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15/08/2012
Scouts To Light Paralympic Flame Across UK
The Paralympic torch relay will be launched by Scouts the lighting of four flames atop the highest peak in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The flames will be lit on August 22 on Scafell Pike, Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard on 22 August.
After the flame has been lit it will visit UK capital cities before uniting in the home of the Paralympic movement, Stoke Mandeville.
On 28 August an overnight relay route will see the Paralympic flame carried 92 miles by 580 torchbearers, working in teams of five, from Stoke Mandeville Stadium through Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and all six of London's host boroughs to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.
Some of its stops along the way will include:
• The National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville
• The famous Abbey Road crossing in Camden, where the
torchbearers include wheelchair basketball and badminton player
Philip Tew
• Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, where it will be carried
by five members of the UK's first blind women's cricket team
• London Zoo
• Piccadilly Circus
• Tower Bridge, carried by coach David Walkerdine who was
nominated by Paralympian Richard Whitehead
• Hackney Town Hall
• Marsh Lane Playing Fields in Waltham Forest
• Stratford Park in Newham
"By creating the four flames through human endeavour at the four highest peaks in the UK we will ensure that the spirit of each home nation is represented in the Paralympic Flame," said Lord Coe.
He urged spectators support the Paralympic torch relay by taking lanterns to a flame festival, supporting a torchbearer or lining the route of the 24-hour relay.
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The flames will be lit on August 22 on Scafell Pike, Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard on 22 August.
After the flame has been lit it will visit UK capital cities before uniting in the home of the Paralympic movement, Stoke Mandeville.
On 28 August an overnight relay route will see the Paralympic flame carried 92 miles by 580 torchbearers, working in teams of five, from Stoke Mandeville Stadium through Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and all six of London's host boroughs to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.
Some of its stops along the way will include:
• The National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville
• The famous Abbey Road crossing in Camden, where the
torchbearers include wheelchair basketball and badminton player
Philip Tew
• Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, where it will be carried
by five members of the UK's first blind women's cricket team
• London Zoo
• Piccadilly Circus
• Tower Bridge, carried by coach David Walkerdine who was
nominated by Paralympian Richard Whitehead
• Hackney Town Hall
• Marsh Lane Playing Fields in Waltham Forest
• Stratford Park in Newham
"By creating the four flames through human endeavour at the four highest peaks in the UK we will ensure that the spirit of each home nation is represented in the Paralympic Flame," said Lord Coe.
He urged spectators support the Paralympic torch relay by taking lanterns to a flame festival, supporting a torchbearer or lining the route of the 24-hour relay.
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