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The Olympic Flame leaves Kent

The torch will leave the Meridian region as it heads through Kent and Surrey today on its way to London 2012. The flame leaves Maidstone this morning, with hundreds of people expected to line the route to Guildford.

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Final Flame: Last journey through Meridian region.

From a replica of a Royal barge in Maidstone, past Gravesend's majestic Gurdwara and across the border into Surrey - a look at the torch's final day through Kent. We speak to spectators and the Gurdwara's architect Teja Biring.

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