Z Grecji wystartowała sztafeta z olimpijską pochodnią, która niebawem dotrze do Land's End skąd 19 maja rozpocznie swą trasę po Wielkiej Brytanii. W sztafecie weźmie udział odchodząca w tym roku setne urodziny Polka Diana Gould.
Swoją podróż znicz olimpijski tradycyjnie rozpocznie w greckiej Olimpii od zapalenia ognia. Następnie zostanie przetransportowany do Land's End, gdzie 19 maja 2012 roku rozpocznie swą trasę po Wielkiej Brytanii. Uroczyste zakończenie sztafety odbędzie się w dniu rozpoczęcia igrzysk (27 lipca) na Stadionie Olimpijskim. Trasa sztafety liczy 8000 mil.
Wśród miejsc, do których zawita olimpijski płomień jest między innymi jedna z najsłynniejszych na świecie budowli megalitycznych - krąg Stonehenge, walijski szczyt Mount Snowdon oraz miejscowość Bready w Irlandii Północnej, którą zamieszkuje jedynie 93 osoby. Ponadto znicz olimpijski odwiedzie także wyspy, m.in. Man, Jersey, Szetlandy i Orkady.
Uczestnikami sztafety będzie prawie 8000 osób, z których większość to Brytyjczycy. Najmłodszym uczestnikiem będzie 12-letni Dominic Macgowan z Birmingham, a najstarszą urodzona w Łodzi mieszkanka Londynu Diana Gould. W sztafecie nie zabraknie także znanych osób, m.in. pobiegnie piłkarz David Beckham.
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Szczegółowa trasa sztafety z ogniem olimpijskim:
Dzień 1 - 19 May 2012: Land's End do 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.
Dzień 2 - 20 May 2012: Plymouth do Exeter
Brixton, Yealmpton, Modbury, Kingsbridge, West Charleton, Chillington, Torcross, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Totnes, Paignton, Torquay, Teignmouth, Exeter.
Dzień 4 - 22 May 2012: Taunton do Bristol
lchester, Somerton, Street, Glastonbury, Coxley, Wells, Croscombe, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Southwick, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bitton, Longwell Green, Hanham, Bristol
Dzień 5 - 23 May 2012: Bristol do 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
Dzień 6 - 24 May 2012: Gloucester do 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
Dzień 7 - 25 May 2012: Worcester do Cardiff
Powick, Malvern, Malvern Wells, Ross on Wye, Monmouth, Raglan, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Blaenavon, Abersychan, Pontypool, Newport, Cardiff
Dzień 8 - 26 May 2012: Cardiff do 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
Dzień 9 - 27 May 2012: Swansea do Aberystwyth
Llanelli, Burry Port, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, Sarnau, Brynhoffnant, Llanarth, Aberaeron, Llanon, Llanrhystud, Aberystwyth
Dzień 10 - 28 May 2012: Aberystwyth do Bangor
Bow Street, Tal-y-bont, Tre Taliesin, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Llan Ffestiniog, Blaneau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Y Felinheli, Bangor
Dzień 11 - 29 May 2012: Beaumaris do 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
Dzień 12 - 30 May 2012: Chester do 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
Dzień 13 - 31 May 2012: Stoke-on-Trent do Bolton
Cobridge, Burslem, Middleport, Crewe Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Runcorn, Widnes, Warrington, Lowton, Abram, Wigan, Scholes, Ince, Hindley, Westhoughton, Bolton
Dzień 14 - 1 June 2012: Bolton do Liverpool
Horwich, Chorley, Euxton, Croston, Burscough, Ormskirk, Southport, Ainsdale, Formby, Crosby, St Helens, Huyton, Knotty Ash, Old Swan, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Liverpool
Dzień 15 - 2 June 2012: Liverpool do Castletown, Isle of Man
Liverpool, Douglas, Laxey, Onchan, Ballasalla, Castletown
Dzień 16 - 3 June 2012: Belfast do Portrush
Belfast, Holywood, Bangor, Newtownards, Comber, Dundonald, Stormont, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Glynn, Larne, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm, Carnlough, Glenariff, Cushendall, Ballycastle, Dervock, Bushmills, Portrush
Dzień 17 - 4 June 2012: River Bann do Londonderry
River Bann, Coleraine, Articlave, Castlerock, Downhill, Bellarena, Limavady, Ballykelly, Greysteel, Londonderry
Dzień 18 - 5 June 2012: Londonderry do Newry
Londonderry, New Buildings, Magheramason, Bready, Ballymagorry, Strabane, SionMills, Omagh, Dromore, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, Fivemiletown, Clogher, Augher, Aughnacloy, Caledon, Armagh, Portadown, Gilford, Banbridge, Newry
Dzień 19 - 6 June 2012: Newry do Belfast
Lisburn, Belfast
Dzień 20 - 7 June 2012: Newcastle do Moorfields
Newcastle, Dundrum, Clough, Downpatrick, Crossgar, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick, Antrim, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Ballymena, Moorfields
Dzień 26 - 13 June 2012: St Andrews do 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
Dzień 28 - 15 June 2012: Alnwick do 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
Dzień 29 - 16 June 2012: Gateshead do 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
Dzień 30 - 17 June 2012: Durham do 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
Dzień 31 - 18 June 2012: Middlesbrough do 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
Dzień 32 - 19 June 2012: Hull do York
Hull, Brough, Goole, Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Ripon, York
Dzień 33 - 20 June 2012: York do Carlisle
Thirsk, Northallerton, Aiskew, Bedale, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Brough, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Penrith, Carlisle
Dzień 34 - 21 June 2012: Dumfries do Bowness-on-Windermere
Dumfries i, Annan, Eastriggs, Gretna, Carlisle, Wigton, Aspatria, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Keswick, Grasmere, Ambleside, Bowness-on-Windermere
Dzień 35 - 22 June 2012: Kendal do Blackpool
