2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

none 2012 Summer London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Emblem.svg London, United Kingdom Greece, United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Republic of Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey 12,800 km (8,000 miles) 8,000 10 May 2012 27 July 2012 Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby TECOSIM thumb|300px|Simplified 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay route map. The curve does not follow the actual route but merely shows the progress of the torch through the places labelled as follows: LegendEngland1.Land's EndDay 1,Sat19May2.PlymouthDay 1,Sat19May3.ExeterDay 2,Sun20May4.TauntonDay 3,Mon21May5.BristolDay 4,Tue22May6.CheltenhamDay 5,Wed23May7.WorcesterDay 6,Thu24May8.Malvern, WorcestershireDay 7,Fri25MayWales9.CardiffDay 7,Fri25May10.SwanseaDay 8,Sat26May11.AberystwythDay 9,Sun27May12.Bangor, GwyneddDay 10,Mon28MayEngland13.ChesterDay 11,Tue29May14.Stoke-on-TrentDay 12,Wed30May15.BoltonDay 13,Thu31May16.LiverpoolDay 14,Fri1JuneCrown Dependency17.Isle of ManDay 15,Sat2JuneNorthern Ireland18.PortrushDay 16,Sun3June19.DerryDay 17,Mon4June20.NewryDay 18,Tue5JuneRepublic of Ireland21.DublinDay 19,Wed6JuneNorthern Ireland22.BelfastDay 19,Wed6JuneScotland23.GlasgowDay 21,Fri8June24.InvernessDay 22,Sat9June25.OrkneyDay 23,Sun10June26.ShetlandDay 23,Sun10June27.Isle of LewisDay 24,Mon11June28.AberdeenDay 24,Mon11June29.DundeeDay 25,Tue12June30.EdinburghDay 26,Wed13JuneEngland31.AlnwickDay 27,Thu14June32.Newcastle upon TyneDay 28,Fri15June33.Durham, EnglandDay 29,Sat16June34.MiddlesbroughDay 30,Sun17June35.Kingston-upon-HullDay 31,Mon18June36.YorkDay 32,Tue19June37.Carlisle, CumbriaDay 33,Wed20June38.Bowness-on-Windermere Day 34,Thu21June39.BlackpoolDay 35,Fri22June40.ManchesterDay 36,Sat23June41.LeedsDay 37,Sun24June42.SheffieldDay 38,Mon25June43.CleethorpesDay 39,Tue26June44.Lincoln, EnglandDay 40,Wed27June45.NottinghamDay 41,Thu28June46.DerbyDay 42,Fri29June47.BirminghamDay 43,Sat30June48.CoventryDay 44,Sun1July49.LeicesterDay 45,Mon2July50.PeterboroughDay 46,Tue3July51.NorwichDay 47,Wed4July52.IpswichDay 48,Thu5July53.ChelmsfordDay 49,Fri6July54.CambridgeDay 50,Sat7July55.LutonDay 51,Sun8July56.OxfordDay 52,Mon9July57.Reading, BerkshireDay 53,Tue10July58.BasingstokeDay 54,Wed11July59.WinchesterDay 54,Wed11July60.SalisburyDay 54,Wed11July61.Weymouth and PortlandDay 55,Thu12July62.BournemouthDay 56,Fri13July63.SouthamptonDay 57,Sat14JulyCrown Dependencies64.GuernseyDay 58,Sun15July65.JerseyDay 58,Sun15JulyEngland66.PortsmouthDay 58,Sun15July67.Brighton and HoveDay 59,Mon16July68.HastingsDay 60,Tue17July69.DoverDay 61,Wed18July70.MaidstoneDay 62,Thu19July71.GuildfordDay 63,Fri20July72.Waltham ForestDay 64,Sat21July73.BexleyDay 65,Sun22July74.WandsworthDay 66,Mon23July75.EalingDay 67,Tue24July76.HaringeyDay 68,Wed25July77.WestminsterDay 69,Thu26July78.Olympic StadiumDay 70,Fri27July The 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 19 May until 27 July, prior to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The torch bearer selection process was announced on 18 May 2011.17 May 2011 London 2012 torch relay should focus on youth https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8518637/London-2012-Olympics-torch-relay-should-focus-on-youth-says-Locog.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110521045410/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8518637/London-2012-Olympics-torch-relay-should-focus-on-youth-says-Locog.html dead 21 May 2011 The Daily Telegraph 17 May 2011 Jacquelin Magnay As well as touring the United Kingdom the schedule included the three crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, and also the Republic of Ireland. Organization The traditional lighting ceremony took place on 10 May at the Temple of Hera, Olympia, home of the Ancient Olympic Games.London 2012 Olympic Flame is lit in Greece http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/london-2012-olympic-flame-lit-greece.html LOCOG 11 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120510182024/http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/london-2012-olympic-flame-lit-greece.html 10 May 2012 The torch travelled around Greece, arriving at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens on 17 May for the handover ceremony. The UK torch relay lasted 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations. About 8,000 people carried the torch a total distance of about 8,000 miles (12,800 km), starting from Land's End in Cornwall. The route was widely reported and designed in such a way as to ensure that the Torch came within 10 miles of 95% of the UK population. A wide range of people carried the torch around the country, mostly sports men and women, military figures and other local heroes from towns and cities across the UK. A number of celebrities also held the flame on its journey, including Matt Smith, Patrick Stewart, Jamie Oliver, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders (jointly), Rupert Grint, James McAvoy, Melanie C from Spice Girls, boy band The Wanted, English rock trio Muse, dance troupe and Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and Sir Bruce Forsyth.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13426353 BBC News London 2012 Olympic torch relay route revealed 18 May 2011 18 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110518081518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13426353 18 May 2011 live The torch had a day outside of the United Kingdom in Dublin on 6 Junehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1208/breaking40.html Irish Times Dublin to host Olympic Torch' 8 December 2011 9 January 2012 8 September 2012 https://archive.today/20120908110653/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1208/breaking40.html dead (as well as visits to the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). The relay focused on national heritage sites, locations with sporting significance, key sporting events, schools registered with the Get Set School Network, green spaces, biodiversity, 'Live Sites' (locations with large screens), local festivals, and other events.London Culture and 2012 Open Meeting http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lcsg/docs/openmeetings/20091102/presentation3.pdf london.gov.uk 19 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121030062212/http://london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lcsg/docs/openmeetings/20091102/presentation3.pdf 30 October 2012 Following a three-month tour by LOCOG, local authorities submitted ideas to regional government and LOCOG by May 2010.http://www.citylocal.co.uk/Oxford/news-in-Oxford/Oxfordshires-Torch-Relay-for-London-2012-55270/ Oxfordshire's Torch Relay for London 2012 18 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227012848/http://www.citylocal.co.uk/Oxford/news-in-Oxford/Oxfordshires-Torch-Relay-for-London-2012-55270/ 27 February 2012 dead However some counties such as Somerset declined to put forward ideas citing potential costs of up to £300,000.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7552129/Somerset-says-no-to-Olympic-torch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100408220854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7552129/Somerset-says-no-to-Olympic-torch.html dead 8 April 2010 London The Daily Telegraph Somerset says no to Olympic torch 5 April 2010 The start date for the Relay was announced on 26 May 2010, as were the three presenting partners: Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. The nomination campaign for torchbearers was announced on 18 May 2011 and called 'Moment to Shine'.http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/05/search-begins-for-8-000-inspirational-people-to-carry-th.php Search begins for 8,000 inspirational people to carry the Olympic Flame 18 May 2011 18 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110521071428/http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/05/search-begins-for-8-000-inspirational-people-to-carry-th.php 21 May 2011 Journey to the UK thumb|left|The specially painted British Airways Airbus A319 carried the flame from Greece to the United Kingdom On 16 May a British Airways Airbus A319, with custom gold livery and named "The Firefly", flew from Heathrow to Athens to collect the flame.Athens Airport Aviation News 16 May 2012. On 18 May the aircraft flew as flight BA2012 from Athens to RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. The flame was not extinguished during flight, having been classified as a 'ceremonial flame' by the Civil Aviation Authority, but was kept in four Davy lamps secured in a cradle firmly fixed to seats in Row 1. There was enough smokeless fuel to last 30 hours.RNAS Culdrose to welcome Olympic Flame into UK, MoD Press Release, 1 February 2012.Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/article=olympic-flame-for-the-london-2012-games-lit-ancient-olympia.html LOCOG 11 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120510200842/http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/article=olympic-flame-for-the-london-2012-games-lit-ancient-olympia.html 10 May 2012 dead dmy-all18 May 2011 The Olympic Torch Relay http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay LOCOG 18 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110608061845/http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay 8 June 2011 dead The Princess Royal, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Lord Coe, and David Beckham were among 80 invited guests, along with a group of teenagers: rugby player Dennis Coles from East Ayrshire representing Scotland, hockey player Chloe Brown from Bangor representing Northern Ireland, athlete Sean White from Swansea representing Wales, hockey player Georgia Higgs from Cornwall, and Sakinah Muhammad from Hackney representing London.David Beckham to collect Olympic flame, BBC News, 16 May 2012.Clapton collects Olympic Flame https://web.archive.org/web/20120828140427/http://www.clapton.hackney.sch.uk/cp/communications/news/clapton_collects_olympic_flame 2012-08-28 After an overnight stay at RNAS Culdrose, members of 771 Naval Air Squadron took the Flame to Land's End by Sea King helicopter. There the Olympic Cauldron was lit. Olympic sailing star Ben Ainslie ran the first leg of the relay.Naval fliers to get the Olympic flame going on its epic journey https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035345/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4741 2014-03-16 (Navy News) The Torches London 2012 Olympic Torch vertical right 2012 Summer Olympics torch center 2012 Summer Olympics torch @ Cardiff.jpg 150 2012 London Olympics logo The Olympic torch on display in Cardiff, Wales In the summer of 2010, the Design Council were commissioned to prepare the design brief and begin the search for a design for the Torch and related relay artifacts. With more than 800 designers interested in the project, a short list of 22 was presented to Locog. 6 were selected to present designs the selection being made a few months later. The winning design came from Barber Osgerby, led by Edward Barder and Jay Osgerby. Their design of the 2012 Olympic Torches was made of two aluminium alloy skin, perforated by 8,000 holes to represent the 8,000 torchbearers who would carry the flame. Technically the holes also helped to dissipate heat without it being conducted down the handle, and provided extra grip. The triangular shape of torches represented: The three Olympic values – respect, excellence and friendship. The three elements of the Olympic motto – faster, higher, stronger. The three Olympic Games hosted by the United Kingdom (1908, 1948 and 2012). The tri-vision of the 2012 Summer Olympics – sport, education and culture. The gold of the torches represented the qualities of the Olympic flame – brightness and warmth. The torch stands 80 centimetres (31 in) high, weighing 800 grams (1.8 lb).Olympic Torch Relay ... The Torch https://web.archive.org/web/20120501111514/http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/the-torch/ 2012-05-01 To realise this award-winning design, TECOSIM (an engineering company) was responsible for the research, engineering and technical development of the torch and associated relay items including the celebration cauldrons. Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) was used to simulate various scenarios that the torch might encounter during the relay, from environmental conditions to physical damage. Torch bearer safety was of prime importance at all times, so TECOSIM completed rigorous physical testing to validate the design. It was tested to withstand all likely weather conditions, from high winds to rain and snow at altitude utilizing the BMW Climatic Windtunnel in Munich as well as in field-testing. Production of the torches started towards the end of 2011. Fuel LOCOG, together with sustainability partner and sponsor EDF Energy, committed in 2009 to provide a "low-carbon fuel solution for the flames of the Olympic torch and the cauldron".http://www.london2012.com/mm%5CDocument%5CPublications%5CSustainability%5C01%5C24%5C07%5C91%5Clondon-2012-sustainability-plan.pdf London 2012 Sustainability Plan 2nd Edition, December 2009 London 2012 2 December 2009 6 August 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120501215854/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Publications/Sustainability/01/24/07/91/london-2012-sustainability-plan.pdf 1 May 2012 When the torch was unveiled on 8 June 2011, London 2012's chairman Sebastian Coe admitted the failure of the initiative, as "In simple terms, we didn't quite get there ... We just ran [out] of time and we tried very hard to do it". The final design of the torch used a "tried and tested formula" of butane and propane.Gibson Owen https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/08/2012-olympic-torch-green-credentials 2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games' green credentials The Guardian 8 June 2011 6 August 2012 Turnout Around 3,000 people were said to have been at Land's End to send the Torch on its way on Day 1, while Day 2 saw police deliberately limit crowds at the Shaldon Bridge at Teignmouth, Devon, to around 7,000, while the various stages through Plymouth were said to have attracted 55,000.