6 November 2011 Last updated at 19:04 ET

London 2012: The 1,018 communities which the torch will visit

The Olympic torch will arrive in the UK on 18 May 2012, before embarking on a 70-day journey around the British Isles.

It will be carried in relay by 8,000 runners and the aim is to bring it within one hour's travelling time of 95% of the population.

London 2012 organisers have released details of over 1,000 communities along the route of the torch relay.

Check the list below or explore our map of the route.

Day 1 - 19 May 2012: Land's End to 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.

Day 2 - 20 May 2012: Plymouth to Exeter

Brixton, Yealmpton, Modbury, Kingsbridge, West Charleton, Chillington, Torcross, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Totnes, Paignton, Torquay, Teignmouth, Exeter.

Day 3 - 21 May 2012: Exeter to Taunton

Okehampton, FollyGate, Hatherleigh, Merton, GreatTorrington, Bideford, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Wrafton, Braunton, Knowle, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Minehead, Dunster, Carhampton, Washford, Williton, Taunton

Day 4 - 22 May 2012: Taunton to Bristol

lchester, Somerton, Street, Glastonbury, Coxley, Wells, Croscombe, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Southwick, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bitton, Longwell Green, Hanham, Bristol

Day 5 - 23 May 2012: Bristol to 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

Day 6 - 24 May 2012: Gloucester to 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

Day 7 - 25 May 2012: Worcester to Cardiff

Powick, Malvern, Malvern Wells, Ross on Wye, Monmouth, Raglan, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Blaenavon, Abersychan, Pontypool, Newport, Cardiff

Day 8 - 26 May 2012: Cardiff to 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

Day 9 - 27 May 2012: Swansea to Aberystwyth

Llanelli, Burry Port, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan, Sarnau, Brynhoffnant, Llanarth, Aberaeron, Llanon, Llanrhystud, Aberystwyth

Day 10 - 28 May 2012: Aberystwyth to Bangor

Bow Street, Tal-y-bont, Tre Taliesin, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Llan Ffestiniog, Blaneau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Y Felinheli, Bangor

Day 11 - 29 May 2012: Beaumaris to 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

Day 12 - 30 May 2012: Chester to 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

Day 13 - 31 May 2012: Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton

Cobridge, Burslem, Middleport, Crewe Congleton, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Runcorn, Widnes, Warrington, Lowton, Abram, Wigan, Scholes, Ince, Hindley, Westhoughton, Bolton

Day 14 - 1 June 2012: Bolton to Liverpool

Horwich, Chorley, Euxton, Croston, Burscough, Ormskirk, Southport, Ainsdale, Formby, Crosby, St Helens, Huyton, Knotty Ash, Old Swan, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Liverpool

Day 15 - 2 June 2012: Liverpool to Castletown, Isle of Man

Liverpool, Douglas, Laxey, Onchan, Ballasalla, Castletown

Day 16 - 3 June 2012: Belfast to Portrush

Belfast, Holywood, Bangor, Newtownards, Comber, Dundonald, Stormont, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Glynn, Larne, Drains Bay, Ballygally, Glenarm, Carnlough, Glenariff, Cushendall, Ballycastle, Dervock, Bushmills, Portrush

Day 17 - 4 June 2012: River Bann to Londonderry

River Bann, Coleraine, Articlave, Castlerock, Downhill, Bellarena, Limavady, Ballykelly, Greysteel, Londonderry

Day 18 - 5 June 2012: Londonderry to Newry

Londonderry, New Buildings, Magheramason, Bready, Ballymagorry, Strabane, SionMills, Omagh, Dromore, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, Fivemiletown, Clogher, Augher, Aughnacloy, Caledon, Armagh, Portadown, Gilford, Banbridge, Newry

Day 19 - 6 June 2012: Newry to Belfast

Lisburn, Belfast

Day 20 - 7 June 2012: Newcastle to Moorfields

Newcastle, Dundrum, Clough, Downpatrick, Crossgar, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick, Antrim, Ballyronan, Magherafelt, Ballymena, Moorfields

Day 21 - 8 June 2012: Stranraer to Glasgow

Stranraer,Cairnryan, Ballantrae, Girvan, Turnberry, Maidens, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Alloway, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton, Dunlop, Barrmill, Beith, Lochwinnoch, Kilmacolm, Port, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Giffnock, Glasgow (second visit)

Day 22 - 9 June 2012: Glasgow to Inverness

Glasgow, Bearsden, Clydebank, Dumbarton, Luss, Tarbet, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Glencoe, NorthBallachullish, FortWilliam, SpeanBridge, FortAugustus, Invermoriston, Lewiston, Drumnadrochit, Inverness

Day 23 - 10 June 2012: Kirkwall to Lerwick

Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Lerwick (Shetland Islands)

Day 24 - 11 June 2012: Stornoway to Aberdeen

Stornoway, Inverness, Aviemore, Carrbridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Tomintoul, Crathie, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, Kincardine O'Neil, Banchory, Drumoak, Peterculter, Bieldside, Cults, Aberdeen

Day 25 - 12 June 2012: 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

Day 26 - 13 June 2012: 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

Day 27 - 14 June 2012: Edinburgh to Alnwick

Edinburgh, 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

Day 28 - 15 June 2012: Alnwick to 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

Day 29 - 16 June 2012: Gateshead to 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

Day 30 - 17 June 2012: Durham to 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

Day 31 - 18 June 2012: Middlesbrough to 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

Day 32 - 19 June 2012: Hull to York

Hull, Brough, Goole, Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Ripon, York

Day 33 - 20 June 2012: York to Carlisle

Thirsk, Northallerton, Aiskew, Bedale, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Brough, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Penrith, Carlisle

