Details of how thousands of people can catch a glimpse of the Olympic torch as it passes through the district have been revealed.

And one Manningham man, Khalil Hussain, will be among the hundreds of lucky hopefuls who will get a chance to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through Bradford, Keighley and Ilkley on Sunday, June 24.

Organisers of the Olympic Torch Relay, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), want people to line the streets to celebrate the arrival of the flame to West Yorkshire on its 8,000-mile journey around the United Kingdom.

When it arrives in Bradford, at about 2.30pm, it will travel along Manchester Road before passing across City Park’s mirror pool, out of the city centre and along Manningham Lane and Keighley Road to Lister Park.

In Keighley, from about 3.40pm, it will pass down South Street and North Street before arriving in Ilkley at about 4.45pm. It will then travel over Skipton Road and Church Street before continuing to Leeds.

More details about the route have been revealed on the Olympic Games website today, as well as a list of torchbearers.

A celebratory event will be held in City Park – Bradford’s new six-acre public space which launches on Saturday and includes the largest man-made water feature in the country, a 4,000sq m mirror pool – as well as Lister Park where sporting and play activities will be held.

Bradford Council is also working with community groups to hold additional events in Keighley and Ilkley, while schools across the district have already started their planning for decorating the route as well as creating their own replicas of the torch.

Former Olympic gold medallist, Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of LOCOG, said: “Today we bring the Olympic Torch Relay to life. The Flame symbolises the Olympic spirit and its journey around the UK will bring the excitement of the Games to our streets. Now the people know the route the Olympic Flame will be carried along and the torchbearers for their community, they can start planning how they might celebrate and make it Bradford’s moment to shine.”

An average of 115 torchbearers a day will carry the Olympic flame during its journey around the UK, before it arrives at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012, for the lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony, signifying the official start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

LOCOG has worked with representatives in each region of the UK to devise the route and is taking the Olympic Flame to within 10 miles of more than 95 per cent of the population.

Councillor Andrew Thornton, the Council’s executive member for sport, said: “The Olympic Torch Relay passing through our city and towns will be both an historic occasion for the Bradford district and an inspiration for our young people. I hope that many, many people will come out to celebrate by lining the route to cheer on the torch bearers.”

For more details, go to london2012. com/olympictorchrelay.