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18119893 Huge crowds turn out to cheer flame 2012-05-19 bbc.com 2012-05-19 en-UK Photographs similarly show crowds up to 10 deep on each side of the road in central Falmouth (Day 1). Arriving in Wales for the first time on Day 8, the torch was reported as being greeted by 25,000 in Caerphilly. Numbers lining the route in no way abated as the days passed, with Bowness by Lake Windermere, for example, mustering 5,000 on Day 34; Skegness, Lincolnshire (a town of less than 20,000 people) featuring 5-deep crowds along both sides of its streets on Day 40; and Maidstone on Day 62 playing host to an estimated 40,000-strong crowd. As the relay reached London, the numbers of people turning out were still more exceptional, with much of Oxford Street featuring crowds 13-deep on both sides (on Day 69). That day ended with a 60,000-strong crowd for the evening events in Hyde Park. The Police Service gave an estimate for the UK as a whole of some 12 million people lining the route for the torch. Controversy In early June, as the torch relay entered its third week, it was revealed that many of those selected to carry torches on the relay were corporate executives with commercial ties to Olympic sponsors.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/06/torchbearers-nominated-olympics-sponsors London 2012: torchbearers picked by sponsors keep flame of commerce alive Ball James 6 June 2012 The Guardian 21 January 2017https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/seb-coe-promised-an-uplifting-torch-relay-to-inspire-a-generation-so-are-these-really-the-role-7815150.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/seb-coe-promised-an-uplifting-torch-relay-to-inspire-a-generation-so-are-these-really-the-role-7815150.html 2022-05-01 subscription Seb Coe promised an 'uplifting torch relay to inspire a generation'. So are these really the role models to do it? Peck Tom 4 June 2016 The Independent 21 January 2017 Notable bearers Jonathan Gavin carried the Olympic Torch through Cumbernauld, Scotland, on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 after being nominated to be a Torchbearer by the British Judo Association.2013-02-11 Judo champion Josh Gavin's funeral to take place in Alloa https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21415224 2026-09-05 BBC News en-GBCommunications and Community Team Leader Clackmannanshire Council Provost Leads Tributes to Josh Gavin https://www.clacks.gov.uk/council/press/?release=3371 2026-09-05 www.clacks.gov.uk Clackmannanshire Council en Security thumb|left|The torch relay crossing Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, Wales, the Torch Security Team are seen jogging either side the torch bearer. The torch was escorted by a team of trained officers from the Metropolitan Police Service known as the Torch Security Team. These were chosen from 644 initial applications through an eight-month selection process. Their primary role was to protect the Olympic and Paralympic Flames as well as ensuring the safety of the torchbearer. These "runners" formed part of a wider torch security team which consisted of motorcyclists, pedal cyclists, senior officers and operational planners. Incidents Near Land's End, one man broke past the pace car but was swiftly tackled to the ground by the Torch Security Team, as he was thought to be trying to reach the torchbearer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-18128245 BBC News – Olympic torch tackle man near Land's End Bbc.co.uk 2012-05-19 2012-09-13 In Derry, Northern Ireland, scuffles broke out between police and republican protesters, as they blocked the planned route near the Guildhall. Consequently, the relay was forced to divert in order to reach the Peace Bridge.Olympic torch trouble in Londonderry At Bishop Auckland in County Durham, the torchbearer was Kieran Maxwell, a 13-year-old from Newton Aycliffe. He had been diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in 2010 and lost part of his left leg. He fell whilst carrying the torch but was quickly helped to his feet by the Torch Security Team.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18471953 Boy continues after fall with torch BBC News 16 June 2012 BBC 17 June 2012 As the torch was leaving Headingley towards Leeds, a man with a bucket of water was seen in the crowd. He was swiftly tackled by the security team before he could empty the contents.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/olympic-torch-in-leeds-owzat-for-a-welcome-on-the-sunshine-streets-1-4676619 Olympic torch in Leeds: Owzat for a welcome on the sunshine streets Yorkshire Evening Post 24 June 2012 On 25 June UK Uncut staged protests against changes to the National Health Service as the torch travelled past the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions/893 UK Uncut stage torch protests in Sheffield UK Uncut 14 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121114140735/http://ukuncut.org.uk/actions/893 14 November 2012 dead A male streaker with 'Free Tibet' written on his back was arrested on 10 July, after running in front of the torch as it passed through Henley-on-Thames. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18782634 Olympic torch: Man charged after 'Free Tibet' streak BBC BBC News 10 July 2012 10 July 2012http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/streaker-flies-flag-free-tibet Streaker Flies the Flag for Free Tibet Free Tibet Campaign 11 July 2012 A 17-year-old was arrested on 20 July in Gravesend, Kent after unsuccessfully attempting to grab the torch while screaming 'Allahu Akbar'. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/july/20/torch_grab_attempt.aspx Teen arrested after Olympic torch grab attempt in Gravesend 20 July 2012 22 July 2012 22 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120722051053/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/july/20/torch_grab_attempt.aspx dead Modes of transport As well as road runners, the Flame was conveyed on other modes of transport, sometimes kept in Davy lamps. thumb|The Olympic torch being punted down the River Cam during the Cambridge leg of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. On water, the torch rode in a power boat in Bristol Harbour,Bristol Sailability http://www.bristolsailability.org.uk/site/aiming_high_41.asp Aiming High 25 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130612233653/http://www.bristolsailability.org.uk/site/aiming_high_41.asp 2013-06-12 deadThe Olympic Torch Relay in Bristol http://visitbristol.co.uk/events/the-olympic-torch-relay-in-bristol-p1328923 Visit Bristol 25 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120510105809/http://visitbristol.co.uk/events/the-olympic-torch-relay-in-bristol-p1328923 10 May 2012 dead in an RNLI lifeboat along the Menai Strait,Hutchinson Claire Olympic torch's street-by-street route through Wales revealed http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/03/19/olympic-torch-s-street-by-street-route-through-wales-revealed-91466-30568715/ 25 March 2012 Wales Online 19 March 2012 by ferry on the Mersey Ferry,London 2012: Liverpool's Olympic torch route revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17399537 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 and by the steamboat MV Tern across Windermere.Highlight moments http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/highlight-moments/ london2012.com 25 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120424210559/http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/highlight-moments/ 24 April 2012London 2012: Olympic torch set for Windermere steamer ride https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-15558474 25 March 2012 BBC News 7 November 2011 In unpowered watercraft, it was punted along the River Cam in Cambridge,London 2012: Cambridgeshire Olympic torch route revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17387108 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 and rowed along the River Medway in Maidstone.Kent's street-by-street Olympic Torch relay route http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/kent_s_street_by_street_olympic_torch_relay_route_1_1241820 25 March 2012 Kent News 19 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120618040455/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/kent_s_street_by_street_olympic_torch_relay_route_1_1241820 2012-06-18 dead Its final journey to the Olympic Stadium on 27 July was by speedboat, piloted by footballer David Beckham along the River Thames.Dillman Lisa London Olympics: Message is unity as youngsters light the torch https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-xpm-2012-jul-27-la-sp-london-olympics-games-youngsters-light-torch-20120727-story.html 30 July 2012 Los Angeles Times 27 July 2012 Over rail the torch was hauled by steam locomotives of various gauges. The LMS Royal Scot Class locomotive No. 6115 Scots Guardsman conveyed it on the East Coast Main Line between York and Thirsk.Olympic Torch: Flame boards steam train for York to Carlisle leg https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18508981 20 June 2012 BBC News 20 June 2012 Scots Guardsman was used as a substitute for No. 4472 Flying Scotsman. It was discovered soon after returning from a long overhaul that Flying Scotsman had many unnoticed cracks on it that needed repairing urgently and as a result, the iconic and famous 'Scotsman' was unable to return to service in time to haul the Olympic Torch.London 2012: Flying Scotsman out of Olympic torch relay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17405264 25 March 2012 BBC News 16 March 2012 Trips were also taken on standard gauge heritage railways at the Great Central Railway,Ache Isaac Charnwood's Olympic Torch Relay route revealed http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/loughborough-news/2012/03/19/charnwood-s-olympic-torch-relay-route-revealed-73871-30569243/ 25 March 2012 Loughborough Echo 19 March 2012 North Yorkshire Moors RailwayLondon 2012: North Yorkshire torch relay route revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17403994 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 and Severn Valley RailwayTomaney William Olympic Torch relay route announced http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/9598890.Olympic_Torch_relay_route_announced/ 25 March 2012 The Shuttle 19 March 2012 On smaller gauges the torch visited the Ffestiniog Railway and a miniature railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.London 2012: Humber Olympic torch relay route revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17403988 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 It was taken up funicular railways the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway, Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway,London 2012: Sussex Olympic torch relay route announced https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17403668 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 and Great Orme Tramway, as well as the narrow gauge rack railway the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Electric trams carried the torch on the Blackpool tramwayFylde coast Olympic torch route revealed http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/fylde-coast-olympic-torch-route-revealed-1-4361437 25 March 2012 The Gazette 19 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120617045405/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/fylde-coast-olympic-torch-route-revealed-1-4361437 17 June 2012 dead and Manx Electric Railway.London 2012: Olympic torch to be carried in TT sidecar https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-15572598 25 March 2012 BBC News 7 November 2011 After it arrived in London the torch took a trip on the London Underground between Wimbledon and Wimbledon Park.Olympic torch: Flame rides on London Underground train https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18959017 30 July 2012 BBC News 24 July 2012 By road, the torch would complete 80% of its tour, in a security van. A road train was used in the Mumbles and it rode on an open top bus through the Cumbrian countryside.London 2012: Cumbria Olympic torch relay route revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17385891 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 The torch was transported on three wheels by a TT motorcycle sidecar on the Isle of Man, by a Paralympic road cycle around Brands Hatch motor racing circuitOlympic torch to lap Brands Hatch this summer! http://news.brandshatch.co.uk/olympic-torch-to-lap-brands-hatch-this-summer.aspx 25 March 2012 BrandsHatch 19 March 2012September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes and by mountain bike at the Hadleigh Farm course in Essex.London 2012: Essex Olympic torch relay route details revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17382354 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 Horses were used when the torch was carried at the