2012 Summer Olympics torch relay
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{{Infobox Olympic torch relay|2012|Summer|
| Logo = London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Emblem.svg
| caption =
| host city = London, United Kingdom
| countries visited = Greece, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
| distance = 12,800 km (8,000 miles)
| torch bearers = 8,000
| theme =
| start date = 10 May 2012
| end date = 27 July 2012
| torch designer = Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
| torch development = TECOSIM
| number of torches =
}}
{{2012 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:2012 Summer Olympics torch relay map.svg|thumb|300px|Simplified 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay route map. The curve does not follow the actual route but merely shows the progress of the torch through the places labelled as follows:
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!colspan=6 style="background:silver;text-align:center;" |Legend | |||||
| colspan="6"|England | |||||
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| style="text-align:center;"|1. | Land's End | Day 1, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|19 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|2. | Plymouth | Day 1, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|19 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|3. | Exeter | Day 2, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|20 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|4. | Taunton | Day 3, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|21 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|5. | Bristol | Day 4, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|22 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|6. | Cheltenham | Day 5, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|23 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|7. | Worcester | Day 6, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|24 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|8. | Malvern, Worcestershire | Day 7, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|25 | May |
| colspan="6"|Wales | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|9. | Cardiff | Day 7, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|25 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|10. | Swansea | Day 8, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|26 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|11. | Aberystwyth | Day 9, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|27 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|12. | Bangor, Gwynedd | Day 10, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|28 | May |
| colspan="6"|England | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|13. | Chester | Day 11, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|29 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|14. | Stoke-on-Trent | Day 12, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|30 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|15. | Bolton | Day 13, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|31 | May |
| style="text-align:center;"|16. | Liverpool | Day 14, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|1 | June |
| colspan="6"|Crown Dependency | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|17. | Isle of Man | Day 15, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|2 | June |
| colspan="6"|Northern Ireland | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|18. | Portrush | Day 16, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|3 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|19. | Derry | Day 17, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|4 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|20. | Newry | Day 18, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|5 | June |
| colspan="6"|Republic of Ireland | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|21. | Dublin | Day 19, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|6 | June |
| colspan="6"|Northern Ireland | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|22. | Belfast | Day 19, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|6 | June |
| colspan="6"|Scotland | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|23. | Glasgow | Day 21, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|8 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|24. | Inverness | Day 22, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|9 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|25. | Orkney | Day 23, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|10 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|26. | Shetland | Day 23, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|10 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|27. | Isle of Lewis | Day 24, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|11 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|28. | Aberdeen | Day 24, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|11 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|29. | Dundee | Day 25, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|12 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|30. | Edinburgh | Day 26, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|13 | June |
| colspan="6"|England | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|31. | Alnwick | Day 27, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|14 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|32. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Day 28, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|15 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|33. | Durham, England | Day 29, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|16 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|34. | Middlesbrough | Day 30, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|17 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|35. | Kingston-upon-Hull | Day 31, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|18 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|36. | York | Day 32, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|19 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|37. | Carlisle, Cumbria | Day 33, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|20 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|38. | Bowness-on-Windermere | Day 34, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|21 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|39. | Blackpool | Day 35, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|22 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|40. | Manchester | Day 36, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|23 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|41. | Leeds | Day 37, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|24 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|42. | Sheffield | Day 38, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|25 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|43. | Cleethorpes | Day 39, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|26 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|44. | Lincoln, England | Day 40, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|27 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|45. | Nottingham | Day 41, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|28 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|46. | Derby | Day 42, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|29 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|47. | Birmingham | Day 43, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|30 | June |
| style="text-align:center;"|48. | Coventry | Day 44, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|1 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|49. | Leicester | Day 45, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|2 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|50. | Peterborough | Day 46, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|3 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|51. | Norwich | Day 47, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|4 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|52. | Ipswich | Day 48, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|5 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|53. | Chelmsford | Day 49, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|6 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|54. | Cambridge | Day 50, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|7 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|55. | Luton | Day 51, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|8 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|56. | Oxford | Day 52, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|9 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|57. | Reading, Berkshire | Day 53, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|10 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|58. | Basingstoke | Day 54, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|11 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|59. | Winchester | Day 54, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|11 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|60. | Salisbury | Day 54, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|11 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|61. | Weymouth and Portland | Day 55, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|12 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|62. | Bournemouth | Day 56, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|13 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|63. | Southampton | Day 57, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|14 | July |
| colspan="6"|Crown Dependencies | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|64. | Guernsey | Day 58, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|15 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|65. | Jersey | Day 58, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|15 | July |
| colspan="6"|England | |||||
| style="text-align:center;"|66. | Portsmouth | Day 58, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|15 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|67. | Brighton and Hove | Day 59, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|16 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|68. | Hastings | Day 60, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|17 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|69. | Dover | Day 61, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|18 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|70. | Maidstone | Day 62, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|19 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|71. | Guildford | Day 63, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|20 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|72. | Waltham Forest | Day 64, | style="text-align:center;"|Sat | align="right"|21 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|73. | Bexley | Day 65, | style="text-align:center;"|Sun | align="right"|22 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|74. | Wandsworth | Day 66, | style="text-align:center;"|Mon | align="right"|23 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|75. | Ealing | Day 67, | style="text-align:center;"|Tue | align="right"|24 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|76. | Haringey | Day 68, | style="text-align:center;"|Wed | align="right"|25 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|77. | Westminster | Day 69, | style="text-align:center;"|Thu | align="right"|26 | July |
| style="text-align:center;"|78. | Olympic Stadium | Day 70, | style="text-align:center;"|Fri | align="right"|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.{{cite news | date=17 May 2011 | title=London 2012 torch relay should focus on youth | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8518637/London-2012-Olympics-torch-relay-should-focus-on-youth-says-Locog.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521045410/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8518637/London-2012-Olympics-torch-relay-should-focus-on-youth-says-Locog.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 May 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph| access-date=17 May 2011 | first=Jacquelin | last=Magnay}}
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.
