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Day 52: Olympic Flame visits Bletchley Park and Blenheim Palace on its way to Oxford

The Olympic Torch Relay will travel 112.32 miles through 15 communities and will also visit Stoke Mandeville Stadium.

On Monday 9 July, 133 inspirational Torchbearers will carry the Flame as it travels from Luton to Oxford.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will start the Torch Relay at St Georges Square in Luton.

Eighteen-year-old Juliet Sparrow will carry the Flame to Blenheim Palace. Juliet's courage and determination has helped her to overcome a broken back, which happened while she was trekking in Costa Rica to raise money for charity.

Also carrying the Flame today is Rebekah Wagnell, 16. Rebekah was born with chronic renal failure, her condition deteriorated and in 2006, she received a kidney transplant from her Dad. Last week she came back from the 18th World Transplant Games with 3 silver and 2 gold medals in the swimming events.

Badminton Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms, 34, will carry the Flame in Milton Keynes.

The last Torchbearer of the day, Malcolm Fretter, 67, from Wantage will light the cauldron at the Evening Celebration which takes place in South Park, Oxford.

The Relay will travel through the following communities: Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Buckingham, Winslow, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Waddesdon, Bicester, Kirtlington, Woodstock, Kidlington and Oxford.

Watch the live Olympic Torch Relay

Watch video highlights of day 51 of the Torch Relay

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