Torch route & times

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For those that want to view or avoid.

The torch relay organisers are urging people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to support the torchbearers as they carry the torch along the route. Schools, residents, businesses and community groups are all being encouraged to join in the celebrations.

Our guide includes information on the torch route in Leicestershire and Rutland including where and when to see it and road closures.

Where to see the Olympic torch

On Monday, July 2 the torch will be arrving in Market Harborough at 3.19pm and then travelling to Lubenham, Foxton, Oadby and then into Leicester for the evening celebration party at Abbey Park.

MONDAY, JULY 2

3.19pm: Market Harborough - Rockingham Road

3.29pm: St Mary's Road

3.32pm: Adam & Eve Street

3.33pm: Church Square

3.34pm: High Street

3.35pm: The Square

3.35pm: Coventry Road

3.44pm: Lubenham Hill

3.49pm: Lubenham Lubenham Hill

3.52pm: Main Street

3.55pm: Foxton Road

4.03pm: Foxton Locks Road

4.51pm: Foxton

4.51pm: Main Street

5.06pm: Kibworth Harcourt

5.06pm: Leicester Road (A6)

5.20pm: Oadby - Glen Road

5.27pm: London Road

5.32pm: London Road (B5403)

5.35pm: The Parade

5.39pm: Leicester Road (A6)

5.45pm: Leicester

5.45pm: London Road (A6)

6.20pm: St George Street (A594)

6.22pm: St George's Way (A594)

6.24pm: Queen Street

6.27pm: Rutland Street

6.29pm: Granby Street

6.33pm: Humberstone Gate

6.34pm: Charles Street

6.36pm: Belgrave Gate

6.39pm: Belgrave Gate (A607)

6.42pm: Belgrave Gate

6.44pm: Abbey Park Road

Road closures and parking on the Olympic Torch route

Rolling road closures will be put in place as the torch convoy moves through Leicestershire and Leicester and drivers are being warned to expect delays.

As the torch progresses, the route and all side road entrances ahead, including car parks and driveways, will be closed. Roads will typically be closed off approximately 10 to 15 minutes in advance of the arrival of the torch and will open again approximately 30 minutes later, once the torch convoy has passed.

Signs are being be put up to indicate the route as the date of the relay approaches in Leicester and Leicestershire.

See the county council website at: ww.leics.gov.uk/olympictorchrelay

for more details, or call 0116 305 0001.

Leicester City Council is urging all road-users and businesses to: check the street-level route at: www.london2012.com/olympictorchrelay

• plan ahead, avoid travelling on the route itself and allow extra time for journeys

• make sure all vehicles are removed from the route

• avoid arranging important deliveries and appointments at this time

• consider the impact on any events such as weddings or funerals, the school run etc.

Evening celebrations in Leicester

The Olympic Torch Relay Evening Celebration at Abbey Park will start at 4pm. The Celebration Cauldron will be lit by the final Torchbearer and there will be a performance of Bamboozled by the Philharmonia featuring Leicester schools. The main Olympic sponsors will bring their shows to the Abbey Park stage, with international circus troupes and musical acts including Morning Parade.

For more information and details on how to get tickets see the city council's Ticketing FAQs page.

Travelling to the evening celebration

Leicester City council has advised anyone travelling by car to the torch celebration event that there will be limited parking (disabled only) around Abbey Park. City Centre car parks will be open with the nearest car parks being the John Lewis car park on Vaughan Way (LE1 4QJ), the NCP on Abbey Street (LE1 3UA), Haymarket (LE1 3XJ) or Lee Circle (LE1 3RE).

Buses

Bus services will be running (see the timetable here.) and those that terminate at St Margaret’s Bus Station will be only a 10 minute walk away from Abbey Park.

A Park and Ride service (No 303) will operate from the Birstall Park and Ride Site, Loughborough Road, LE4 4NN.

See the council website for more details.

TUESDAY, JULY 3

The torch will leave the city from Leicester’s Space Centre on July 3, travelling along Belgrave Road and Loughborough Road, before leaving from the Great Central Railway’s Leicester North Station.

7.17am: Leicester - National Space Centre forecourt

7.18am: Exploration Drive

7.19am: Corporation Rd

7.21am: A6 Abbey Lane

7.28am: Abbey Park Road

7.36am: Abbey Park Rad

7.38am: A607 Belgrave Road

7.44am: Loughborough Road

8.03am: A6 Abbey Lane

8.06am: Station Rda

8.08am: Railway pathway

8.47am: Quorn

8.57am: station platform

8.57am: station steps

8.57am: Forest Rd

8.58am: Woodhouse Rd

9.05am: Loughborough Rd

9:09am: Loughborough

9.09am: A6004 Ling Rd

9.12am: A6004 Epinal Way

9.26am: University Rd

9.28am: Park Square

9.29am: Union Way

9.29am: Rutland Way

9.29am: Track pavilion gate

9.29am: Pavilion forecourt

9.30am: Track pavilion steps

9.31am: Hockey pitch access path

9.33am: Hockey pitch access road

9.33am: Margaret Keay Rd

9.35am: University Rd

9.40am: Burleigh Court pathway

9.46am: Centre access rd

10.35am: Holywell Way

10:37am: A512 Ashby Rd

11:03am: Derby Square

11:04am: Market Street

11:06am: Loughborough Market Place

11:07am: A6 The Rushes

11:07am: Baxter Gate

11:10am: The Coneries

11:13am: A60 Nottingham Rd

11:20am: Hoton

11:20am: A60 Loughborough Rd

11:24am: A60 Rempstone Rd

Wymeswold (11:30 am)

11:30am: Wymeswold

11:30am: A6006 Rempstone Rd

11:34am: A6006 Far Street

11:38am: A6006 East Street

11:52am: Asfordby

11:52am: Loughborough Rd

11:55am: Main St

12:06pm: Melton Mowbray

12:06pm: A6006 Asfordby Rd

12:17pm: A607 Norman Way

12:18pm: Nottingham Street

12:21pm: Nottingham St

12:21pm: Market Place

12:22pm: A606 Burton Street

12:22pm: A606 Leicester St

12:25pm: A607 Leicester Rd

12:31pm: Ambleside Way

12:32pm: Long Field School car park

12:33pm: Long Field School

1.35pm: Long Field School Car Park

1.39pm: Ambleside Way

1.41pm: A607 Leicester Rd

1.44pm: B6047 Dalby Rd

1.52pm: Warwick Rd

1.54pm: Ankle Hill

1.56pm: A606 Burton Rd

2.18pm: Langham

2.18pm: A606 Melton Rd

2.25pm: A606 Oakham Rd

2.29pm: Oakham

2.29pm: B640 Main Rd

2.34pm: B640 Stamford Rd

2.36pm: Melton Rd

2.38pm: B640 High Street

2.43pm: B640 Stamford Rd

2.54pm: Whitwell Harbour

3.42pm: Rutland Water - Normanton Car Park

4.15pm: Uppingham

4.15pm: A6003 Ayston Rd

4.20pm: A6003 London Rd

4.21pm: High St East

Useful links

www.london2012.com/torch-relay

Harborough District Council info

Oadby and Wigston Council info

Leicester City Council Torch relay information

Leicestershire County Council information

[Rincewind]

It goes quite close to me on London Road so may take a look from a journalist viewpoint. No point being involved with a community news agency if I don't take some sort of interest in this.

[Trav Le Bleu]

So, having travelled south from Scotland the torch is going to bypass Leicester and double back just for us?

I feel honoured.