LOCOG Reveal London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Route

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have revealed the Olympic Flame will be within 10 miles of 95% of the UK population when the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay makes its journey around the country ending up in the capital for next summers games.

The announcement of the 1, doctor 018 villages, cheap sale towns and cities on the route means LOCOG has matched its target of taking the Olympic Flame to within an hour’s journey time of 95% of the population. 

Over 95% of the population will be within 10 miles of the Olympic Flame next summer. The street by street detail of the route will be confirmed next year. 

LOCOG has worked closely with representatives from a number of sectors in each Nation and Region to devise the route. 

Not only does the route include villages, town and cities, the Olympic Torch Relay will also take in hundreds of landmarks and will showcase and celebrate the diversity of the UK. 

LOCOG has also announced a selection of the modes of transport by which the Olympic Flame, including horseback, bicycle, tram and steam-train.

Every county in England and every Local Authority area in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will host the Olympic Flame.

Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG, said: “I’m delighted that the Olympic Torch Relay will take the 2012 Games to almost every corner of the UK and that we have achieved our ambition to take the Flame to within an hour’s journey of 95% of the population. Now everyone is invited to plan their welcome and find out where they can go to be part of this historic occasion. The Olympic Games are coming to you as the Olympic Flame gives our people and places their moment to shine.”

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, added: “When the Olympic Flame arrives here in the UK on 18 May next year it will mark the final countdown to the greatest sporting event the country will host in our lifetime. The Olympic Torch Relay will be an amazing opportunity for people to see the Olympic Flame in their own towns and communities. The Flame’s journey is steeped in the rich history of the Olympic Games, travelling from Athens then right around the UK. I encourage everyone to get out and take part in the excitement of the Torch Relay as it comes through their town.”

The 70 day Olympic Torch Relay, presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, will start at Land’s End, Cornwall on the morning of 19 May 2012. On leaving Land’s End, the Olympic Flame will travel an estimated 8,000 miles around the UK.

On the final day of the Olympic Torch Relay, it is LOCOG’s intention that the Olympic Flame will travel down the River Thames as it makes its way to the Olympic Stadium on 27th July 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the official start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.