Organization
The traditional lighting ceremony took place on 10 May at the Temple of Hera, Olympia, home of the Ancient Olympic Games.{{cite web|title=London 2012 Olympic Flame is lit in Greece|url=http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/london-2012-olympic-flame-lit-greece.html|publisher=LOCOG|access-date=11 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510182024/http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/london-2012-olympic-flame-lit-greece.html|archive-date=10 May 2012}} The torch travelled around Greece, arriving at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens on 17 May for the handover ceremony.
The UK torch relay lasted 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations. About 8,000 people carried the torch a total distance of about 8,000 miles (12,800 km), starting from Land's End in Cornwall. The route was widely reported and designed in such a way as to ensure that the Torch came within 10 miles of 95% of the UK population. A wide range of people carried the torch around the country, mostly sports men and women, military figures and other local heroes from towns and cities across the UK. A number of celebrities also held the flame on its journey, including Matt Smith, Patrick Stewart, Jamie Oliver, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders (jointly), Rupert Grint, James McAvoy, Melanie C from Spice Girls, boy band The Wanted, English rock trio Muse, dance troupe and Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and Sir Bruce Forsyth.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13426353 | work=BBC News | title=London 2012 Olympic torch relay route revealed | date=18 May 2011|access-date=18 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110518081518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13426353| archive-date= 18 May 2011 | url-status= live}} The torch had a day outside of the United Kingdom in Dublin on 6 June{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1208/breaking40.html | work=Irish Times | title=Dublin to host Olympic Torch' | date=8 December 2011 | access-date=9 January 2012 | archive-date=8 September 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908110653/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1208/breaking40.html | url-status=dead }} (as well as visits to the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). The relay focused on national heritage sites, locations with sporting significance, key sporting events, schools registered with the Get Set School Network, green spaces, biodiversity, 'Live Sites' (locations with large screens), local festivals, and other events.{{cite web|title=London Culture and 2012 Open Meeting |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lcsg/docs/openmeetings/20091102/presentation3.pdf |publisher=london.gov.uk |access-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030062212/http://london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lcsg/docs/openmeetings/20091102/presentation3.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2012 }}
Following a three-month tour by LOCOG, local authorities submitted ideas to regional government and LOCOG by May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.citylocal.co.uk/Oxford/news-in-Oxford/Oxfordshires-Torch-Relay-for-London-2012-55270/|title=Oxfordshire's Torch Relay for London 2012|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227012848/http://www.citylocal.co.uk/Oxford/news-in-Oxford/Oxfordshires-Torch-Relay-for-London-2012-55270/|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}} However some counties such as Somerset declined to put forward ideas citing potential costs of up to £300,000.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7552129/Somerset-says-no-to-Olympic-torch.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408220854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7552129/Somerset-says-no-to-Olympic-torch.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 April 2010 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Somerset says no to Olympic torch | date=5 April 2010}}
The start date for the Relay was announced on 26 May 2010, as were the three presenting partners: Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. The nomination campaign for torchbearers was announced on 18 May 2011 and called 'Moment to Shine'.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/05/search-begins-for-8-000-inspirational-people-to-carry-th.php|title=Search begins for 8,000 inspirational people to carry the Olympic Flame|date=18 May 2011|access-date=18 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521071428/http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/05/search-begins-for-8-000-inspirational-people-to-carry-th.php|archive-date=21 May 2011}}
=Journey to the UK=
File:British Airways A319-131 G-EUPC by Marc Van Loo.jpg
On 16 May a British Airways Airbus A319, with custom gold livery and named "The Firefly", flew from Heathrow to Athens to collect the flame.[http://athensairport.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/ba-a319-g-eupc-olympic-flame.html Athens Airport Aviation News] 16 May 2012. On 18 May the aircraft flew as flight BA2012 from Athens to RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. The flame was not extinguished during flight, having been classified as a 'ceremonial flame' by the Civil Aviation Authority, but was kept in four Davy lamps secured in a cradle firmly fixed to seats in Row 1. There was enough smokeless fuel to last 30 hours.[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/RnasCuldroseToWelcomeOlympicFlameIntoUk.htm RNAS Culdrose to welcome Olympic Flame into UK], MoD Press Release, 1 February 2012.{{cite web|title=Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia|url=http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/article=olympic-flame-for-the-london-2012-games-lit-ancient-olympia.html|publisher=LOCOG|access-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510200842/http://www.london2012.com/media-centre/article=olympic-flame-for-the-london-2012-games-lit-ancient-olympia.html|archive-date=10 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news | date=18 May 2011 | title=The Olympic Torch Relay | url=http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay | publisher=LOCOG | access-date=18 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608061845/http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay | archive-date=8 June 2011 | url-status=dead }}
The Princess Royal, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Lord Coe, and David Beckham were among 80 invited guests, along with a group of teenagers: rugby player Dennis Coles from East Ayrshire representing Scotland, hockey player Chloe Brown from Bangor representing Northern Ireland, athlete Sean White from Swansea representing Wales, hockey player Georgia Higgs from Cornwall, and Sakinah Muhammad from Hackney representing London.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18080622 David Beckham to collect Olympic flame], BBC News, 16 May 2012.[http://www.clapton.hackney.sch.uk/cp/communications/news/clapton_collects_olympic_flame Clapton collects Olympic Flame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828140427/http://www.clapton.hackney.sch.uk/cp/communications/news/clapton_collects_olympic_flame |date=2012-08-28 }}
After an overnight stay at RNAS Culdrose, members of 771 Naval Air Squadron took the Flame to Land's End by Sea King helicopter. There the Olympic Cauldron was lit. Olympic sailing star Ben Ainslie ran the first leg of the relay.[http://www.navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4741 Naval fliers to get the Olympic flame going on its epic journey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035345/https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4741 |date=2014-03-16 }} (Navy News)
The Torches
{{main|London 2012 Olympic Torch}}
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In the summer of 2010, the Design Council were commissioned to prepare the design brief and begin the search for a design for the Torch and related relay artifacts. With more than 800 designers interested in the project, a short list of 22 was presented to Locog. 6 were selected to present designs the selection being made a few months later. The winning design came from Barber Osgerby, led by Edward Barder and Jay Osgerby.
