Pick a spot to cheer on Olympic Torch

Bexhill has been chosen as a Community On Route and will welcome torch bearers chosen for their community work.

The Torch is expected to arrive in Bexhill at just after 5pm on Tuesday, July 17, with the ‘activation convoy’ featuring sponsors activities and displays, arriving approximately 35 minutes before.

The Olympic Flame will begin the Bexhill leg of its journey just before Little Common roundabout and follow this route; Cooden Sea Road, Birk Dale, Collington Avenue, Westcourt Drive, Cooden Drive, Richmond Road, West Parade, Marina, Sea Road, Magdalen Road and Dorset Road, finishing at the junction with Links Drive.

The torch will then be transported to Hastings where it will continue on another leg of the relay before an overnight celebration takes place in the town.

There will be no permanent road closures in Bexhill, but temporary disruption will be caused through ‘rolling closures’ on the relay route. There will be some restricted parking in Birk Dale and on West Parade to ensure the convoy’s smooth progress.

Several community groups will be holding events in Bexhill to celebrate the arrival of the Torch:

• Bexhill Sailing Club will be putting boats afloat during the evening and dressing the club with banners for the occasion.

• Bexhill Museum will be kept open until 7pm and showing its Bexhill Sports exhibition.

•The De La Warr Pavilion will be open and provide a vantage point to see the Torch Relay. The Cultural Olympiad project ‘Hand on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea …’ by Richard Wilson will be in place.

• A sports day for local school children is being held on the Polegrove from 4pm to 7pm.

The next day, Wednesday, July 18, the Torch Relay will travel from Hastings to Rye after a brief stop at Battle Abbey.

For more information and maps of the Torch Relay visit www.rother.gov.uk