Day 34 - 21 June 2012: Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere

Dumfries i, Annan, Eastriggs, Gretna, Carlisle, Wigton, Aspatria, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Keswick, Grasmere, Ambleside, Bowness-on-Windermere

Day 35 - 22 June 2012: Kendal to Blackpool

Kendal, Milnthorpe, Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Morecambe, Lancaster, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Blackpool

Day 36 - 23 June 2012: Lytham St Anne's to Manchester

Lytham St Anne's, Warton, Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Crawshawbooth, Reedsholme, Rawtenstall, Rochdale, Heywood, Bury, Whitefield, Prestwich, Higher Broughton, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

Day 37 - 24 June 2012: Salford to 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

Day 38 - 25 June 2012: Leeds to Sheffield

Leeds, Hunslet, Beeston, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ackworth Moor Top, Lundwood, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, Darton, Kexbrough, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Parson Cross, Sheffield

Day 39 - 26 June 2012: Sheffield to Cleethorpes

Sheffield, Rotherham, Templeborough, Dalton, Thrybergh, Conisbrough, Warmsworth, Doncaster, Armthorpe, Dunsville, Hatfield, Scunthorpe, Brigg, Wrawby, Immingham, Grimsby, Cleethorpes

Day 40 - 27 June 2012: 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

Day 41 - 28 June 2012: Lincoln to Nottingham

Lincoln, Saxilby, Darlton, East Markham, Tuxford, Kirton, Boughton, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Kelham, Newark-on-Trent, Balderton, Grantham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham

Day 42 - 29 June 2012: Nottingham to Derby

Nottingham, Glapwell, Bolsover, Calow, Chesterfield, Matlock, Darley Dale, Bakewell, Buxton, Ashbourne, Derby

Day 43 - 30 June 2012: Derby to Birmingham

Derby, Burton upon Trent, Streethay, Lichfield, Hopwas, Tamworth, Great Wyrley, Newtown, Bloxwich, Leamore, Birchills, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Birmingham

Day 44 - 1 July 2012: Birmingham to 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

Day 45 - 2 July 2012: Coventry to Leicester

Coventry, Rugby, Dunchurch, Northampton, Wellingborough, Isham, Kettering, Geddington, Corby, Dingley, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, Oadby, Leicester

Day 46 - 3 July 2012: Leicester to Peterborough

Leicester, Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Langham, Oakham, Uppingham, Stamford, Peterborough

Day 47 - 4 July 2012: Peterborough to 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

Day 48 - 5 July 2012: Norwich to Ipswich

Norwich, Acle, Filby, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Wrentham, Reydon, Southwold, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Aldeburgh, Wickham Market, Ufford, Melton, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Ipswich

Day 49 - 6 July 2012: Ipswich to Chelmsford

Ipswich, Colchester, Hatfield Peverel, Heybridge, Maldon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hadleigh, Basildon, Grays, Herongate, Brentwood, Chelmsford

Day 50 - 7 July 2012: Chelmsford to Cambridge

Chelmsford, Harlow, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Hertford, Ware, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Newport, Saffron Walden,Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Cambridge

Day 51 - 8 July 2012: Cambridge to Luton

Cambridge, St Ives, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cotton End, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton

Day 52 - 9 July 2012: Luton to Oxford

Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Buckingham, Winslow, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Bicester, Kirtlington, Woodstock, Kidlington, Oxford

Day 53 - 10 July 2012: Oxford to Reading

Oxford, Abingdon, Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Bisham (Bisham, Abbey), Maidenhead, Slough, Windsor, Egham, Ascot, Bracknell, Reading

Day 54 - 11 July 2012: Reading to Salisbury

Reading, Theale, Thatcham, Newbury, Basingstoke, Kings Worthy, Winchester, Andover, Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, The Winterbournes, Salisbury

Day 55 - 12 July 2012: Salisbury to 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

Day 56 - 13 July 2012: 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

Day 57 - 14 July 2012: Bournemouth to Southampton

Bournemouth, Boscombe, Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington, Totland, Yarmouth, Carisbrooke, Newport, East Cowes, Southampton

Day 58 - 15 July 2012: Southampton to Portsmouth

Southampton, St Peter Port, St Helier, Fareham, Bridgemary, Gosport, Portsmouth

Day 59 - 16 July 2012: Portsmouth to 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

Day 60 - 17 July 2012: Brighton to Hastings

Crawley, Copthorne, Felbridge, East Grinstead, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough, Lewes, Eastbourne, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Bexhill-on-Sea, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings

Day 61 - 18 July 2012: Hastings to Dover

Hastings, Rye, Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Sandgate, Folkestone, Dover

Day 62 - 19 July 2012: Deal to 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

Day 63 - 20 July 2012: Maidstone to Guildford

Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Higham, Gravesend, Borough Green, Seal, Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Godstone, Bletchingley, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Westcott, Shere, Godalming, Guildford

Day 64 - 21 July 2012: Greenwich to Waltham Forest

Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest

Day 65 - 22 July 2012: Redbridge to Bexley

Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Bexley

Day 66 - 23 July 2012: Lewisham to Wandsworth

Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Wandsworth

Day 67 - 24 July 2012: Kingston to Ealing

Kingston, Richmond, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Ealing

Day 68 - 25 July 2012: Harrow to Haringey

Harrow, Brent, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey

Day 69 - 26 July 2012: Camden to Westminster

Camden, Islington, City, Southwark, Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster

Day 70 - 27 July 2012: Hampton Court Palace to Olympic Park

The torch makes its final journey, from Hampton Court Palace to the Olympic Park where it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony.