Host city | London, United Kingdom |
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Countries visited | Greece, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland |
Distance | 12,800 km (8,000 miles) |
Torchbearers | 8,000 |
Start date | 10 May 2012 |
End date | 27 July 2012 |
Torch designer | Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby |
Legend | |||||
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England | |||||
1. | Land's End | Day 1, | Sat | 19 | May |
2. | Plymouth | Day 1, | Sat | 19 | May |
3. | Exeter | Day 2, | Sun | 20 | May |
4. | Taunton | Day 3, | Mon | 21 | May |
5. | Bristol | Day 4, | Tue | 22 | May |
6. | Cheltenham | Day 5, | Wed | 23 | May |
7. | Worcester | Day 6, | Thu | 24 | May |
8. | Malvern, Worcestershire | Day 7, | Fri | 25 | May |
Wales | |||||
9. | Cardiff | Day 7, | Fri | 25 | May |
10. | Swansea | Day 8, | Sat | 26 | May |
11. | Aberystwyth | Day 9, | Sun | 27 | May |
12. | Bangor, Gwynedd | Day 10, | Mon | 28 | May |
England | |||||
13. | Chester | Day 11, | Tue | 29 | May |
14. | Stoke-on-Trent | Day 12, | Wed | 30 | May |
15. | Bolton | Day 13, | Thu | 31 | May |
16. | Liverpool | Day 14, | Fri | 1 | June |
Crown Dependency | |||||
17. | Isle of Man | Day 15, | Sat | 2 | June |
Northern Ireland | |||||
18. | Portrush | Day 16, | Sun | 3 | June |
19. | Derry | Day 17, | Mon | 4 | June |
20. | Newry | Day 18, | Tue | 5 | June |
Republic of Ireland | |||||
21. | Dublin | Day 19, | Wed | 6 | June |
Northern Ireland | |||||
22. | Belfast | Day 19, | Wed | 6 | June |
Scotland | |||||
23. | Glasgow | Day 21, | Fri | 8 | June |
24. | Inverness | Day 22, | Sat | 9 | June |
25. | Orkney | Day 23, | Sun | 10 | June |
26. | Shetland | Day 23, | Sun | 10 | June |
27. | Isle of Lewis | Day 24, | Mon | 11 | June |
28. | Aberdeen | Day 24, | Mon | 11 | June |
29. | Dundee | Day 25, | Tue | 12 | June |
30. | Edinburgh | Day 26, | Wed | 13 | June |
England | |||||
31. | Alnwick | Day 27, | Thu | 14 | June |
32. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Day 28, | Fri | 15 | June |
33. | Durham, England | Day 29, | Sat | 16 | June |
34. | Middlesbrough | Day 30, | Sun | 17 | June |
35. | Kingston-upon-Hull | Day 31, | Mon | 18 | June |
36. | York | Day 32, | Tue | 19 | June |
37. | Carlisle, Cumbria | Day 33, | Wed | 20 | June |
38. | Bowness-on-Windermere | Day 34, | Thu | 21 | June |
39. | Blackpool | Day 35, | Fri | 22 | June |
40. | Manchester | Day 36, | Sat | 23 | June |
41. | Leeds | Day 37, | Sun | 24 | June |
42. | Sheffield | Day 38, | Mon | 25 | June |
43. | Cleethorpes | Day 39, | Tue | 26 | June |
44. | Lincoln, England | Day 40, | Wed | 27 | June |
45. | Nottingham | Day 41, | Thu | 28 | June |
46. | Derby | Day 42, | Fri | 29 | June |
47. | Birmingham | Day 43, | Sat | 30 | June |
48. | Coventry | Day 44, | Sun | 1 | July |
49. | Leicester | Day 45, | Mon | 2 | July |
50. | Peterborough | Day 46, | Tue | 3 | July |
51. | Norwich | Day 47, | Wed | 4 | July |
52. | Ipswich | Day 48, | Thu | 5 | July |
53. | Chelmsford | Day 49, | Fri | 6 | July |
54. | Cambridge | Day 50, | Sat | 7 | July |
55. | Luton | Day 51, | Sun | 8 | July |
56. | Oxford | Day 52, | Mon | 9 | July |
57. | Reading, Berkshire | Day 53, | Tue | 10 | July |
58. | Basingstoke | Day 54, | Wed | 11 | July |
59. | Winchester | Day 54, | Wed | 11 | July |
60. | Salisbury | Day 54, | Wed | 11 | July |
61. | Weymouth and Portland | Day 55, | Thu | 12 | July |
62. | Bournemouth | Day 56, | Fri | 13 | July |
63. | Southampton | Day 57, | Sat | 14 | July |
Crown Dependencies | |||||
64. | Guernsey | Day 58, | Sun | 15 | July |
65. | Jersey | Day 58, | Sun | 15 | July |
England | |||||
66. | Portsmouth | Day 58, | Sun | 15 | July |
67. | Brighton and Hove | Day 59, | Mon | 16 | July |
68. | Hastings | Day 60, | Tue | 17 | July |
69. | Dover | Day 61, | Wed | 18 | July |
70. | Maidstone | Day 62, | Thu | 19 | July |
71. | Guildford | Day 63, | Fri | 20 | July |
72. | Waltham Forest | Day 64, | Sat | 21 | July |
73. | Bexley | Day 65, | Sun | 22 | July |
74. | Wandsworth | Day 66, | Mon | 23 | July |
75. | Ealing | Day 67, | Tue | 24 | July |
76. | Haringey | Day 68, | Wed | 25 | July |
77. | Westminster | Day 69, | Thu | 26 | July |
78. | Olympic Stadium | Day 70, | Fri | 27 | July |
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.[1]
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.