Their design of the 2012 Olympic Torches was made of two aluminium alloy skin, perforated by 8,000 holes to represent the 8,000 torchbearers who would carry the flame. Technically the holes also helped to dissipate heat without it being conducted down the handle, and provided extra grip.
The triangular shape of torches represented:
- The three Olympic values – respect, excellence and friendship.
- The three elements of the Olympic motto – faster, higher, stronger.
- The three Olympic Games hosted by the United Kingdom (1908, 1948 and 2012).
- The tri-vision of the 2012 Summer Olympics – sport, education and culture.
The gold of the torches represented the qualities of the Olympic flame – brightness and warmth. The torch stands 80 centimetres (31 in) high, weighing 800 grams (1.8 lb).[http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/the-torch/ Olympic Torch Relay ... The Torch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501111514/http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/the-torch/ |date=2012-05-01 }} To realise this award-winning design, TECOSIM (an engineering company) was responsible for the research, engineering and technical development of the torch and associated relay items including the celebration cauldrons. Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) was used to simulate various scenarios that the torch might encounter during the relay, from environmental conditions to physical damage. Torch bearer safety was of prime importance at all times, so TECOSIM completed rigorous physical testing to validate the design. It was tested to withstand all likely weather conditions, from high winds to rain and snow at altitude utilizing the BMW Climatic Windtunnel in Munich as well as in field-testing. Production of the torches started towards the end of 2011.
=Fuel=
LOCOG, together with sustainability partner and sponsor EDF Energy, committed in 2009 to provide a "low-carbon fuel solution for the flames of the Olympic torch and the cauldron".{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/mm%5CDocument%5CPublications%5CSustainability%5C01%5C24%5C07%5C91%5Clondon-2012-sustainability-plan.pdf |title=London 2012 Sustainability Plan 2nd Edition, December 2009 |publisher=London 2012 |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501215854/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Publications/Sustainability/01/24/07/91/london-2012-sustainability-plan.pdf |archive-date=1 May 2012 }} When the torch was unveiled on 8 June 2011, London 2012's chairman Sebastian Coe admitted the failure of the initiative, as "In simple terms, we didn't quite get there ... We just ran [out] of time and we tried very hard to do it". The final design of the torch used a "tried and tested formula" of butane and propane.{{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Owen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/08/2012-olympic-torch-green-credentials |title=2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games' green credentials |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 June 2011 |access-date=6 August 2012}}
Turnout
Around 3,000 people were said to have been at Land's End to send the Torch on its way on Day 1, while Day 2 saw police deliberately limit crowds at the Shaldon Bridge at Teignmouth, Devon, to around 7,000, while the various stages through Plymouth were said to have attracted 55,000. {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18119893|title=Huge crowds turn out to cheer flame |date=2012-05-19|work=bbc.com|access-date=2012-05-19|language=en-UK}} Photographs similarly show crowds up to 10 deep on each side of the road in central Falmouth (Day 1). Arriving in Wales for the first time on Day 8, the torch was reported as being greeted by 25,000 in Caerphilly. Numbers lining the route in no way abated as the days passed, with Bowness by Lake Windermere, for example, mustering 5,000 on Day 34; Skegness, Lincolnshire (a town of less than 20,000 people) featuring 5-deep crowds along both sides of its streets on Day 40; and Maidstone on Day 62 playing host to an estimated 40,000-strong crowd. As the relay reached London, the numbers of people turning out were still more exceptional, with much of Oxford Street featuring crowds 13-deep on both sides (on Day 69). That day ended with a 60,000-strong crowd for the evening events in Hyde Park. The Police Service gave an estimate for the UK as a whole of some 12 million people lining the route for the torch.
Controversy
In early June, as the torch relay entered its third week, it was revealed that many of those selected to carry torches on the relay were corporate executives with commercial ties to Olympic sponsors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/06/torchbearers-nominated-olympics-sponsors|title=London 2012: torchbearers picked by sponsors keep flame of commerce alive|last=Ball|first=James|date=6 June 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 January 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/seb-coe-promised-an-uplifting-torch-relay-to-inspire-a-generation-so-are-these-really-the-role-7815150.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/seb-coe-promised-an-uplifting-torch-relay-to-inspire-a-generation-so-are-these-really-the-role-7815150.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription|title=Seb Coe promised an 'uplifting torch relay to inspire a generation'. So are these really the role models to do it?|last=Peck|first=Tom|date=4 June 2016|work=The Independent|access-date=21 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}
Security
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The torch was escorted by a team of trained officers from the Metropolitan Police Service known as the Torch Security Team. These were chosen from 644 initial applications through an eight-month selection process. Their primary role was to protect the Olympic and Paralympic Flames as well as ensuring the safety of the torchbearer. These "runners" formed part of a wider torch security team which consisted of motorcyclists, pedal cyclists, senior officers and operational planners.