Kendal, Milnthorpe, Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Morecambe, Lancaster, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Blackpool
Dzień 36 - 23 June 2012: Lytham St Anne's do Manchester
Lytham St Anne's, Warton, Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme, Rawtenstall, Rochdale, Heywood, Bury, Whitefield, Prestwich, Higher Broughton, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Dzień 37 - 24 June 2012: Salford do 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
Dzień 39 - 26 June 2012: Sheffield do Cleethorpes
Sheffield, Rotherham, Templeborough, Dalton, Thrybergh, Conisbrough, Warmsworth, Doncaster, Armthorpe, Dunsville, Hatfield, Scunthorpe, Brigg, Wrawby, Immingham, Grimsby, Cleethorpes
Dzień 40 - 27 June 2012: Grimsby do 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
Dzień 41 - 28 June 2012: Lincoln do Nottingham
Lincoln, Saxilby, Darlton, East Markham, Tuxford, Kirton, Boughton, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Kelham, Newark-on-Trent, Balderton, Grantham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham
Dzień 42 - 29 June 2012: Nottingham do Derby
Nottingham, Glapwell, Bolsover, Calow, Chesterfield, Matlock, Darley Dale, Bakewell, Buxton, Ashbourne, Derby
Dzień 43 - 30 June 2012: Derby do Birmingham
Derby, Burton upon Trent, Streethay, Lichfield, Hopwas, Tamworth, Great Wyrley, Newtown, Bloxwich, Leamore, Birchills, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Birmingham
Dzień 44 - 1 July 2012: Birmingham do 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
Dzień 45 - 2 July 2012: Coventry do Leicester
Coventry, Rugby, Dunchurch, Northampton, Wellingborough, Isham, Kettering, Geddington, Corby, Dingley, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, Oadby, Leicester
Dzień 46 - 3 July 2012: Leicester do Peterborough
Leicester, Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Langham, Oakham, Uppingham, Stamford, Peterborough
Dzień 47 - 4 July 2012: Peterborough do 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
Dzień 48 - 5 July 2012: Norwich do Ipswich
Norwich, Acle, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Wrentham, Reydon, Southwold, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Aldeburgh, Wickham Market, Ufford, Melton, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Ipswich
Dzień 49 - 6 July 2012: Ipswich do Chelmsford
Ipswich, Colchester, Hatfield Peverel, Heybridge, Maldon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hadleigh, Basildon, Grays, Herongate, Brentwood, Chelmsford
Dzień 50 - 7 July 2012: Chelmsford do Cambridge
Chelmsford, Harlow, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Hertford, Ware, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Newport, Saffron Walden,Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Cambridge
Dzień 51 - 8 July 2012: Cambridge do Luton
Cambridge, St Ives, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cotton End, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton
Dzień 52 - 9 July 2012: Luton do Oxford
Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Buckingham, Winslow, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Bicester, Kirtlington, Woodstock, Kidlington, Oxford
Dzień 53 - 10 July 2012: Oxford do Reading
Oxford, Abingdon, Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Bisham (Bisham, Abbey), Maidenhead, Slough, Windsor, Egham, Ascot, Bracknell, Reading
Dzień 54 - 11 July 2012: Reading do Salisbury
Reading, Theale, Thatcham, Newbury, Basingstoke, Kings Worthy, Winchester, Andover, Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, The Winterbournes, Salisbury
Dzień 55 - 12 July 2012: Salisbury do 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
Dzień 56 - 13 July 2012: Portland Bill do 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
Dzień 57 - 14 July 2012: Bournemouth do Southampton
Bournemouth, Boscombe, Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington, Totland, Yarmouth, Carisbrooke, Newport, East Cowes, Southampton
Dzień 58 - 15 July 2012: Southampton do Portsmouth
Southampton, St Peter Port, St Helier, Fareham, Bridgemary, Gosport, Portsmouth
Dzień 59 - 16 July 2012: Portsmouth do 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
Dzień 60 - 17 July 2012: Brighton do Hastings
Crawley, Copthorne, Felbridge, East Grinstead, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough, Lewes, Eastbourne, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Bexhill-on-Sea, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings
Dzień 61 - 18 July 2012: Hastings do Dover
Hastings, Rye, Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Sandgate, Folkestone, Dover
Dzień 62 - 19 July 2012: Deal do 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
Dzień 63 - 20 July 2012: Maidstone do Guildford
Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Higham, Gravesend, Borough Green, Seal, Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Westcott, Shere, Godalming, Guildford
Dzień 64 - 21 July 2012: Greenwich do Waltham Forest
Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest
Dzień 65 - 22 July 2012: Redbridge do Bexley
Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Bexley
Dzień 66 - 23 July 2012: Lewisham do Wandsworth
Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Wandsworth
Dzień 67 - 24 July 2012: Kingston do Ealing
Kingston, Richmond, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Ealing
Dzień 68 - 25 July 2012: Harrow do Haringey
Harrow, Brent, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey
Dzień 69 - 26 July 2012: Camden do Westminster
Camden, Islington, City, Southwark, Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster
Dzień 70 - 27 July 2012: Hampton Court Palace do Olympic Park