- Olypic Torch comes through Chideock
London 2012: the 1,000 plus 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 theBritish 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.
Day 55 – 12th July 2012. Salisbury toWeymouth ~ visiting: 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, LymeRegis, Burton Bradstock, Abbotsbury, Portesham, Chickerell, Wyke Regis, Osprey Quay, Portland, Weymouth