London 2012: Detailed torch route announced

**UPDATE (19/03/2012)**: Street-by-street routes have now been provided. Details can be found here on the BBC News website.


FROM Land's End to the Outer Hebrides, and the Orkney Isles to the Channel Isles, the Olympic torch will weave its path across the whole of the United Kingdom this time next year.

Starting in Land's End in Cornwall, the torch will be carried through Plymouth and Exeter in Devon, Taunton in Somerset, then Bristol and Cheltenham in its opening few days.

It will then travel to Worcester before a four-day sojourn in Wales where it will visit Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor.

Heading back over the border to Chester, the torch then visits Stoke-on-Trent, Bolton and Liverpool before making its way across the Irish Sea for a day in the Isle of Man and four days in Northern Ireland - in Portrush, Londonderry, Newry and Belfast.

Day 20 gives the torch a rest before it is picked back up in Scotland where it will visit Glasgow, Inverness, the Orkney and Shetland Isles, the Isle of Lewis, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh.

Crossing the border into north east England, the torch will visit Alnwick in Northumberland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Durham and Middlesbrough.

Then, there is a brief excursion to the Yorkshire areas to take in Hull and York before it heads back towards the Scottish border to Carlisle and Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District.

From Cumbria, the torch moves south to Blackpool and Manchester and it will then be carried across the Pennines to Leeds and Sheffield.

A couple of days in Lincolnshire sees visits to Cleethorpes and Lincoln before several days in the midlands, taking in Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester.

The torch then heads east to Peterborough, Norwich, Ipswich, Chelmsford, and Cambridge on Day 50 of the tour.

Moving back inland again, the torch avoids London at that point instead to make appearances in Luton, Oxford, Reading and Salisbury.

The round-trip heads back to the south west to take in Weymouth and Portland where the Olympic sailing will be held, before being carried in Bournemouth and Southampton.

The two main Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey are next on the itinerary before the torch makes its way along the south coast via Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove, Hastings and Dover.

The torch nears London with trips to Maidstone and Guildford and then eventually it enters the capital on Saturday 21 June 2012 in Waltham Forest.

Bexley, Wandsworth, Ealing, Haringey and Westminster are the other areas of London in which the torch will be carried.

And it finally completes its journey of more than 8,000 miles at the Opening Ceremony of the Games at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford on Friday 27 July 2012.

Olympic organisers hope that the torch tour will help to unite the country behind the Games with more than 8,000 "inspirational torchbearers" leading the way.

Half of the successful nominees carrying the torch will be aged between 12 and 24, and there are concerts planned on 66 of the 70 days. Nominations can be made through the Olympics website here.

However, the torch route has already caused consternation in the areas which have been missed out.

Indeed, Sunderland MP Julie Elliott used today's Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons to announce her disappointment that her city had not been included.

PM David Cameron replied that he was not aware of the omission and that he will try to get the route changed while organisers Logoc stress the details are not comprehensive and more places to be visited will be named shortly.

Meanwhile, more pressingly, the wait for ticket money to be taken from bank accounts is expected to go on until 10 June with ballot winners set to remain unaware of their events until 24 June.

The system came in for criticism after the ticket website came under severe strain on the deadline day, meaning the final deadline was pushed back by an hour to 1am on 27 April.

Applicants were also disappointed to hear from 2012 chairman Lord Sebastian Coe that only about half of the tickets for big events would be available for "ordinary people" with the rest given over to sponsors.

Additionally, there were ticket limits of four per person for the most popular events such as the men's 100m final and the Opening Ceremony.

Most worryingly, there are reports of some people risking thousands of pounds without knowing how successful they will actually be due to nature of the ballot system.

Organisers have confirmed an official ticket re-sale will take place early next year but that still potentially leaves wildly successful applicants out of pocket for months.

It should be remembered, though, that the chances of everyone getting everything for which they asked are very slim.

And so, despite the announcement today of the torch tour, the overriding feeling currently is one of being in limbo rather than any building excitement - yet.


