London 2012: The 1,018 communities which the torch will visit
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The Olympic torch will arrive in the UK on 18 May 2012, before embarking on a 70-day journey around the British Isles.
It will be carried in relay by 8,000 runners and the aim is to bring it within one hour's travelling time of 95% of the population.
London 2012 organisers have released details of over 1,000 communities along the route of the torch relay.
Check the list below or explore our map of the route.
Day 1 - 19 May 2012: 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.
Day 2 - 20 May 2012: Plymouth to Exeter
Brixton, Yealmpton, Modbury, Kingsbridge, West Charleton, Chillington,Torcross, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth,Totnes, Paignton, Torquay, Teignmouth,Exeter.
Day 3 - 21 May 2012: Exeter to Taunton
Okehampton, FollyGate, Hatherleigh,Merton, GreatTorrington, Bideford,Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Wrafton,Braunton, Knowle, Ilfracombe,Combe Martin, Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Minehead, Dunster, Carhampton,Washford, Williton, Taunton
Day 4 - 22 May 2012: Taunton to Bristol
lchester, Somerton, Street, Glastonbury,Coxley, Wells, Croscombe, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Southwick, Trowbridge,Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bitton, Longwell Green, Hanham, Bristol
Day 5 - 23 May 2012: Bristol to Cheltenham
Backwell Farleigh, Backwell West Town, Nailsea, Failand, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough, Chiseldon, Wroughton, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Cirencester, Stroud, Painswick, Brockworth, Shurdington, Cheltenham
Day 6 - 24 May 2012: Gloucester to Worcester
Gloucester, Maisemore, Hartpury, Corse and Staunton, Ledbury, Bartestree, Lugwardine, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Clee Hill, Cleobury Mortimer, Far Forest, Callow Hill, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Droitwich Spa, Fernhill Heath, Worcester
Day 7 - 25 May 2012: Worcester to Cardiff
Powick, Malvern, Malvern Wells, Ross on Wye, Monmouth, Raglan, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Blaenavon, Abersychan, Pontypool, Newport, Cardiff
Day 8 - 26 May 2012: Cardiff to Swansea
Dinas Powys, Barry, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert, Ynyswen, Treorchy, Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale, Bryncethin, Bridgend, Laleston, Pyle, Margam, Taibach, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry, Neath, Swansea
Day 9 - 27 May 2012: Swansea to Aberystwyth
Llanelli, Burry Port, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, Sarnau, Brynhoffnant, Llanarth, Aberaeron, Llanon, Llanrhystud, Aberystwyth
Day 10 - 28 May 2012: Aberystwyth to Bangor
Bow Street, Tal-y-bont, Tre Taliesin, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Llan Ffestiniog, Blaneau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Y Felinheli, Bangor
Day 11 - 29 May 2012: 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
Day 12 - 30 May 2012: 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
Day 13 - 31 May 2012: Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton
Cobridge, Burslem, Middleport, Crewe Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Runcorn, Widnes, Warrington, Lowton, Abram, Wigan, Scholes, Ince, Hindley, Westhoughton, Bolton
Day 14 - 1 June 2012: Bolton to Liverpool
Horwich, Chorley, Euxton, Croston, Burscough, Ormskirk, Southport, Ainsdale, Formby, Crosby, St Helens, Huyton, Knotty Ash, Old Swan, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Liverpool
Day 15 - 2 June 2012: Liverpool to Castletown, Isle of Man
Liverpool, Douglas, Laxey, Onchan, Ballasalla, Castletown
Day 16 - 3 June 2012: Belfast to Portrush
Belfast, Holywood, Bangor, Newtownards, Comber, Dundonald, Stormont, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Glynn, Larne, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm, Carnlough, Glenariff, Cushendall, Ballycastle, Dervock, Bushmills, Portrush
Day 17 - 4 June 2012: River Bann to Londonderry
River Bann, Coleraine, Articlave, Castlerock, Downhill, Bellarena, Limavady, Ballykelly, Greysteel, Londonderry
Day 18 - 5 June 2012: Londonderry to Newry
Londonderry, New Buildings, Magheramason, Bready, Ballymagorry, Strabane, SionMills, Omagh, Dromore, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, Fivemiletown, Clogher, Augher, Aughnacloy, Caledon, Armagh, Portadown, Gilford, Banbridge, Newry
Day 19 - 6 June 2012: Newry to Belfast
Lisburn, Belfast
Day 20 - 7 June 2012: Newcastle to Moorfields
Newcastle, Dundrum, Clough, Downpatrick, Crossgar, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick, Antrim, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Ballymena, Moorfields
Day 21 - 8 June 2012: Stranraer to Glasgow
