Route map for Olympic torch relay in London unveiled

The route that the Olympic torch will take through London, carried by stars of sport and screen, was published today. The symbolic flame will travel on foot, by bus, cycle and even the Docklands Light Railway.

It will pass through the capital on April 6 as part of an international relay that will take it to Beijing for the start of the 2008 Games in August.

Konnie Huq, the Blue Peter presenter, Vanessa Mae, the classical violinist, and Kevin Pietersen, the England cricketer, will be among those carrying the torch from its start at Wembley, North London, and on to the arena in north Greenwich where the London 2012 Games will be based.

Other runners include Dame Kelly Holmes, Sir Trevor McDonald, actress Amara Karan and Tessa Sanderson, the British Olympic javelin thrower.

In total, there are 80 people bearing the torch in London as part of its 85,000-mile journey around the world in the run-up to Beijing's opening ceremony on August 8.

Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, said the torch-bearing was a "great opportunity for London to experience the excitement and opportunities that the Games will bring us in 2012".

People wanting to attend the event can win 2,000 pairs of free tickets from the website www.london.gov.uk. Others, who do not have tickets, can turn up and view the final stages of the relay along the path towards Peninsula Square.

Schedule for the relay

Wembley 10.30 International dancers on stage at Arena Square, outside Wembley Stadium

Ladbroke Grove 11.00 Mini-carnival with entertainers in carnival masquerade costumes performing to Soca music

Notting Hill Gate 11.20 Carnival del Pueblo Latino carnival band

Oxford Street 12.00 Open-top bus carrying celebrity torchbearer

British Museum 12.20 A fanfare with Greek trumpets in the Great Court

Chinatown 12.30 Costumed dragons and lions perform under Chinese decorations and lanterns on Gerrard Street

Piccadilly Circus 12.40 Convoy passes

Trafalgar Square 12.50 Dance spectacular in front of Nelson’s column, to the accompaniment of a brass fanfare

Southbank Centre 13.30 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

Somerset House 14.15 Aletta Collins-choreographed dance accompanied by music from the Bollywood Brass Band

St Paul's Cathedral 14.30 Band of the Scots Guards will welcome the flame with fanfares and music from the cathedral steps

Potter's Fields/More London 15.00 Rhythms of the City and live drumming sessions

Whitechapel Road 15.30 Kinetika perform storytelling, costumes and dance

Stratford 16.00 World-themed carnival with 300 school children, 50 spectacular carnival costumes and nine music floats. An aerial performance will take place at Theatre Square

Canary Wharf 17.00 Carnival themed entertainment including acrobats, jugglers, stilt-walkers, street theatre, music shows, dance performances, face painters, children’s workshops and treasure hunts

North Greenwich 18.00 Grand finale — a free, ticketed event will be a fusion of East meets West, the contemporary and traditional, in a display of Chinese ribbon dancers, an electro-acoustic music act, gymnasts, pyro displays and a performance from the Sugababes.