=Incidents=
Near Land's End, one man broke past the pace car but was swiftly tackled to the ground by the Torch Security Team, as he was thought to be trying to reach the torchbearer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18128245 |title=BBC News – Olympic torch tackle man near Land's End |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-05-19 |access-date=2012-09-13}}
In Derry, Northern Ireland, scuffles broke out between police and republican protesters, as they blocked the planned route near the Guildhall. Consequently, the relay was forced to divert in order to reach the Peace Bridge.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18327305 Olympic torch trouble in Londonderry]
At Bishop Auckland in County Durham, the torchbearer was Kieran Maxwell, a 13-year-old from Newton Aycliffe. He had been diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in 2010 and lost part of his left leg. He fell whilst carrying the torch but was quickly helped to his feet by the Torch Security Team.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18471953|title=Boy continues after fall with torch|work=BBC News|date=16 June 2012 |publisher=BBC|access-date=17 June 2012}}
As the torch was leaving Headingley towards Leeds, a man with a bucket of water was seen in the crowd. He was swiftly tackled by the security team before he could empty the contents.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/olympic-torch-in-leeds-owzat-for-a-welcome-on-the-sunshine-streets-1-4676619|title=Olympic torch in Leeds: Owzat for a welcome on the sunshine streets |work=Yorkshire Evening Post|access-date=24 June 2012}}
On 25 June UK Uncut staged protests against changes to the National Health Service as the torch travelled past the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions/893|title=UK Uncut stage torch protests in Sheffield|work=UK Uncut|access-date=14 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114140735/http://ukuncut.org.uk/actions/893|archive-date=14 November 2012|url-status=dead}}
A male streaker with 'Free Tibet' written on his back was arrested on 10 July, after running in front of the torch as it passed through Henley-on-Thames.{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18782634|title= Olympic torch: Man charged after 'Free Tibet' streak|publisher= BBC|work= BBC News|date= 10 July 2012|access-date= 10 July 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/streaker-flies-flag-free-tibet|title=Streaker Flies the Flag for Free Tibet|publisher=Free Tibet Campaign|access-date=11 July 2012}}
A 17-year-old was arrested on 20 July in Gravesend, Kent after unsuccessfully attempting to grab the torch while screaming 'Allahu Akbar'.{{cite news|url= http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/july/20/torch_grab_attempt.aspx|title= Teen arrested after Olympic torch grab attempt in Gravesend|date= 20 July 2012|access-date= 22 July 2012|archive-date= 22 July 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120722051053/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/july/20/torch_grab_attempt.aspx|url-status= dead}}
Modes of transport
As well as road runners, the Flame was conveyed on other modes of transport, sometimes kept in Davy lamps.
File:Cambridge Olympic torch on punt.jpg down the River Cam during the Cambridge leg of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.]]
On water, the torch rode in a power boat in Bristol Harbour,{{cite web|title=Bristol Sailability|url=http://www.bristolsailability.org.uk/site/aiming_high_41.asp|publisher=Aiming High|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612233653/http://www.bristolsailability.org.uk/site/aiming_high_41.asp|archive-date=2013-06-12|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=The Olympic Torch Relay in Bristol|url=http://visitbristol.co.uk/events/the-olympic-torch-relay-in-bristol-p1328923|publisher=Visit Bristol|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510105809/http://visitbristol.co.uk/events/the-olympic-torch-relay-in-bristol-p1328923|archive-date=10 May 2012|url-status=dead}} in an RNLI lifeboat along the Menai Strait,{{cite news|last=Hutchinson|first=Claire|title=Olympic torch's street-by-street route through Wales revealed|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/03/19/olympic-torch-s-street-by-street-route-through-wales-revealed-91466-30568715/|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=Wales Online|date=19 March 2012}} by ferry on the Mersey Ferry,{{cite news|title=London 2012: Liverpool's Olympic torch route revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17399537|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} and by the steamboat MV Tern across Windermere.{{cite web|title=Highlight moments|url=http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/highlight-moments/|publisher=london2012.com|access-date=25 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424210559/http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/highlight-moments/|archive-date=24 April 2012}}{{cite news|title=London 2012: Olympic torch set for Windermere steamer ride|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-15558474|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=7 November 2011}} In unpowered watercraft, it was punted along the River Cam in Cambridge,{{cite news|title=London 2012: Cambridgeshire Olympic torch route revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17387108|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} and rowed along the River Medway in Maidstone.{{cite news|title=Kent's street-by-street Olympic Torch relay route|url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/kent_s_street_by_street_olympic_torch_relay_route_1_1241820|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=Kent News|date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618040455/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/home/kent_s_street_by_street_olympic_torch_relay_route_1_1241820|archive-date=2012-06-18|url-status=dead}} Its final journey to the Olympic Stadium on 27 July was by speedboat, piloted by footballer David Beckham along the River Thames.{{cite news|last=Dillman|first=Lisa|title=London Olympics: Message is unity as youngsters light the torch|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-xpm-2012-jul-27-la-sp-london-olympics-games-youngsters-light-torch-20120727-story.html|access-date=30 July 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=27 July 2012}}
