The Olympic Flame will come within 10 miles of 95% of people in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. It will enable local communities to shine a light on the best their area has to offer – including celebrations of local culture, breathtaking landscapes and dynamic urban areas.
In the West Midlands the Torch relay is set to visit every county, giving communities from Hereford to Stoke-on-Trent to Rugby the opportunity to welcome the Olympic Flame and show the world the best our region has to offer.
The Olympic Flame will be carried through rural villages such as Ledbury, iconic towns such as Much Wenlock and Stratford-upon-Avon and across major urban areas such as the Black Country visiting towns such as Smethwick. The Flame will be also be carried past iconic sights such as Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Telford and the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, as well as travelling on a Canal Boat and a Tram at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.
The London 2012 interactive map shows each of the 1,019 communities the Flame will be carried through. Zoom in to see the detail of the route street-by-street. Live in the UK? Enter a postcode in the search box to find out where and when the Flame will be near you... then start planning how you will welcome it! You can also find the locations of evening celebrations, which take place at the end of almost every day of the Relay including those in Worcester, Stoke, Birmingham and Coventry.
A summary of the route the Torch will take and dates it will be in our region are detailed below.
Thursday 24 May 2012
Gloucester
Maisemore
Hartpury
Staunton
Ledbury
Bartestree
Lugwardine
Hereford
Leominster
Ludlow
Cleehill
Cleobury Mortimer
Far Forest
Callow Hill
Bewdley
Kidderminster
Droitwich Spa
Fernhill Heath
Worcester - Evening Celebration Event
Friday 25 May 2012
Worcester
Powick
Malvern
Malvern Wells
Ross on Wye
Wednesday 30 May
Oswestry
Pant
Llanymynech
Welshpool
Shrewsbury
Cressage
Much Wenlock
Benthall
Broseley
Ironbridge
Telford
Newport
Gnosall
Haughton
Stafford
Shelton
Stoke on Trent - Evening Celebration Event
Thursday 31 May 2012
Stoke-on-Trent
Cobridge
Burslem
Middleport
Saturday 30 June 2012
Burton upon Trent
Lichfield
Hopwas
Tamworth
Great Wyrley
Newton
Bloxwich
Leamore
Birchills
Walsall
Willenhall
Wolverhampton
Dudley
Oldbury
West Bromwich
Smethwick
Birmingham - Evening Celebration Event
Sunday 1 July 2012
Birmingham
Solihull
Earlswood
Redditch
Astwood Bank
Alcester
Evesham
Wickhamford
Broadway
Newbold on Sour
Alderminster
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Warwick
Leamington Spa
Kenilworth
Coventry - Evening Celebration Event
Monday 2 July 2012
Coventry
Rugby
Hillmorton