Olympic Torch Route Confirmed By The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

 

More than 95% of the population will be within 10 miles of the Olympic torch next year as it makes a snaking journey to London’s Olympic Stadium.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) confirmed all the communities through which the Olympic flame will be carried by torchbearers during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

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On parts of the journey it will go via horseback, bicycle, tram and steam train.

Organisers said the torch will go through 1,018 villages, towns and cities and will be within an hour’s journey of 95% of the UK population. The relay will also take in hundreds of landmarks including Snowdon, Stormont, Loch Ness and Stonehenge.

The street by street detail of the route will be confirmed next year.

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