Cheltenham and Chester racecourses. It was carried on a Cob horse in Aberaeron and hauled by horse-drawn tram on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. Journeys by air were taken when the torch travelled by zip wire from the top of the Tyne Bridge to the Gateshead riversideJune 2012,London 2012: Olympic flame to zip-wire from Tyne Bridge in Newcastle https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15528021 25 March 2012 BBC News 7 November 2011 and when conveyed by cable car up the Heights of Abraham.London 2012: Olympic torch to ride Derbyshire cable car during relay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15553806 25 March 2012 BBC News 7 November 2011 It was also suspended over water as it was transported by the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge over the River Tees.London 2012: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge hosts torch relay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-17382712 25 March 2012 BBC News 19 March 2012 Route in Greece thumb|Olympic Torch Relay in Greece thumb|Day 3 Patra Ceremony DateLondon 2012: The 1,018 communities which the torch will visit https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13395096 7 April 2018 BBC BBC.com 7 November 2011border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 10 Olympia Pyrgos Amaliada Gastouni Lechaina Corinth Piraeus border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 11 Chania Rethymno Agios Nikolaos (Chania) Heraklion Kastelorizo border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 12 Piraeus Patras Rio–Antirrio bridge Antirrio Amfilochia Preveza Parga Igoumenitsa Ioannina border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 13 Ioannina Kozani Veroia Thessaloniki Kavala border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 14 Kavala Komotini Kipoi Border crossing between Greece and Turkey Alexandroupoli Xanthi Drama border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 15 Drama Serres Katerini Larissa Volos Lamia border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 16 Lamia Chalkida Athens Acropolis of Athens border:none; width:400px background:none; text-align:left on May 17 Athens Panathenaic Stadium Route in the UK and Ireland thumb|Day 1: Olympic Torch Relay leaves Land's End. thumb|Day 3: Olympic Torch Relay reaches the County Ground in Taunton. thumb|Day 14: The flame passing between two torches in Burscough, Lancashire. thumb|Day 15: The torch being carried through Onchan, Isle of Man. thumb|Day 19: The torch in Dublin, Ireland. thumb|Day 37: Torch relay handover in Oldham, Greater Manchester. thumb|Day 46: A warning sign for traffic in Stamford, Lincolnshire ahead of the flame passing through the town thumb|Day 50: The Olympic flame being transferred into a lantern in Cambridge for safe-keeping overnight. thumb|Day 54: Fundraiser Damien Davis from Cricklade carries the Olympic Flame through Ludgershall in Wiltshire. thumb|Day 66: Lucy Caslon founder and director of the charity Msizi Africa waits to receive the Olympic Flame in Sutton, South London thumb|Day 68: Gold medalist Beckie Scott being handed the torch in Brent, North West London. thumb|In the week preceding the Olympics, the National Theatre in London set up a 'Fire Garden' to celebrate the torch relay. DateLondon 2012: The 1,018 communities which the torch will visit https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13395096 7 April 2018 BBC BBC.com 7 November 2011Mapborder:none; width:400px background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 19 May (day 1): Land's End to Plymouth Land's End Sennen Newlyn Penzance Marazion Rosudgeon Ashton Breage Helston Falmouth Truro Newquay St Stephen St Austell Stenalees Bugle Lanivet Bodmin Liskeard Saltash Plymouth border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 20 May (day 2): Plymouth to Exeter Brixton Yealmpton Modbury Kingsbridge West Charleton Chillington Torcross Stoke Fleming Dartmouth Totnes Paignton Torquay Teignmouth Exeter border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 21 May (day 3): Exeter to Taunton Okehampton Folly Gate Hatherleigh Merton Great Torrington Bideford Sticklepath Barnstaple Wrafton Braunton Knowle Ilfracombe Combe Martin Lynton Lynmouth Porlock Minehead Dunster Carhampton Washford Williton Taunton border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 22 May (day 4): Taunton to Bristol Ilminster Yeovil Ilchester Somerton Street Glastonbury Coxley Wells Croscombe Shepton Mallet Frome Southwick Trowbridge Bradford on Avon Bath Bitton Longwell Green Hanham Bristol border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 23 May (day 5): Bristol to Cheltenham Flax Bourton Backwell Nailsea Failand Leigh Woods Bristol Chippenham Calne Marlborough Chiseldon Wroughton Royal Wootton Bassett Swindon Cirencester Stroud Painswick Brockworth Shurdington Cheltenham border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 24 May (day 6): Gloucester to Worcester Gloucester Maisemore Hartpury Corse Staunton Ledbury Bartestree Lugwardine Hereford Leominster Ludlow Clee Hill Cleobury Mortimer Far Forest Callow Hill Bewdley Kidderminster Droitwich Spa Fernhill Heath Worcester border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 25 May (day 7): Worcester to Cardiff Powick Malvern Malvern Wells Ross-on-Wye Monmouth Raglan Abergavenny Brynmawr Blaenavon Abersychan Pontypool Newport Cardiff border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 26 May (day 8): Cardiff to Swansea Dinas Powys Barry Caerphilly Pontypridd Merthyr Tydfil Treherbert Ynyswen Treorchy Nantymoel Ogmore Vale Bryncethin Bridgend Laleston Pyle Margam Taibach Port Talbot Briton Ferry Neath Swansea border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 27 May (day 9): Swansea to Aberystwyth Llanelli Burry Port Kidwelly Carmarthen Haverfordwest Fishguard Newport Cardigan Sarnau Brynhoffnant Llanarth Aberaeron Llanon Llanrhystud Aberystwyth border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 28 May (day 10): Aberystwyth to Bangor Bow Street Tal-y-bont Tre-Taliesin Machynlleth Dolgellau Llan Ffestiniog Blaenau Ffestiniog Porthmadog Criccieth Pwllheli Bontnewydd Caernarfon Y Felinheli Bangor border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 29 May (day 11): Beaumaris to Chester Beaumaris Menai Bridge Conwy Deganwy Llandudno Penrhyn Bay Rhos-on-Sea Colwyn Bay Old Colwyn Abergele Towyn Kinmel Bay Rhyl Rhuddlan Connah's Quay Shotton Queensferry Hawarden Saltney Chester border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 30 May (day 12): Chester to Stoke-on-Trent Wrexham Rhostyllen Acrefair Trevor Oswestry Pant Llanymynech Welshpool Shrewsbury Cressage Much Wenlock Benthall Broseley Ironbridge Telford Newport Gnosall Haughton Stafford Shelton Stoke-on-Trent border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 