OLYMPIC TORCH TOUR DETAILS
MAY 2012
Sat 19 Land's End to Plymouth via Sennen, Newlyn, Penzance, Marazion, Rosudgeon, Ashton, Breage, Helston, Falmouth, Truro, Newquay, St Stephen, St Austell, Stenalees, Bugle, Lanivet, Bodmin, Liskeard, and Saltash
Sun 20 Plymouth to Exeter via Brixton, Yealmpton, Modbury, Kingsbridge, West Charleton, Chillington, Torcross, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Totnes, Paignton, Torquay, and Teignmouth
Mon 21 Exeter to Taunton via Okehampton, Folly Gate, Hatherleigh, Merton, Great Torrington, Bideford, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Wrafton, Braunton, Knowle, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Minehead, Dunster, Carhampton, Washford, and Williton
Tue 22 Taunton to Bristol via Ilminster, Yeovil, Ilchester, Somerton, Street, Glastonbury, Coxley, Wells, Croscombe, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Southwick, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bitton, Longwell Green, and Hanham
Wed 23 Bristol to Cheltenham via Flax Bourton, Backwell Farleigh, Backwell West Town, Nailsea, Failand, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough, Chiseldon, Wroughton, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Cirencester, Stroud, Painswick, Brockworth, and Shurdington
Thu24 Gloucester to Worcester via Maisemore, Hartpury, Corse and Staunton, Ledbury, Bartestree, Lugwardine, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Clee Hill, Cleobury Mortimer, Far Forest, Callow Hill, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Droitwich Spa, and Fernhill Heath
Fri 25 Worcester to Cardiff via Powick, Malvern, Malvern Wells, Ross on Wye, Monmouth, Raglan, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Blaenavon, Abersychan, Pontypool, and Newport
Sat 26 Cardiff to Swansea via Dinas Powys, Barry, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert, Ynyswen, Treorchy, Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale, Bryncethin, Bridgend, Laleston, Pyle, Margam, Taibach, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry, and Neath
Sun 27 Swansea to Aberystwyth via Llanelli, Burry Port, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, Sarnau, Brynhoffnant, Llanarth, Aberaeron, Llanon, and Llanrhystud
Mon 28 Aberystwyth to Bangor via Bow Street, Tal-y-bont, Tre Taliesin, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Llan Ffestiniog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, and Y Felinheli
Tue 29 Beaumaris to Chester via Menai Bridge, Conwy, Deganwy, Llandudno, Penrhyn Bay, Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay, Old Colwyn, Abergele, Towyn, Kinmel Bay, Rhyl, Rhuddian, Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Hawarden, and Saltney
Wed 30 Chester to Stoke-on-Trent via Wrexham, Rhostyllen, Acrefair, Trevor, Oswestry, Pant, Llanymynech, Welshpool, Shrewsbury, Cressage, Much Wenlock, Benthall, Broseley, Ironbridge, Telford, Newport, Gnosall, Haughton, Stafford, and Shelton
Thu 31 Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton via Cobridge, Burslem, Middleport, Crewe, Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Runcorn, Widnes, Warrington, Lowton, Abram, Wigan, Scholes, Ince, Hindley, and Westhoughton

