East Riding of Yorkshire Council is delighted to confirm that the streets the Olympic Flame will travel down on its way to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and the inspirational torchbearers who will carry it through the area have been announced.
The council is currently working with the communities the Flame will pass through to develop plans on how to celebrate the Flame’s arrival and would encourage residents and visitors to the East Riding to turn out and cheer on the Torchbearers as they carry the Flame through Bridlington and Beverley on Monday, 18 June and Brough and Goole on Tuesday, 19 June.
The streets along the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, which can be viewed in full at www.london2012.com/olympictorchrelay, gives street-by-street details and proposed start times for when the Olympic Flame will travel through the East Riding. Residents living in and around the East Riding can find out when it will be travelling along their nearest high street, through their town square or past their local village shop.
The Torchbearers confirmed to carry the Flame through Bridlington, Beverley, Brough and Goole today include those that were successful through the public nomination processes run by LOCOG and the Presenting Partners, Coca Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. LOCOG has endeavoured to slot all community Torchbearers within an hour of their nomination address so family and friends can cheer them on. Each Torchbearer will wear a white and gold uniform which has been designed by adidas.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The announcement of which streets the Flame will travel down as it heads through the East Riding and the names of those inspirational people selected to be Torchbearers really brings the Olympic Torch Relay to life.
“The council encourages residents and members of surrounding communities to line the streets of Bridlington, Beverley, Brough and Goole to celebrate this once in a life time event and to cheer on the Torchbearers with the Flame on its journey to London.”
Sebastian Coe, chair of LOCOG, added: “Today we bring the Olympic Torch Relay to life. The Flame symbolises the Olympic spirit and its journey around the UK will bring the excitement of the Games to our streets. Now the people know the route the Olympic Flame will be carried along and the Torchbearers for their community, they can start planning how they might celebrate and make it the East Riding’s moment to shine.”
An average of 115 Torchbearers a day will carry the Olympic Flame during its 8,000 mile journey around the UK before it arrives at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the official start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
LOCOG has worked closely with representatives from a number of sectors in each nation and region of the UK to devise the route and is taking the Olympic Flame to within ten miles of over 95 per cent of the population.
Schools across the UK can now access free learning resources linked to the Olympic Torch Relay through Get Set (london2012.com/getset), the official London 2012 education programme. The activities are designed to help schools and colleges make the most of the Relay by lining the route, and cheering on their local Torchbearers. Resources include ideas for making Flame hats and shakers to welcome the Flame, an assembly presentation to get the school behind a Torchbearer and a film showing one Get Set network school’s preparations for the Relay.
Bridlington
Changes to torchbearer mode in Bridlington at about 3pm on Scarborough Road (A1038), passing Baylegate on the left and South Back Lane on the right, before heading along St John’s Street, with the High School for Girls on the right and Queensgate on the left.
The route then goes on to Quay Road, passing St John’s Avenue on the right, the torchbearer will then turn right on Station Avenue and right again onto Hilderthorpe Road before bearing left onto A165 Kingsgate.
The route will then go down Kingsgate, passing George Street and Shaftesbury Road on the right and Kingston Road on the left before reverting to convey mode at around 3.22pm.
Beverley
The relay turns to torchbearer mode at approximately 4.16pm, in Beverley, on Norwood (A1035), passing by Corporation Road on the left and Beverley High School on the right.
The route then turns left onto New Walkergate (A164) before turning right onto Sow Hill Road before progressing into Saturday Market.
The Flame will then go through Saturday Market down Toll Gavel before turning right onto Butcher Row and Lord Roberts Road. The route will then turn left onto Champney Road before again turning left onto Lairgate and then left again onto Keldgate at the double mini roundabout.
The route will go down Keldgate, passing Keldgate Bar on the right and Beverley Minster on the left before turning right on Flemingate (B1230).
Torchbearers will then continue down Flemingate passing by Spark Mill Lane on the right and Wiles Court, Beckside and Waterside Road on the left, before reverting to convey mode at around 4.47pm.
Tuesday, 19 June
Brough
The route enters torchbearer mode in Brough at around 7.37am on Welton Road. The torchbearer will head down Welton Road passing Loxley Way on the left and Thorpe Road, Freeman Avenue, Sandfield Drive and Lavender House Care Home on the right before turning right on Elloughton Road.
On Elloughton Road, it will pass Jefferson Drive on the left, Hunter Road, Brough Primary School, Birch Croft, Hill Rise and Beech Road and Chapel Mews on the right to Main Street.
The route will then turn left from Main Street onto Stockbridge Road passing Vicarage Gardens, Elloughton Primary School and Stockbridge Park on the right before reverting to convey mode at around 8.02am.
Goole
The relay will go into torchbearer mode in Goole at around 8.29am on Boothferry Road and will pass by Goole College on the right and continue down Boothferry Road past Bartholomew Avenue and Clifton Gardens on the left, Gordon Street on the right and Lloyds TSB on the left before the Flame is carried through the pedestrian area before turning right onto Stanhope Street.
The route will then turn right onto Coronation Street and then left onto Boothferry Road passing by Pasture Road on the right and Jefferson Street, Henry Street and Newport Street on the left before turning left onto A164 Rawcliffe Road and reverting to convey mode at around 8.51am.