Over rail the torch was hauled by steam locomotives of various gauges. The LMS Royal Scot Class locomotive No. 6115 Scots Guardsman conveyed it on the East Coast Main Line between York and Thirsk.{{cite news|title=Olympic Torch: Flame boards steam train for York to Carlisle leg|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18508981|access-date=20 June 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=20 June 2012}} Scots Guardsman was used as a substitute for No. 4472 Flying Scotsman. It was discovered soon after returning from a long overhaul that Flying Scotsman had many unnoticed cracks on it that needed repairing urgently and as a result, the iconic and famous 'Scotsman' was unable to return to service in time to haul the Olympic Torch.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Flying Scotsman out of Olympic torch relay|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17405264|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=16 March 2012}}
Trips were also taken on standard gauge heritage railways at the Great Central Railway,{{cite news|last=Ache|first=Isaac|title=Charnwood's Olympic Torch Relay route revealed|url=http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/loughborough-news/2012/03/19/charnwood-s-olympic-torch-relay-route-revealed-73871-30569243/|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=Loughborough Echo|date=19 March 2012}} North Yorkshire Moors Railway{{cite news|title=London 2012: North Yorkshire torch relay route revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17403994|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} and Severn Valley Railway{{cite news|last=Tomaney|first=William|title=Olympic Torch relay route announced|url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/9598890.Olympic_Torch_relay_route_announced/|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=The Shuttle|date=19 March 2012}} On smaller gauges the torch visited the Ffestiniog Railway and a miniature railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Humber Olympic torch relay route revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17403988|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} It was taken up funicular railways the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway, Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway,{{cite news|title=London 2012: Sussex Olympic torch relay route announced|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-17403668|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} and Great Orme Tramway, as well as the narrow gauge rack railway the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Electric trams carried the torch on the Blackpool tramway{{cite news|title=Fylde coast Olympic torch route revealed|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/fylde-coast-olympic-torch-route-revealed-1-4361437|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=The Gazette|date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617045405/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/fylde-coast-olympic-torch-route-revealed-1-4361437|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}} and Manx Electric Railway.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Olympic torch to be carried in TT sidecar|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-15572598|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=7 November 2011}} After it arrived in London the torch took a trip on the London Underground between Wimbledon and Wimbledon Park.{{cite news|title=Olympic torch: Flame rides on London Underground train|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18959017|access-date=30 July 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=24 July 2012}}
By road, the torch would complete 80% of its tour, in a security van. A road train was used in the Mumbles and it rode on an open top bus through the Cumbrian countryside.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Cumbria Olympic torch relay route revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17385891|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}} The torch was transported on three wheels by a TT motorcycle sidecar on the Isle of Man, by a Paralympic road cycle around Brands Hatch motor racing circuit{{cite news|title=Olympic torch to lap Brands Hatch this summer!|url=http://news.brandshatch.co.uk/olympic-torch-to-lap-brands-hatch-this-summer.aspx|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BrandsHatch|date=19 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and by mountain bike at the Hadleigh Farm course in Essex.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Essex Olympic torch relay route details revealed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17382354|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}}
Horses were used when the torch was carried at the Cheltenham and Chester racecourses. It was carried on a Cob horse in Aberaeron and hauled by horse-drawn tram on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway.
Journeys by air were taken when the torch travelled by zip wire from the top of the Tyne Bridge to the Gateshead riverside{{Update inline|date=June 2012}},{{cite news|title=London 2012: Olympic flame to zip-wire from Tyne Bridge in Newcastle|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15528021|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=7 November 2011}} and when conveyed by cable car up the Heights of Abraham.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Olympic torch to ride Derbyshire cable car during relay|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15553806|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=7 November 2011}} It was also suspended over water as it was transported by the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge over the River Tees.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge hosts torch relay|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-17382712|access-date=25 March 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 March 2012}}
Route in Greece
File:2012-greece-olympic-torch-route.jpg
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File:The first leg of the Olympic Flame Relay - geograph.org.uk - 2966042.jpg.]]
File:Taunton Olympic Torch Relay reaches the County Ground.jpg.]]
File:2012 Olympic Torch Burscough changeover.JPG, Lancashire.]]
File:London 2012 Torch Relay – Isle of Man Day 15.JPG, Isle of Man.]]
File:Flame Olympique 2012 Dublin.JPG
File:Torch relay handover, Oldham.JPG, Greater Manchester.]]
File:Stamford Olympic Event.jpg ahead of the flame passing through the town]]
File:Cambridge Olympic cauldron to lantern.jpg for safe-keeping overnight.]]
File:LucyCaslonTorchCropped.jpg waits to receive the Olympic Flame in Sutton, South London]]
File:Beckie Scott torch relay handover 2012.jpg being handed the torch in Brent, North West London.]]
File:London 2012 Olympics - Fire Garden.jpg in London set up a 'Fire Garden' to celebrate the torch relay.]]
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{{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=4 June (day 17): River Bann to Derry|River Bann|Coleraine|Articlave|Castlerock|Downhill|Bellarena|Limavady|Ballykelly|Greysteel|Derry}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=5 June (day 18): Derry to Newry|Newbuildings|Magheramason|Bready|Ballymagorry|Strabane|Sion Mills|Omagh|Dromore|Irvinestown|Enniskillen|Fivemiletown|Clogher|Augher|Aughnacloy|Caledon|Armagh|Portadown|Gilford|Banbridge|Newry}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=6 June (day 19): Dublin to Belfast|Dublin|Newry|Lisburn|Belfast}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=7 June (day 20): Newcastle to Moorfields|Newcastle|Dundrum|Clough|Downpatrick|Crossgar|Saintfield|Ballynahinch|Templepatrick|Antrim|Ballyronan|Magherafelt|Ballymena|Moorfields}} |{{Location map+|UK Northern Ireland |width=300 |float=right |caption= |places= {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Belfast|position=right|link=Belfast|lat_deg=54.597|lon_deg=-5.93}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Portrush|position=right|link=Portrush|lat_deg=55.20474|lon_deg=-6.65222}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=River Bann|position=right|link=River Bann|lat_deg=54.9927|lon_deg=-6.6101}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Derry|position=right|link=Derry|lat_deg=54.9958|lon_deg=-7.3074}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Newry|position=right|link=Newry|lat_deg=54.176|lon_deg=-6.349}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Newcastle|position=right|link=Newcastle, County Down|lat_deg=54.21|lon_deg=-5.89}} {{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|label=Moorfields|position=right|link=Moorfields, County Antrim|lat_deg=54.82|lon_deg=-6.16}} }} |
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=8 June (day 21): Stranraer to Glasgow|Stranraer|Cairnryan|Ballantrae|Girvan|Turnberry|Maidens|Kirkoswald|Maybole|Alloway|Ayr|Kilmarnock|Kilmaurs|Stewarton|Dunlop|Barrmill|Beith|Lochwinnoch|Kilmacolm|Port Glasgow|Rutherglen|Giffnock|Glasgow}}
{{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=9 June (day 22): Glasgow to Inverness|Bearsden|Clydebank|Dumbarton|Luss|Tarbet|Crianlarich|Tyndrum|Glencoe|North Ballachulish|Fort William|Spean Bridge|Fort Augustus|Invermoriston|Lewiston|Drumnadrochit|Inverness}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=10 June (day 23): Kirkwall to Lerwick|Kirkwall|Lerwick}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=11 June (day 24): Stornoway to Aberdeen|Stornoway|Inverness|Aviemore|Carrbridge|Grantown-on-Spey|Tomintoul|Crathie|Ballater|Dinnet|Aboyne|Kincardine O'Neil|Banchory|Drumoak|Peterculter|Bieldside|Cults|Aberdeen}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=12 June (day 25): 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}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=13 June (day 26): 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}} |{{Location map+|UK Scotland |width=300 |float=right |caption= |places= {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Stranraer|position=left|link=Stranraer|lat_deg=54.9|lon_deg=-5.024}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Glasgow|position=left|link=Glasgow|lat_deg=55.858|lon_deg=-4.259}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Inverness|position=right|link=Inverness|lat_deg=57.4717|lon_deg=-4.2254}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Kirkwall|position=right|link=Kirkwall|lat_deg=59|lon_deg=-3}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Lerwick|position=right|link=Lerwick|lat_deg=60.1529|lon_deg=-1.1492}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Stornoway|position=right|link=Stornoway|lat_deg=58.209435|lon_deg=-6.3848}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Aberdeen|position=right|link=Aberdeen|lat_deg=57.1526|lon_deg=-2.11}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Dundee|position=left|link=Dundee|lat_deg=56.464167|lon_deg=-2.970278}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=St Andrews|position=right|link=St Andrews|lat_deg=56.339775|lon_deg=-2.796721}} {{Location map~|UK Scotland|label=Edinburgh|position=right|link=Edinburgh|lat_deg=55.949444|lon_deg=-3.160278}} }} |
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=14 June (day 27): Edinburgh to Alnwick|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}}
{{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=15 June (day 28): Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne|Hipsburn|Warkworth|Amble|Ashington|Choppington|Morpeth|Hartford|Bedlington|Blyth|Whitley Bay|Cullercoats|Tynemouth|North Shields|Howdon|Wallsend|Newcastle upon Tyne}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=16 June (day 29): Gateshead to Durham|Gateshead|South Shields|Whitburn|Sunderland|Low Fell|Blaydon-on-Tyne|Prudhoe|Stocksfield|Hexham|Riding Mill|Consett|Moorside|Castleside|Tow Law|Esh|Langley Park|Durham}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=17 June (day 30): Durham to Middlesbrough|Sherburn|Sherburn Hill|Haswell Plough|Peterlee|Horden|Blackhall Colliery|Hartlepool|Billingham|Sedgefield|Bishop Auckland|Shildon|Middridge|Newton Aycliffe|Beaumont Hill|Harrowgate Hill|Darlington|Stockton-on-Tees|Middlesbrough}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=18 June (day 31): Middlesbrough to Hull|Redcar|Marske-by-the-Sea|Saltburn-by-the-Sea|Brotton|Carlin How|Loftus|Hinderwell|Lythe|Sandsend|Whitby|Pickering|Scarborough|Filey|Bridlington|Beverley|Hull}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=19 June (day 32): Hull to York|Brough|Goole|Camblesforth|Selby|Monk Fryston|Barkston Ash|Tadcaster|Boston Spa|Wetherby|Harewood|Knaresborough|Harrogate|Ripon|York}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=20 June (day 33): York to Carlisle|Thirsk|Northallerton|Aiskew|Bedale|Aysgarth|Leyburn|Richmond|Barnard Castle|Brough|Appleby-in-Westmorland|Penrith|Carlisle}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=21 June (day 34): Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere|Dumfries|Annan|Eastriggs|Gretna|Carlisle|Wigton|Aspatria|Maryport|Flimby|Workington|Whitehaven|Cockermouth|Keswick|Grasmere|Ambleside|Bowness-on-Windermere}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=22 June (day 35): Kendal to Blackpool|Kendal|Milnthorpe|Carnforth|Bolton-le-Sands|Hest Bank|Morecambe|Lancaster|Garstang|St Michael's on Wyre|Fleetwood|Cleveleys|Blackpool}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=23 June (day 36): Lytham St Annes to Manchester|Lytham St Annes|Warton|Preston|Blackburn|Accrington|Burnley|Crawshawbooth|Reedsholme|Rawtenstall|Rochdale|Heywood|Bury|Whitefield|Prestwich|Higher Broughton|Cheetham Hill|Manchester}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=24 June (day 37): Salford to Leeds{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/19_03_12_torchday37.pdf|title=Torchbearer Street Route - Day 37|date=19 March 2012|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 November 2019}}|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}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=25 June (day 38): Leeds to Sheffield|Hunslet|Beeston|Morley|Batley|Dewsbury|Wakefield|Castleford|Pontefract|Ackworth|Lundwood|Cundy Cross|Barnsley|Darton|Kexbrough|Chapeltown|Ecclesfield|Parson Cross|Sheffield}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=26 June (day 39): Sheffield to Cleethorpes|Rotherham|Templeborough|Dalton|Thrybergh|Conisbrough|Warmsworth|Doncaster|Armthorpe|Dunsville|Hatfield|Scunthorpe|Brigg|Wrawby|Immingham|Grimsby|Cleethorpes}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=27 June (day 40): 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}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=28 June (day 41): Lincoln to Nottingham|Saxilby|Darlton|East Markham|Tuxford|Kirton|Boughton|Edwinstowe|Mansfield|Kelham|Newark-on-Trent|Balderton|Grantham|Radcliffe-on-Trent|Nottingham}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=29 June (day 42): Nottingham to Derby|Glapwell|Bolsover|Calow|Chesterfield|Matlock|Darley Dale|Bakewell|Buxton|Ashbourne|Derby}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=30 June (day 43): Derby to Birmingham|Burton upon Trent|Streethay|Lichfield|Hopwas|Tamworth|Great Wyrley|Newtown|Bloxwich|Leamore|Birchills|Walsall|Willenhall|Wolverhampton|Dudley|Oldbury|West Bromwich|Smethwick|Birmingham}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=1 July (day 44): Birmingham to Coventry|Solihull|Earlswood|Redditch|Astwood Bank|Alcester|Evesham|Wickhamford|Broadway|Chipping Campden|Newbold on Stour|Alderminster|Stratford-upon-Avon|Warwick|Leamington Spa|Kenilworth|Coventry}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=2 July (day 45): Coventry to Leicester|Rugby|Dunchurch|Northampton|Wellingborough|Isham|Kettering|Geddington|Corby|Dingley|Market Harborough|Lubenham|Foxton|Kibworth Harcourt|Oadby|Leicester}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=3 July (day 46): Leicester to Peterborough|Quorn|Loughborough|Hoton|Wymeswold|Asfordby|Melton Mowbray|Langham|Oakham|Uppingham|Stamford|Peterborough}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=4 July (day 47): Peterborough to Norwich|Market Deeping|Thurlby|Bourne|Spalding|Moulton|Whaplode|Holbeach|Long Sutton|King's Lynn|South Wootton|West Rudham|East Rudham|Fakenham|Holt|Cromer|Aylsham|Norwich}} |{{Location map+|UK Northern England |width=300 |float=right |caption= |places= {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Alnwick|position=right|link=Alnwick|lat_deg=55.4134|lon_deg=-1.7069}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Newcastle|position=right|link=Newcastle upon Tyne|lat_deg=54.974|lon_deg=-1.6132}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Gateshead|position=top|link=Gateshead|lat_deg=54.9526|lon_deg=-1.6034}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Durham|position=right|link=Durham, England|lat_deg=54.7761|lon_deg=-1.5733}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Middlesbrough|position=right|link=Middlesbrough|lat_deg=54.573889|lon_deg=-1.233333}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Hull|position=right|link=Kingston upon Hull|lat_deg=53.744333|lon_deg=-0.3325}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=York|position=right|link=York|lat_deg=53.958333|lon_deg=-1.080278}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Carlisle|position=right|link=Carlisle, Cumbria|lat_deg=54.891|lon_deg=-2.9439}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Dumfries|position=right|link=Dumfries|lat_deg=55.0708|lon_deg=-3.605120}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Bowness-on-Windermere|position=left|link=Bowness-on-Windermere|lat_deg=54.3644|lon_deg=-2.9181}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Kendal|position=right|link=Kendal|lat_deg=54.328|lon_deg=-2.74629}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Blackpool|position=top|link=Blackpool|lat_deg=53.814167|lon_deg=-3.050278}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Lytham St Annes|position=left|link=Lytham St Annes|lat_deg=53.756|lon_deg=-3.021319}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Manchester|position=bottom|link=Manchester|lat_deg=53.466667|lon_deg=-2.233333}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Salford|position=top|link=Salford|lat_deg=53.4875|lon_deg=-2.290126}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Bradford|position=top|link=Bradford|lat_deg=53.8313|lon_deg=-1.8431}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Leeds|position=right|link=Leeds|lat_deg=53.799722|lon_deg=-1.549167}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Sheffield|position=top|link=Sheffield|lat_deg=53.383611|lon_deg=-1.466944}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Cleethorpes|position=bottom|link=Cleethorpes|lat_deg=53.5533|lon_deg=-0.02155}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Grimsby|position=right|link=Grimsby|lat_deg=53.5674|lon_deg=-0.0807}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Lincoln|position=right|link=Lincoln, England|lat_deg=53.2327|lon_deg=-0.5376}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Nottingham|position=right|link=Nottingham|lat_deg=52.95|lon_deg=-1.133333}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Derby|position=left|link=Derby|lat_deg=52.921944|lon_deg=-1.475833}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Birmingham|position=left|link=Birmingham|lat_deg=52.4796|lon_deg=-1.903}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Coventry|position=bottom|link=Coventry|lat_deg=52.408056|lon_deg=-1.510556}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Leicester|position=left|link=Leicester|lat_deg=52.63422|lon_deg=-1.13852}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Peterborough|position=bottom|link=Peterborough|lat_deg=52.583333|lon_deg=-0.25}} {{Location map~|UK Northern England|label=Norwich|position=top|link=Norwich|lat_deg=52.628333|lon_deg=1.296667}} }} |