JUNE 2012
Fri 1 Bolton to Liverpool via Horwich, Chorley, Euxton, Croston, Burscough, Ormskirk, Southport, Ainsdale, Formby, Crosby, St Helens, Huyton, Knotty Ash, Old Swan, Liverpool, and Birkenhead
Sat 2 Liverpool to Isle of Man via Douglas, Laxey, Onchan, Ballasalla, and Castletown
Sun 3 Belfast to Portrush via Holywood, Bangor, Newtownards, Comber, Dundonald, Stormont, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Glynn, Larne, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm, Carnlough, Glenariff, Cushendall, Ballycastle, Dervock, and Bushmills
Mon 4 River Bann to Londonderry via Coleraine, Articlave, Castlerock, Downhill, Ballerena, Limavady, Ballykelly, and Greysteel
Tue 5 Londonderry to Newry via New Buildings, Magheramason, Bready, Ballymagorry, Strabane, Sion Mills, Omagh, Dromore, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, Fivemiletown, Clogher, Augher, Aughnacloy, Caledon, Armagh, Portadown, Gilford, and Banbridge
Wed 6 Newry to Belfast via Lisburn only
Thu 7 Newcastle to Moorfields via Dundrum, Clough, Downpatrick, Crossgar, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick, Antrim, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, and Ballymena
Fri 8 Stranraer to Glasgow via Cairnryan, Ballantrae, Girvan, Turnberry, Maidens, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Alloway, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton, Dunlop, Barrmill, Beith, Lochwinnoch, Kilmacolm, Port Glasgow, Rutherglen, Glasgow, and Giffnock
Sat 9 Glasgow to Inverness via Bearsden, Clydebank, Dumbarton, Luss, Tarbet, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Glencoe, North Ballachulish, Fort William, Spean Bridge, Fort Augustus, Invermoriston, Lewiston, and Drumnadrochit
Sun 10 Kirkwall to Lerwick
Mon 11 Stornoway to Aberdeen via Inverness, Aviemore, Carrbridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Tomintoul, Crathie, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, Kincardine O'Neil, Banchory, Drumoak, Peterculter, Bieldside, and Cults
Tue 12 Aberdeen to Dundee via Stonehaven, Marykirk, Hillside, Montrose, Brechin, Forfar, Meigle, Coupar Angus, Woodside, Burrelton, Balbeggie, Scone, Scone Palace, Perth, Abernethy, Newburgh, Cupar, Dairsie, Guardbridge, and Leuchars
Wed 13 St Andrews to Edinburgh via Milnathort, Kinross, Crook of Devon, Alloa, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, Stirling, Cumbernauld, Larbert, Camelon, Falkirk, Skinflats, Cairneyhill, Crossford, Dunfermline, Hopetoun House, and Broxburn
Thu 14 Edinburgh to Alnwick via Duddingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Lasswade, Loanhead, Bilston, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, Eddleston, Peebles, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Selkirk, Galashiels, Earlston, Gordon, Greenlaw, Duns, Chirnside, Foulden, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and Bamburgh
Fri 15 Alnwick to Newcastle Upon Tyne via Hipsburn, Warkworth, Amble, Ashington, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, Ashington, Choppington, Morpeth, Hartford, Bedlington, Blyth, Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields, Howdon, and Wallsend
Sat 16 Gateshead to Durham via South Shields, Whitburn, Sunderland, Low Fell & Chowdene, Blaydon, Prudhoe, Stocksfield, Hexham, Riding Mill, Consett, Moorside, Castleside, Tow Law, Esh, Langley Park
Sun 17 Durham to Middlesbrough via Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, Haswell Plough, Peterlee, Horden, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, Billingham, Sedgefield, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Middridge, Newton Aycliffe, High Beaumont Hill, Harrogate Hill, Darlington, and Stockton-on-Tees
Mon 18 Middlesbrough to Hull via Redcar, Marske-by-the-Sea, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Brotton, Carlin How, Loftus, Hinderwell, Lythe, Sandsend, Whitby, Pickering, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, and Beverley
Tue 19 Hull to York via Brough, Goole, Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Harrogate, and Ripon
Wed 20 York to Carlisle via Thirsk, Northallerton, Aiskew, Bedale, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Brough, Appleby-in-Westmorland, and Penrith
Thu 21 Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere via Annan, Eastriggs, Gretna, Carlisle, Wigton, Aspatria, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Keswick, Grasmere, and Ambleside
Fri 22 Kendal to Blackpool via Milnthorpe, Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Morecambe, Lancaster, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Fleetwood, and Cleveleys
Sat 23 Lytham St Anne's to Manchester via Warton, Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme, Rawtenstall, Rochdale, Heywood, Bury, Whitefield, Prestwich, Higher Broughton, and Cheetham Hill
Sun 24 Salford to Leeds via Trafford, Moss Side, Rusholme, Longsight, Levenshulme, Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Marsh, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Halifax, Bradford, Keighley, Skipton, Ilkley, Headingley, Potternewton, Harehills, and Richmond Hill
Mon 25 Leeds to Sheffield via Hunslet, Beeston, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ackworth, Lundwood, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, Darton, Kexbrough, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, and Parson Cross
Tue 26 Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Rotherham, Templeborough, Dalton, Thrybergh, Conisbrough, Warmsworth, Doncaster, Armthorpe, Dunsville, Hatfield, Scunthorpe, Brigg, Wrawby, Immingham, and Grimsby
Wed 27 Grimsby to Lincoln via Louth, Legbourne, Withern, Maltby Le Marsh, Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea, Mumby, Hogsthorpe, Ingoldmells, Winthorpe, Skegness, Wainfleet All Saints, Wrangle, Boston, Sleaford, and Bracebridge Heath
Thu 28 Lincoln to Nottingham via Saxilby, Darlton, East Markham, Tuxford, Kirton, Boughton, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Kelham, Newark-on-Trent, Balderton, Grantham, and Radcliffe-on-Trent
Fri 29 Nottingham to Derby via Glapwell, Bolsover, Calow, Chesterfield, Matlock, Darley Dale, Bakewell, Buxton, and Ashbourne
Sat 30 Derby to Birmingham via Burton upon Trent, Streethay, Lichfield, Hopwas, Tamworth, Great Wyrley, Newtown, Bloxwich, Leamore, Birchills, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Oldbury, West Bromwich, and Smethwick