Stranraer,Cairnryan, Ballantrae, Girvan, Turnberry, Maidens, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Alloway, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton, Dunlop, Barrmill, Beith, Lochwinnoch, Kilmacolm, Port, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Giffnock, Glasgow (second visit)
Day 22 - 9 June 2012: Glasgow to Inverness
Glasgow, Bearsden, Clydebank, Dumbarton, Luss, Tarbet, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Glencoe, NorthBallachullish, FortWilliam, SpeanBridge, FortAugustus, Invermoriston, Lewiston, Drumnadrochit, Inverness
Day 23 - 10 June 2012: Kirkwall to Lerwick
Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Lerwick (Shetland Islands)
Day 24 - 11 June 2012: Stornoway to Aberdeen
Stornoway, Inverness, Aviemore, Carrbridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Tomintoul, Crathie, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, Kincardine O'Neil, Banchory, Drumoak, Peterculter, Bieldside, Cults, Aberdeen
Day 25 - 12 June 2012: 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
Day 26 - 13 June 2012: 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, Edinburgh
Day 27 - 14 June 2012: Edinburgh to Alnwick
Edinburgh, 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
Day 28 - 15 June 2012: Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne
Alnwick, Hipsburn, Warkworth, Amble, Ashington, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, Ashington, Choppington, Morpeth, Hartford, Bedlington, Blyth, Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields, Howdon, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne
Day 29 - 16 June 2012: Gateshead to Durham
Gateshead, South Shields, Whitburn, Sunderland, Low Fell and Chowdene, Blaydon, Prudhoe, Stocksfield, Hexham, Riding Mill, Consett, Moorside, Castleside, Tow Law, Esh, Langley Park, Durham
Day 30 - 17 June 2012: Durham to Middlesbrough
Durham, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, Haswell Plough, Peterlee, Horden, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, Billingham, Sedgefield, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Middridge, Newton Aycliffe, High Beaumont Hill, Harrogate Hill, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Day 31 - 18 June 2012: Middlesbrough to Hull
Middlesbrough, Redcar, Marske-by-the-Sea, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Brotton, Carlin How, Loftus, Hinderwell, Lythe, Sandsend, Whitby, Pickering, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, Beverley, Hull
Day 32 - 19 June 2012: Hull to York
Hull, Brough, Goole, Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Ripon, York
Day 33 - 20 June 2012: York to Carlisle
Thirsk, Northallerton, Aiskew, Bedale, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Brough, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Penrith, Carlisle
Day 34 - 21 June 2012: Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere
Dumfries i, Annan, Eastriggs, Gretna, Carlisle, Wigton, Aspatria, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Keswick, Grasmere, Ambleside, Bowness-on-Windermere
Day 35 - 22 June 2012: Kendal to Blackpool
Kendal, Milnthorpe, Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Morecambe, Lancaster, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Blackpool
Day 36 - 23 June 2012: Lytham St Anne's to Manchester
Lytham St Anne's, Warton, Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme, Rawtenstall, Rochdale, Heywood, Bury, Whitefield, Prestwich, Higher Broughton, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Day 37 - 24 June 2012: Salford to Leeds
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
Day 38 - 25 June 2012: Leeds to Sheffield
Leeds, Hunslet, Beeston, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ackworth Moor Top, Lundwood, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, Darton, Kexbrough, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Parson Cross, Sheffield
Day 39 - 26 June 2012: Sheffield to Cleethorpes
Sheffield, Rotherham, Templeborough, Dalton, Thrybergh, Conisbrough, Warmsworth, Doncaster, Armthorpe, Dunsville, Hatfield, Scunthorpe, Brigg, Wrawby, Immingham, Grimsby, Cleethorpes
Day 40 - 27 June 2012: 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
Day 41 - 28 June 2012: Lincoln to Nottingham
Lincoln, Saxilby, Darlton, East Markham, Tuxford, Kirton, Boughton, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Kelham, Newark-on-Trent, Balderton, Grantham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham
Day 42 - 29 June 2012: Nottingham to Derby
Nottingham, Glapwell, Bolsover, Calow, Chesterfield, Matlock, Darley Dale, Bakewell, Buxton, Ashbourne, Derby
Day 43 - 30 June 2012: Derby to Birmingham
Derby, Burton upon Trent, Streethay, Lichfield, Hopwas, Tamworth, Great Wyrley, Newtown, Bloxwich, Leamore, Birchills, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Birmingham
Day 44 - 1 July 2012: Birmingham to Coventry
Birmingham, Solihull, Earlswood, Redditch, Astwood Bank, Alcester, Evesham, Wickhamford, Broadway, Chipping Campden, Newbold on Stour, Alderminster, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Coventry