31 May (day 13): Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton Cobridge Burslem Middleport Crewe Congleton Macclesfield Knutsford Runcorn Widnes Warrington Lowton Abram Wigan Scholes Ince Hindley Westhoughton Bolton border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 1 June (day 14): Bolton to Liverpool Horwich Chorley Euxton Croston Burscough Ormskirk Southport Ainsdale Formby Crosby St Helens Huyton Knotty Ash Old Swan Birkenhead Liverpool border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 2 June (day 15): Liverpool to Castletown Douglas Laxey Onchan Ballasalla CastletownUK England 300 right UK England Land's End right Land's End 50.068611 -5.716111 UK England Plymouth right Plymouth 50.371397 -4.142431 UK England Exeter right Exeter 50.7218 -3.533617 UK England Taunton right Taunton 51.019 -3.1 UK England Bristol right Bristol 51.45 -2.583333 UK England Cheltenham right Cheltenham 51.883333 -2.066667 UK England Gloucester left Gloucester 51.864245 -2.238156 UK England Worcester right Worcester, England 52.19123 -2.22231 UK England Malvern left Malvern, Worcestershire 52.108411 -2.326384 UK England Cardiff bottom Cardiff 51.485278 -3.186667 UK England Swansea left Swansea 51.616667 -3.95 UK England Aberystwyth left Aberystwyth 52.414 -4.081 UK England Bangor left Bangor, Gwynedd 53.228 -4.128 UK England Chester right Chester 53.1926 -2.8912 UK England Stoke-on-Trent right Stoke-on-Trent 53 -2.183333 UK England Bolton right Bolton 53.578474 -2.429914 UK England Liverpool left Liverpool 53.4 -3 UK England Isle of Man right Isle of Man 54.15 -4.483333border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 3 June (day 16): Belfast to Portrush Belfast Holywood Bangor Newtownards Comber Dundonald Stormont Newtownabbey Carrickfergus Glynn Larne Drains Bay Ballygalley Glenarm Carnlough Glenariff Cushendall Ballycastle Dervock Bushmills Portrush border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 4 June (day 17): River Bann to Derry River Bann Coleraine Articlave Castlerock Downhill Bellarena Limavady Ballykelly Greysteel Derry border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 5 June (day 18): Derry to Newry Newbuildings Magheramason Bready Ballymagorry Strabane Sion Mills Omagh Dromore Irvinestown Enniskillen Fivemiletown Clogher Augher Aughnacloy Caledon Armagh Portadown Gilford Banbridge Newry border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 6 June (day 19): Dublin to Belfast Dublin Newry Lisburn Belfast border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 7 June (day 20): Newcastle to Moorfields Newcastle Dundrum Clough Downpatrick Crossgar Saintfield Ballynahinch Templepatrick Antrim Ballyronan Magherafelt Ballymena MoorfieldsUK Northern Ireland 300 right UK Northern Ireland Belfast right Belfast 54.597 -5.93 UK Northern Ireland Portrush right Portrush 55.20474 -6.65222 UK Northern Ireland River Bann right River Bann 54.9927 -6.6101 UK Northern Ireland Derry right Derry 54.9958 -7.3074 UK Northern Ireland Newry right Newry 54.176 -6.349 UK Northern Ireland Newcastle right Newcastle, County Down 54.21 -5.89 UK Northern Ireland Moorfields right Moorfields, County Antrim 54.82 -6.16border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 8 June (day 21): Stranraer to Glasgow Stranraer Cairnryan Ballantrae Girvan Turnberry Maidens Kirkoswald Maybole Alloway Ayr Kilmarnock Kilmaurs Stewarton Dunlop Barrmill Beith Lochwinnoch Kilmacolm Port Glasgow Rutherglen Giffnock Glasgow border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 9 June (day 22): Glasgow to Inverness Bearsden Clydebank Dumbarton Luss Tarbet Crianlarich Tyndrum Glencoe North Ballachulish Fort William Spean Bridge Fort Augustus Invermoriston Lewiston Drumnadrochit Inverness border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 10 June (day 23): Kirkwall to Lerwick Kirkwall Lerwick border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 11 June (day 24): Stornoway to Aberdeen Stornoway Inverness Aviemore Carrbridge Grantown-on-Spey Tomintoul Crathie Ballater Dinnet Aboyne Kincardine O'Neil Banchory Drumoak Peterculter Bieldside Cults Aberdeen border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 12 June (day 25): Aberdeen to Dundee Stonehaven Marykirk Hillside Montrose Brechin Forfar Meigle Coupar Angus Woodside Burrelton Balbeggie Scone Scone Palace Perth Abernethy Newburgh Cupar Dairsie Guardbridge Leuchars Dundee border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 13 June (day 26): St Andrews to Edinburgh St Andrews Milnathort Kinross Crook of Devon Alloa Bridge of Allan Dunblane Stirling Cumbernauld Larbert Camelon Falkirk Skinflats Cairneyhill Crossford Dunfermline Hopetoun House Broxburn EdinburghUK Scotland 300 right UK Scotland Stranraer left Stranraer 54.9 -5.024 UK Scotland Glasgow left Glasgow 55.858 -4.259 UK Scotland Inverness right Inverness 57.4717 -4.2254 UK Scotland Kirkwall right Kirkwall 59 -3 UK Scotland Lerwick right Lerwick 60.1529 -1.1492 UK Scotland Stornoway right Stornoway 58.209435 -6.3848 UK Scotland Aberdeen right Aberdeen 57.1526 -2.11 UK Scotland Dundee left Dundee 56.464167 -2.970278 UK Scotland St Andrews right St Andrews 56.339775 -2.796721 UK Scotland Edinburgh right Edinburgh 55.949444 -3.160278border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 14 June (day 27): Edinburgh to Alnwick Duddingston Musselburgh Dalkeith Lasswade Loanhead Bilston Milton Bridge Penicuik Eddleston Peebles Innerleithen Walkerburn Selkirk Galashiels Earlston Gordon Greenlaw Duns Chirnside Foulden Berwick-upon-Tweed Bamburgh Alnwick border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 15 June (day 28): Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne Hipsburn Warkworth Amble Ashington Choppington Morpeth Hartford Bedlington Blyth Whitley Bay Cullercoats Tynemouth North Shields Howdon Wallsend Newcastle upon Tyne border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 16 June (day 29): Gateshead to Durham Gateshead South Shields Whitburn Sunderland Low Fell Blaydon-on-Tyne Prudhoe Stocksfield Hexham Riding Mill Consett Moorside Castleside Tow Law Esh Langley Park Durham border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 17 June (day 30): Durham to Middlesbrough Sherburn Sherburn Hill Haswell Plough Peterlee Horden Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool Billingham Sedgefield Bishop Auckland Shildon Middridge Newton Aycliffe Beaumont Hill Harrowgate Hill Darlington Stockton-on-Tees Middlesbrough border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 18 June (day 31): Middlesbrough to Hull Redcar Marske-by-the-Sea Saltburn-by-the-Sea Brotton Carlin How Loftus Hinderwell Lythe Sandsend Whitby Pickering Scarborough Filey Bridlington Beverley Hull border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 19 June (day 32): Hull to York Brough Goole Camblesforth Selby Monk Fryston Barkston Ash Tadcaster Boston Spa Wetherby Harewood Knaresborough Harrogate Ripon York border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 20 June (day 33): York to Carlisle Thirsk Northallerton Aiskew Bedale Aysgarth Leyburn Richmond Barnard Castle Brough Appleby-in-Westmorland Penrith Carlisle border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 21 June (day 34): Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere Dumfries Annan Eastriggs Gretna Carlisle Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Whitehaven Cockermouth Keswick Grasmere Ambleside Bowness-on-Windermere border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 22 June (day 35): Kendal to Blackpool Kendal Milnthorpe Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe Lancaster Garstang St Michael's on Wyre Fleetwood Cleveleys Blackpool border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 23 June (day 36): Lytham St Annes to Manchester Lytham St Annes Warton Preston Blackburn Accrington Burnley Crawshawbooth Reedsholme Rawtenstall Rochdale Heywood Bury Whitefield Prestwich Higher Broughton Cheetham Hill Manchester border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 24 June (day 37): Salford to Leedshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/19_03_12_torchday37.pdf Torchbearer Street Route - Day 37 19 March 2012 news.bbc.co.uk 20 November 2019 Salford Trafford Moss Side Rusholme Longsight Levenshulme Stockport Ashton-under-Lyne Oldham Marsh Huddersfield Brighouse Halifax Bradford Keighley Skipton Ilkley Headingley Potternewton Harehills Richmond Hill Leeds border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 25 June (day 38): Leeds to Sheffield Hunslet Beeston Morley Batley Dewsbury Wakefield Castleford Pontefract Ackworth Lundwood Cundy Cross Barnsley Darton Kexbrough Chapeltown Ecclesfield Parson Cross Sheffield border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 26 June (day 39): Sheffield to Cleethorpes Rotherham Templeborough Dalton Thrybergh Conisbrough Warmsworth Doncaster Armthorpe Dunsville Hatfield Scunthorpe Brigg Wrawby Immingham Grimsby Cleethorpes border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 27 June (day 40): Grimsby to Lincoln Grimsby Louth Legbourne Withern Maltby le Marsh Mablethorpe Trusthorpe Sutton-on-Sea Mumby Hogsthorpe Ingoldmells Winthorpe Skegness Wainfleet All Saints Wrangle Boston Sleaford Bracebridge Heath Lincoln border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 28 June (day 41): Lincoln to Nottingham Saxilby Darlton East Markham Tuxford Kirton Boughton Edwinstowe Mansfield Kelham Newark-on-Trent Balderton Grantham Radcliffe-on-Trent Nottingham border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 29 June (day 42): Nottingham to Derby Glapwell Bolsover Calow Chesterfield Matlock Darley Dale Bakewell Buxton Ashbourne Derby border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 30 June (day 43): Derby to Birmingham Burton upon Trent Streethay Lichfield Hopwas Tamworth Great Wyrley Newtown Bloxwich Leamore Birchills Walsall Willenhall Wolverhampton Dudley Oldbury West Bromwich Smethwick Birmingham border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 1 July (day 44): Birmingham to Coventry Solihull Earlswood Redditch Astwood Bank Alcester Evesham Wickhamford Broadway Chipping Campden Newbold on Stour Alderminster Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick Leamington Spa Kenilworth Coventry border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 2 July (day 45): Coventry to Leicester Rugby Dunchurch Northampton Wellingborough Isham Kettering Geddington Corby Dingley Market Harborough Lubenham Foxton Kibworth Harcourt Oadby Leicester border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 3 July (day 46): Leicester to Peterborough Quorn Loughborough Hoton Wymeswold Asfordby Melton Mowbray Langham Oakham Uppingham Stamford Peterborough border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 4 July (day 47): Peterborough to Norwich Market Deeping Thurlby Bourne Spalding Moulton Whaplode Holbeach Long Sutton King's Lynn South Wootton West Rudham East Rudham Fakenham Holt Cromer Aylsham NorwichUK Northern England 300 right UK Northern England Alnwick right Alnwick 55.4134 -1.7069 UK Northern England Newcastle right Newcastle upon Tyne 54.974 -1.6132 UK Northern England Gateshead top Gateshead 54.9526 -1.6034 UK Northern England Durham right Durham, England 54.7761 -1.5733 UK Northern England Middlesbrough right Middlesbrough 54.573889 -1.233333 UK Northern England Hull right Kingston upon Hull 53.744333 -0.3325 UK Northern England York right York 53.958333 -1.080278 UK Northern England Carlisle right Carlisle, Cumbria 54.891 -2.9439 UK Northern England Dumfries right Dumfries 55.0708 -3.605120 UK Northern England Bowness-on-Windermere left Bowness-on-Windermere 54.3644 -2.9181 UK Northern England Kendal right Kendal 54.328 -2.74629 UK Northern England Blackpool top Blackpool 53.814167 -3.050278 UK Northern England Lytham St Annes left Lytham St Annes 53.756 -3.021319 UK Northern England Manchester bottom Manchester 53.466667 -2.233333 UK Northern England Salford top Salford 53.4875 -2.290126 UK Northern England Bradford top Bradford 53.8313 -1.8431 UK Northern England Leeds right Leeds 53.799722 -1.549167 UK Northern England Sheffield top Sheffield 53.383611 -1.466944 UK Northern England Cleethorpes bottom Cleethorpes 53.5533 -0.02155 UK Northern England Grimsby right Grimsby 53.5674 -0.0807 UK Northern England Lincoln right Lincoln, England 53.2327 -0.5376 UK Northern England Nottingham right Nottingham 52.95 -1.133333 UK Northern England Derby left Derby 52.921944 -1.475833 UK Northern England Birmingham left Birmingham 52.4796 -1.903 UK Northern England Coventry bottom Coventry 52.408056 -1.510556 UK Northern England Leicester left Leicester 52.63422 -1.13852 UK Northern England Peterborough bottom Peterborough 52.583333 -0.25 UK Northern England Norwich top Norwich 52.628333 1.296667border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 5 July (day 48): Norwich to Ipswich Acle Filby Great Yarmouth Lowestoft Wrentham Reydon Southwold Kelsale Saxmundham Aldeburgh Wickham Market Ufford Melton Woodbridge Felixstowe Ipswich border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 6 July (day 49): Ipswich to Chelmsford Colchester Hatfield Peverel Heybridge Maldon Rayleigh Southend-on-Sea Hadleigh Basildon Grays Herongate Brentwood Chelmsford border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 7 July (day 50): Chelmsford to Cambridge Harlow Waltham Abbey Waltham Cross Hertford Ware Bishop's Stortford Stansted Mountfitchet Newport Saffron Walden Haverhill Bury St Edmunds Newmarket Cambridge border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 8 July (day 51): Cambridge to Luton St Ives Huntingdon Bedford Cotton End Letchworth Stevenage Welwyn Garden City Hatfield St Albans Hemel Hempstead Luton border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 9 July (day 52): Luton to Oxford Dunstable Milton Keynes Bletchley Buckingham Winslow Whitchurch Aylesbury Stoke Mandeville Aylesbury Waddesdon Bicester Kirtlington Woodstock Kidlington Oxford border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 10 July (day 53): Oxford to Reading Abingdon-on-Thames Wallingford Crowmarsh Gifford Nettlebed Henley-on-Thames Bisham (Bisham Abbey) Maidenhead Slough Windsor Egham Ascot Bracknell Reading border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 11 July (day 54): Reading to Salisbury Theale Thatcham Newbury Basingstoke Kings Worthy Winchester Andover Ludgershall Tidworth Amesbury Winterbourne Salisbury border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 12 July (day 55): Salisbury to Weymouth Wilton Barford St Martin Fovant Ludwell Shaftesbury Fontmell Magna Iwerne Minster Stourpaine Blandford Forum Winterborne Whitechurch Milborne St Andrew Puddletown Dorchester Winterbourne Abbas Bridport Chideock Lyme Regis Burton Bradstock Abbotsbury Portesham Chickerell Wyke Regis Osprey Quay Weymouth border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 13 July (day 56): Portland Bill to Bournemouth Portland Bill Southwell Weston Easton Portland Fortuneswell Weymouth Preston Osmington Winfrith Newburgh Wool Corfe Castle Swanage Stoborough Wareham Sandford Lytchett Minster Upton Hamworthy Poole Ashley Cross Branksome Wallisdown BournemouthEngland 300 right UK England Ipswich right Ipswich 52.059444 1.155556 UK England Chelmsford right Chelmsford 51.7361 0.4798 UK England Cambridge right Cambridge 52.208056 0.1225 UK England Luton right Luton 51.9 -0.433333 UK England Oxford left Oxford 51.751944 -1.257778 UK England Reading right Reading, Berkshire 51.454167 -0.973056 UK England Salisbury left Salisbury 51.074 -1.7936 UK England Weymouth left Weymouth, Dorset 50.6144 -2.4576 UK England Portland Bill bottom Portland Bill 50.5176 -2.4546 UK England Bournemouth right Bournemouth 50.72 -1.88border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 14 July (day 57): Bournemouth to Southampton Boscombe Christchurch Lyndhurst Brockenhurst Lymington Totland Yarmouth Carisbrooke Newport East Cowes Southampton border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 15 July (day 58): Southampton to Portsmouth Saint Peter Port Saint Helier Fareham Bridgemary Gosport PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 300 right United Kingdom Southampton left Southampton 50.89696 -1.40416 United Kingdom Guernsey left Guernsey 49.45 -2.55 United Kingdom Jersey left Jersey 49.19 -2.11 United Kingdom Portsmouth right Portsmouth 50.816667 -1.083333border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 16 July (day 59): Portsmouth to Brighton and Hove Petersfield Rogate Midhurst Easebourne Tillington Petworth Duncton Chichester North Bersted South Bersted Bognor Regis Woodgate Westergate Arundel Worthing Lancing West Blatchington Brighton and Hove border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 17 July (day 60): Brighton and Hove to Hastings Crawley Copthorne Felbridge East Grinstead Royal Tunbridge Wells Crowborough Lewes Eastbourne Pevensey Bexhill-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea Hastings border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 18 July (day 61): Hastings to Dover Rye Hamstreet Ashford Hythe Sandgate Folkestone Dover border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 19 July (day 62): Deal to Maidstone Deal Sholden Sandwich Great Stonar Cliffsend St Lawrence Ramsgate Broadstairs St Peter's Cliftonville Margate Westgate-on-Sea Birchington-on-Sea Upstreet Sturry Canterbury Thanington Without Faversham Challock Harrietsham Maidstone border:none background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left on 20 July (day 63): Maidstone to Guildford Chatham Gillingham Rochester Higham Gravesend Borough Green Seal Sevenoaks Riverhead Godstone Bletchingley Redhill Reigate Dorking Westcott Shere Godalming GuildfordUK England Southeast 300 right UK England Southeast Brighton and Hove left Brighton and Hove 50.827778 -0.152778 UK England Southeast Hastings right Hastings 50.86 0.572 UK England Southeast Dover right Dover 51.1295 1.3089 UK England Southeast Deal left Deal, Kent 51.2224 1.40166 UK England Southeast Maidstone top Maidstone 51.272 0.529 UK England Southeast Guildford left Guildford 51.2354 -0.5746border:none background:none; 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The torch arrived aboard a speedboat piloted by David Beckham, via the Limehouse Cut. Steve Redgrave received the flame from young footballer Jade Bailey,http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/your_local_areas/9847821.WALTHAM_FOREST__Residents_play_starring_roles_in_Olympics_opening_ceremony/ Footballer Jade Bailey, who travelled with the Olympic Torch in a speedboat driven by David Beckham, was among dozens of Waltham Forest residents who starred in the opening ceremony. Waltham Forest Guardian 1 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225810/http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/your_local_areas/9847821.WALTHAM_FOREST__Residents_play_starring_roles_in_Olympics_opening_ceremony/ 2013-12-02 deadhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19037111 David Beckham did drive the speed boat during ceremony BBC 29 July 2012 the torchbearer on the boat, and carried it into the Olympic Stadium. Then Redgrave handed the torch to seven young athletes, each one nominated by an athlete. The athletes then each applied their torch to one of the 204 petals, which then lit and converged to create the cauldron, which was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. See also 2012 Summer Paralympics torch relay Real Relay Episode 4466, episode of EastEnders in which the torch was carried (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24q1nu-hg4) References 40em External links x-sT_aryigg London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay - Olympia Lighting Ceremony SqEDqj2JQp0 London Receives The Olympic Flame - Handover Ceremony Ei54TO1VBlM Olympic Cauldron is lit for London 2012 http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay Full-screen interactive map based on OpenStreetMap BBC's coverage of the torch relay (includes full route) Torch relay's GPS route taken from the BBC's tracking feed Torch Relay, 2012 Summer Olympics Category:2012 in England Category:2012 in the Isle of Man Category:2012 in Jersey Category:May 2012 in Greece Category:2012 in Guernsey Category:2012 in the Republic of Ireland Category:2012 in Northern Ireland Category:2012 in Scotland Category:2012 in Wales Category:Summer Olympics torch relays Category:Articles containing video clips