JULY 2012
Sun 1 Birmingham to Coventry via Solihull, Earlswood, Redditch, Astwood Bank, Alcester, Evesham, Wickhamford, Broadway, Chipping Campden, Newbold on Stour, Alderminster, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, and Kenilworth
Mon 2 Coventry to Leicester via Rugby, Dunchurch, Northampton, Wellingborough, Isham, Kettering, Geddington, Corby, Dingley, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, and Oadby
Tue 3 Leicester to Peterborough via Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Langham, Oakham, Uppingham, and Stamford
Wed 4 Peterborough to Norwich via Market Deeping, Thurlby, Bourne, Spalding, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach, Long Sutton, King's Lynn, South Wootton, West Rudham, East Rudham, Fakenham, Holt, Cromer, and Aylsham
Thu 5 Norwich to Ipswich via Acle, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Wrentham, Reydon, Southwold, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Aldeburgh, Wickham Market, Ufford, Melton, Woodbridge, and Felixstowe
Fri 6 Ipswich to Chelmsford via Colchester, Hatfield Peverel, Heybridge, Maldon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hadleigh, Basildon, Grays, Herongate, and Brentwood
Sat 7 Chelmsford to Cambridge via Harlow, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Hertford, Ware, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Newport, Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, and Newmarket
Sun 8 Cambridge to Luton via St Ives, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cotton End, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St Albans, and Hemel Hempstead
Mon 9 Luton to Oxford via Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Buckingham, Winslow, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Bicester, Kirtlington, Woodstock, and Kidlington
Tue 10 Oxford to Reading via Abingdon, Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Bisham Abbey, Maidenhead, Slough, Windsor, Egham, Ascot, and Bracknell
Wed 11 Reading to Salisbury via Theale, Thatcham, Newbury, Basingstoke, Kings Worthy, Winchester, Andover, Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, and the Winterbournes
Thu 12 Salisbury to Weymouth via 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, and Portland
Fri 13 Portland Bill to Bournemouth via 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, and Wallisdown
Sat 14 Bournemouth to Southampton via Boscombe, Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington, Totland, Yarmouth, Carisbrooke, Newport, and East Cowes
Sun 15 Southampton to Portsmouth via St Peter Port, St Helier, Fareham, Bridgemary, and Gosport
Mon 16 Portsmouth to Brighton and Hove via Petersfield, Rogate, Midhurst, Easebourne, Tillington, Petworth, Duncton, Chichester, North Bersted, South Bersted, Bognor Regis, Woodgate, Westergate, Arundel, Worthing, Lancing, and West Blatchington
Tue 17 Brighton and Hove to Hastings via Crawley, Copthorne, Felbridge, East Grinstead, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough, Lewes, Eastbourne, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Bexhill-on-Sea, and St Leonards-on-Sea
Wed 18 Hastings to Dover via Rye, Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Sandgate, and Folkestone
Thu 19 Deal to Maidstone via Sholden, Sandwich, Great Stonar, Cliffsend, St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, St Peters, Cliftonville, Margate, Westgate-on-Sea, Birchington, Upstreet, Sturry, Canterbury, Thanington, Faversham, Challock, and Harrietsham
Fri 20 Maidstone to Guildford via Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Higham, Gravesend, Borough Green, Seal, Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Westcott, Shere, and Godalming
Sat 21 Greenwich to Waltham Forest via Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Hackney
Sun 22 Redbridge to Bexley via Barking & Dagenham, and Havering
Mon 23 Lewisham to Wandsworth via Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, and Merton
Tue 24 Kingston to Ealing via Richmond, Hounslow, and Hillingdon
Wed 25 Harrow to Haringey via Brent, Barnet, and Enfield
Thu 26 Camden to Westminster via Islington, City, Southwark, Lambeth, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington & Chelsea
Fri 27 Hampton Court to Olympic Stadium in Stratford