London 2012's Olympic torch will be arriving in Liverpool next year as part of a relay that will start in Land's End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides.

The 8,000-mile journey to the stadium has been announced and organisers want the public to nominate people from the local community to be one of 8,000 torchbearers.

The Olympic Flame will arrive from Greece in exactly one year and the relay will kick off in Land's End, Cornwall, and continue for 70 days until the opening ceremony of the Games on July 27, 2012.

It will be carried through Chester on May 29 and Liverpool on June 1.

London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: "The Olympic Flame will shine a light right across every nation and region of the UK and showcase the very best of who we are and where we live.

"The first locations on the route confirmed today give a flavour of the reach the Olympic Torch Relay will have around the UK and how extensive the opportunity for starting to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games will be."

The relay aims to go within an hour's travel time of 95% of the population - and there are also plans to take the Olympic Flame to Dublin.

There will be six island visits: to the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Shetland, Orkney and the Isle of Lewis.

The first 74 locations have been confirmed by organisers taking in famous sports venues, historic sites and places of outstanding natural beauty.

On most days of the relay, the Olympic Flame will travel for 12 hours each day ending in an evening celebration event.

Olympics minister Hugh Robertson said: "The Olympic Torch Relay brings London 2012 to the doorsteps of the UK giving everybody the chance to celebrate the London Games.

"It's a magnificent showcase for the country and a chance to mark the achievements of inspirational people in our communities."

To find out more or to nominate a torchbearer, click the link below.