectator seating areas Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Starting blocks used at the Olympics and Paralympics lie at the end of the pool Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

The diving pool is cordoned off and protected from the work going on around it Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Scaffolders work to take down the mass of poles that supported the seating areas of the Basketball Arena Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian