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Olympic Torch To Visit Every London Borough

Monday 7th November 2011

London 2012 organisers have confirmed the Olympic torch will be carried through every London borough next year.

olympic torchThe torch will go through more than a thousand locations across the country, before arriving in London on July 20th. It will then spend a week passing through every borough before heading along the Thames to the Olympic Stadium.

After spending its first night at the Tower Of London, it begin its journey on 21st July in Greenwich. Redbridge Cycling Centre and Camden's Roundhouse are among the other venues which will welcome the Olympic flame.

Starting out at Land's End, the full 8,000 mile Olympic relay will also take in hundreds of landmarks including Snowdon, Stormont, Loch Ness and Stonehenge.

Every county in England and every local authority area in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will host the flame, reaching as far north as Lerwick in Scotland to St Helier in the south, Lowestoft in the east and Enniskillen in the west.

The Olympic Torch In London

Saturday 21 July
Greenwich
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Waltham Forest

Sunday 22 July
Redbridge
Barking & Dagenham
Havering
Bexley

Monday 23 July
Lewisham
Bromley
Croydon
Sutton
Merton
Wandsworth

Tuesday 24 July
Kingston
Richmond
Hounslow
Hillingdon
Ealing

Wednesday 25 July
Harrow
Brent
Barnet
Enfield
Haringey

Thursday 26 July
Camden
Islington
City
Southwark
Lambeth
Kensington & Chelsea
Hammersmith & Fulham
Westminster

Friday 27 July
Hampton Court Palace, up the River Thames to the Olympic Stadium.

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