1. Wembley (10:30)
Special event with performances at Arena Square, outside Wembley
Stadium (limited capacity, LB Brent ticket only). Community activities
planned in central Harlsden.
2. Ladbroke Grove (11:00)
A mini-carnival will be held at Ladbroke Grove with entertainers in
Carnival Masquerade costumes performing to SOCA music.
Notting Hill Gate (11:30)
In Notting Hill Gate a Latino Carnival band will entertain spectators
evoking the carnival feeling for which Notting Hill is so famous.
Oxford Street (12:00)
The Torch relay passes along the length of Oxford Street on an open
top bus.
4. China Town (12:45)
In Chinatown, the London Chinatown Chinese Association, in partnership
with the Greater London Authority, has organised performances
including costumed dragons and lions as well as decorating Gerrard
Street with Chinese lanterns.
Piccadilly Circus (12:50)
5. Trafalgar Square (13:00)
In Trafalgar Square, festivities will continue in front of Nelson's
column with performers and music raising the crowds' excitement. A
banner will be dropped from a lift in the centre of the square, which
will rise from the stage to the accompaniment of a brass fanfare.
6. Southbank Centre (13:30)
The Southbank Centre has created a spectacular welcome for the torch
along the front terraces of the Royal Festival Hall with a choir of
600, Kathak, poetry, circus, hip-hop and beatboxing. The cast is made
up of young people from Lambeth, Greenwich and Liverpool performing
alongside Southbank Centre's Voice Lab, Riz MC, LakaD and with input
from Artists in Residence Shlomo, Lemn Sissay, Gauri Sharma Tripathi
and Stan Won't Dance.
7. Somerset House (14:30)
Somerset House in Westminster has commissioned Aletta Collins to
choreograph a unique dance piece that will be accompanied by music
from the Bollywood Brass Band and 60 local primary school children.
8. St Paul's Cathedral (14:45)
On the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in the City, the Band of the Scots
Guards will welcome the flame with fanfares and music. The Lord Mayor
and Dean of St Paul's will be present with over 150 schoolchildren
dressed in Olympic-coloured T-shirts and waving flags.
9. Potters Fields / More London (15:15)
In Southwark, outside City Hall at More London, Rhythms of the City,
Chinese Dragon Dance and live drumming sessions will raise the
atmosphere and continue the carnival spirit.
Tower Bridge (15:30)
10. Whitechapel Road (15:45)
In Tower Hamlets see the Emperor and the Tiger spectacular and
performances from Kinetika to celebrate the arrival of the torch near
Whitechapel Tube.
11. Stratford (16:30)
At Stratford in the London Borough of Newham a series of events will
take place at different locations throughout the afternoon culminating
with the arrival of the torch. Includes Carnival/Street performers,
carnival and music floats and sporting activities. An aerial
performance will take place at Theatre Square in Stratford alongside
performances on the roof of the Stratford library and the Gerry
Raffles Building as well as events in Meridian Square, Salway Road,
inside Stratford shopping centre, Stratford Old Town Hall and
Stratford station.
12. Canary Wharf (17:00)
In Canary Wharf there will be carnival themed entertainment including
acrobats, jugglers, stilt-walkers, street theatre, music shows, dance
performances, face painters, children's workshops, treasure hunts all
throughout Canary Wharf's outdoor spaces and shopping malls. (Visit
www.mycanarywharf.com for activity listings or pick up a leaflet)
13. North Greenwich (17:30)
The Torch Relay in London ends at a grand finale at the Arena at North
Greenwich climaxing with the spectacle of the arrival of the final
torchbearer and the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron.