After months of preparation and anticipation, the Olympic Torch will be passing through Higham and Gravesend tomorrow morning (July 20).

Beginning its Gravesham journey in Higham, the torch will touchdown in the borough at 9.37am. Travelling along Gravesend Road for six minutes, four different torchbearers will carry the golden flame before it is whisked off to Rochester Road in Gravesend.

In central Gravesend, the torch will travel for 50 minutes, beginning at 9.51am and finishing in Wrotham Road at 10:41am. Along the course of the route, the torch will pass the Clocktower, the Guru Nakak Gurdwara and through Woodlands Park before it comes to its conclusion.

Thousands of families and school children are expected to line the streets and offer their support to the 14 torch bearers in Gravesend.

With 24 hours to go, the current weather forecast for Gravesend during the morning is a light rain shower – so pack your umbrella if you are heading out to cheer the torch bearers on.

News Shopper: Olympic torch map - Gravesend and Higham

Torch bearers

News Shopper: Amy Evans Olympic torch bearer Amy Evans 26, from Northfleet. Amy runs a youth football team within a disadvantaged community and works full time at an autistic learning centre. She also supports her mother, who is battling secondary cancer.

News Shopper: Michael JenningsMichael Jennings – 74, from Longfield. The country’s top over 70 long distance swimmer, Michael is the oldest person to swim the English Channel.

News Shopper: Emma SalisburyEmma Salisbury – 40, from Welling. Emma’s son was diagnosed in 2005 with Choroideremia, a genetic illness that could see him go blind by the time he reaches his teens. Along with nearly 150 supporters, Emma will be travelling from Welling to Gravesend in an open top bus.

Matthew Church – 16, from Gravesend. Despite being autistic, Matthew presents a weekly talk at his school and encourages others to get involved in sport. He wants to be a reporter during the Olympics.

Graham White – 44, from Woking, Surrey. Runs residential camps for seriously ill children.

Seun Olusanya – 18, from Northfleet. The former Newstead Wood School is a volunteer swimming teacher who gets up at 4.30am every morning and trains eight times a week.

Lauren Taylor – 26, from Gravesend. Teaches older people how to use the internet in the Silver Surfers group.

Jim Currie – 57, from Kent. A stroke survivor who works tirelessly for stroke charity Different Strokes in Bexleyheath.