Day 45 - 2 July 2012: Coventry to Leicester
Coventry, Rugby, Dunchurch, Northampton, Wellingborough, Isham, Kettering, Geddington, Corby, Dingley, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, Oadby, Leicester
Day 46 - 3 July 2012: Leicester to Peterborough
Leicester, Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Langham, Oakham, Uppingham, Stamford, Peterborough
Day 47 - 4 July 2012: Peterborough to Norwich
Peterborough, Market Deeping, Thurlby, Bourne, Spalding, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach, Long Sutton, King's Lynn, South Wootton, West Rudham, East Rudham, Fakenham, Holt, Cromer, Aylsham, Norwich
Day 48 - 5 July 2012: Norwich to Ipswich
Norwich, Acle, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Wrentham, Reydon, Southwold, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Aldeburgh, Wickham Market, Ufford, Melton, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Ipswich
Day 49 - 6 July 2012: Ipswich to Chelmsford
Ipswich, Colchester, Hatfield Peverel, Heybridge, Maldon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hadleigh, Basildon, Grays, Herongate, Brentwood, Chelmsford
Day 50 - 7 July 2012: Chelmsford to Cambridge
Chelmsford, Harlow, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Hertford, Ware, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Newport, Saffron Walden,Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Cambridge
Day 51 - 8 July 2012: Cambridge to Luton
Cambridge, St Ives, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cotton End, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton
Day 52 - 9 July 2012: Luton to Oxford
Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Buckingham, Winslow, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Bicester, Kirtlington, Woodstock, Kidlington, Oxford
Day 53 - 10 July 2012: Oxford to Reading
Oxford, Abingdon, Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Bisham (Bisham, Abbey), Maidenhead, Slough, Windsor, Egham, Ascot, Bracknell, Reading
Day 54 - 11 July 2012: Reading to Salisbury
Reading, Theale, Thatcham, Newbury, Basingstoke, Kings Worthy, Winchester, Andover, Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, The Winterbournes, Salisbury
Day 55 - 12 July 2012: Salisbury to Weymouth
Salisbury, 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, Portland, Weymouth
Day 56 - 13 July 2012: 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, Bournemouth
Day 57 - 14 July 2012: Bournemouth to Southampton
Bournemouth, Boscombe, Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington, Totland, Yarmouth, Carisbrooke, Newport, East Cowes, Southampton
Day 58 - 15 July 2012: Southampton to Portsmouth
Southampton, St Peter Port, St Helier, Fareham, Bridgemary, Gosport, Portsmouth
Day 59 - 16 July 2012: Portsmouth to Brighton
Portsmouth, Petersfield, Rogate, Midhurst, Easebourne, Tillington, Petworth, Duncton, Chichester, North Bersted, South Bersted, Bognor Regis, Woodgate, Westergate, Arundel, Worthing, Lancing, West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove
Day 60 - 17 July 2012: Brighton to Hastings
Crawley, Copthorne, Felbridge, East Grinstead, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough, Lewes, Eastbourne, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Bexhill-on-Sea, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings
Day 61 - 18 July 2012: Hastings to Dover
Hastings, Rye, Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Sandgate, Folkestone, Dover
Day 62 - 19 July 2012: Deal to Maidstone
Deal, Sholden, Sandwich, Great Stonar, Cliffsend, St, Lawrence, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, St Peters, Cliftonville, Margate, Westgate-On-Sea, Birchington-on-Sea, Upstreet, Sturry, Canterbury, Thanington, Faversham, Challock, Harrietsham, Maidstone
Day 63 - 20 July 2012: Maidstone to Guildford
Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Higham, Gravesend, Borough Green, Seal, Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Westcott, Shere, Godalming, Guildford
Day 64 - 21 July 2012: Greenwich to Waltham Forest
Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest
Day 65 - 22 July 2012: Redbridge to Bexley
Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Bexley
Day 66 - 23 July 2012: Lewisham to Wandsworth
Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Wandsworth
Day 67 - 24 July 2012: Kingston to Ealing
Kingston, Richmond, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Ealing
Day 68 - 25 July 2012: Harrow to Haringey
Harrow, Brent, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey
Day 69 - 26 July 2012: Camden to Westminster
Camden, Islington, City, Southwark, Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
Day 70 - 27 July 2012: Hampton Court Palace to Olympic Park
The torch makes its final journey, from Hampton Court Palace to the Olympic Park where it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony.