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29ParalympicTorch PDF
29ParalympicTorch PDF
IN JUST 24 HOURS
The Opening Ceremony
20 miles
Flame Lighting Ceremony at Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire starts the 92-mile relay to London
Main map
FINISH LONDON
Stratford
F
M1
6.54pm 8.47am
The Torch make its way to the Abbey Road crossing
9.00am
Five members of Britains first blind womens cricket team will be on their way through Lords cricket ground
BRENT
A team of PE teachers who encouraged both able bodied and disabled students to try Paralympic sports will carry the torch through Waltham Forest
The theme is Enlightenment, focusing on the intellectual revolution in Europe between the 16th and 18th Centuries. The cauldron will make a second appearance, this time with 166 copper petals rather than 205. Rumours abound over Stephen Hawkings involvement, right. He could appear in a pre-recorded segment. Peter Norfolk, who won wheelchair tennis gold in Athens and Beijing, is the flag bearer for Team GB. Aerobility, a charity that helps those with impairments to fly, has assembled its own special team for a fly-past.
Orient Way
8.18pm
S
Barking Rd
6.25am
London Fields F
6.09pm
S
Hackney Town Hall
11.00am
Former boxer Michael Watson, left who was left paralysed by a fight with Chris Eubank in 1991 will take the torch through Trafalgar Square by 11am. Tanni Grey-Thompson and nine-time Paralympic gold-medallist swimmer Chris Holmes will also appear
9.57pm
Westferry Road
5.30pm
Will pass London 2012 HQ in Canary Wharf
KEY
TORCH ROUTE TORCH TRANSFER START FINISH
1.22pm
Lambeth bridge
S F
4.15pm
Island Gardens
S F
SOUTHWARK
1 mile
Greenwich Pier
Just before 10pm, the Torch will be brought to the Community Live Big Screen at Stratford Park, surely delighting the crowds watching the Opening Ceremony outside the venue