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{{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=6 July (day 49): Ipswich to Chelmsford|Colchester|Hatfield Peverel|Heybridge|Maldon|Rayleigh|Southend-on-Sea|Hadleigh|Basildon|Grays|Herongate|Brentwood|Chelmsford}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=7 July (day 50): Chelmsford to Cambridge|Harlow|Waltham Abbey|Waltham Cross|Hertford|Ware|Bishop's Stortford|Stansted Mountfitchet|Newport|Saffron Walden|Haverhill|Bury St Edmunds|Newmarket|Cambridge}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=8 July (day 51): Cambridge to Luton|St Ives|Huntingdon|Bedford|Cotton End|Letchworth|Stevenage|Welwyn Garden City|Hatfield|St Albans|Hemel Hempstead|Luton}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=9 July (day 52): Luton to Oxford|Dunstable|Milton Keynes|Bletchley|Buckingham|Winslow|Whitchurch|Aylesbury|Stoke Mandeville|Aylesbury|Waddesdon|Bicester|Kirtlington|Woodstock|Kidlington|Oxford}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=10 July (day 53): Oxford to Reading|Abingdon-on-Thames|Wallingford|Crowmarsh Gifford|Nettlebed|Henley-on-Thames|Bisham (Bisham Abbey)|Maidenhead|Slough|Windsor|Egham|Ascot|Bracknell|Reading}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=11 July (day 54): Reading to Salisbury|Theale|Thatcham|Newbury|Basingstoke|Kings Worthy|Winchester|Andover|Ludgershall|Tidworth|Amesbury|Winterbourne|Salisbury}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=12 July (day 55): Salisbury to Weymouth|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|Weymouth}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=13 July (day 56): 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}} |{{Location map+|England |width=300 |float=right |caption= |places= {{Location map~|UK England|label=Ipswich|position=right|link=Ipswich|lat_deg=52.059444|lon_deg=1.155556}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Chelmsford|position=right|link=Chelmsford|lat_deg=51.7361|lon_deg=0.4798}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Cambridge|position=right|link=Cambridge|lat_deg=52.208056|lon_deg=0.1225}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Luton|position=right|link=Luton|lat_deg=51.9|lon_deg=-0.433333}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Oxford|position=left|link=Oxford|lat_deg=51.751944|lon_deg=-1.257778}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Reading|position=right|link=Reading, Berkshire|lat_deg=51.454167|lon_deg=-0.973056}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Salisbury|position=left|link=Salisbury|lat_deg=51.074|lon_deg=-1.7936}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Weymouth|position=left|link=Weymouth, Dorset|lat_deg=50.6144|lon_deg=-2.4576}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Portland Bill|position=bottom|link=Portland Bill|lat_deg=50.5176|lon_deg=-2.4546}} {{Location map~|UK England|label=Bournemouth|position=right|link=Bournemouth|lat_deg=50.72|lon_deg=-1.88}} }} |
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End of relay
The end of the relay took place in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
The torch arrived aboard a speedboat piloted by David Beckham, via the Limehouse Cut. Steve Redgrave received the flame from young footballer Jade Bailey,{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/your_local_areas/9847821.WALTHAM_FOREST__Residents_play_starring_roles_in_Olympics_opening_ceremony/|title=Footballer Jade Bailey, who travelled with the Olympic Torch in a speedboat driven by David Beckham, was among dozens of Waltham Forest residents who starred in the opening ceremony.|publisher=Waltham Forest Guardian|access-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225810/http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/your_local_areas/9847821.WALTHAM_FOREST__Residents_play_starring_roles_in_Olympics_opening_ceremony/|archive-date=2013-12-02|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19037111|title=David Beckham did drive the speed boat during ceremony|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 July 2012}} the torchbearer on the boat, and carried it into the Olympic Stadium. Then Redgrave handed the torch to the seven young athletes, each one nominated by an athlete. The athletes then each applied their torch to one of the 204 petals, which then lit and converged to create the cauldron, which was designed by Thomas Heatherwick.
See also
- 2012 Summer Paralympics torch relay
- Real Relay
- Episode 4466, episode of EastEnders in which the torch was carried (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24q1nu-hg4)
References
{{reflist|40em}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
{{external media|video1={{YouTube|x-sT_aryigg|London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay - Olympia Lighting Ceremony}}|video2={{YouTube|SqEDqj2JQp0|London Receives The Olympic Flame - Handover Ceremony}}|video3={{YouTube|Ei54TO1VBlM|Olympic Cauldron is lit for London 2012}}}}
- {{official website|http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay}}
- [http://casa.oobrien.com/misc/flame/ Full-screen interactive map] based on OpenStreetMap
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729065011/http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay BBC's coverage of the torch relay (includes full route)]
- [https://github.com/commuterjoy/torch-relay Torch relay's GPS route] taken from the BBC's tracking feed
{{Olympic torch relays}}
Torch Relay, 2012 Summer Olympics