Waveney District Council is asking people to join in the festivities, when Olympic Handover Flags are raised at both Lowestoft and Southwold Lifeguard Stations. The events are being held to celebrate the moment London becomes the official Olympic Games Host City, on Sunday 24 August.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has arranged the event, which is a first in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The iconic London Olympic Handover Flag will be raised in Lowestoft and Southwold, simultaneously with regions around the UK.

Anybody wishing to join in the celebrations is asked to arrive at Lowestoft Lifeguard Station (between East Point Pavilion and Claremont Pier) or Southwold Lifeguard Station (near the pier) at 2.10pm for a 2:20pm start.

Waveney’s Olympic Handover Flags will be two of over 500 flags delivered to locations including HM Armed Forces, embassies around the world, City Halls, British Council offices and Foreign and Commonwealth offices. Local sports and cultural stakeholders will be on hand to help raise the Olympic Handover Flag for Lowestoft and Southwold.

Councillor Wendy Mawer, Waveney’s Portfolio Holder for Regeneration said: “On the back of the country’s current Olympic success, we are really proud to be able to fly the flag at Lowestoft and Southwold to celebrate the beginning of four exciting years.”

Councillor George Hawes, Chairman of Waveney District Council added: “Celebrating the Olympic Handover will be an honour for the district of Waveney. We must now support The Active Waveney Sports Partnership and all the potential Olympians that live and train in our area and we hope we will be seeing them in Team GB in 2012”.

Amongst the locations in the UK, Olympic Handover Flags will be raised at landmark areas such as the Unst in the Shetland Isles, the most northerly point in the UK and Land’s End in Cornwall, the most southerly point. Flags will also be raised at Lowestoft, the most easterly town in England and the Isles of Scilly, the most westerly point.