1 April 2012

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THE actual route which the Olympic torch will take through East Grinstead on Tuesday 17 July has now been announced, along with the timings and a list of torch bearers.

The torch will arrive by convoy at 9:40am at Copthorne, and after being taken through the village it is estimated that it will reach Felbridge by 10.01am.

Relay runners will then carry the torch up the A264, reaching the London Road by 10.15am.

It is hoped residents and school children will line the route to see the torch carried up the London Road and along the High Street before exiting East Grinstead down College Lane, and Blackwell Hollow.

It will then be taken along the Holtye Road to Great Field Place before re-joining the convoy which will take it to Tunbridge Wells.

The torch bearers who will carry the Olympic flame through the town on its journey to the start of the 2012 Games have also been named.

They are:

• Penny Smith, 18, from Edenbridge
• Daniel Schraeder, 29, from Eglharting
• Dirk Wittmer, 52, from Ratingen
• Georgi Ridler, 19, from Burgess Hill
• Hwa-Lon Liu, 43, from Horsham
• Jed Pearson, 13, from Sittingbourne
• Rebecca Murrell, 18, from Rainham
• Swathi Rajagopal 19., from Orpington
• Toine Hodgkiss, 21, from Forest Row
• Tracey Wheeler, 33, from Haywards Heath
• Volker Mitiacher, 44, from Michelau-Neuensee