Forget Beijing - everyone from Blue Bell Hill to Biddenden is going Olympics mad this weekend.

On Sunday, Beijing will officially hand over the Olympic flag to London, signalling the end of events in China and the start of the countdown to 2012.

Districts across Kent will be doing their bit to mark the historic occasion by raising their own London 2012 flag and hosting a series of special events for all to enjoy.

The people of Dover – who welcomed the Olympic torch for the last London games in 1948 - will be partying in the streets from noon to 9pm, with dancing and fireworks displays.

Potential 2012 rower Hannah Moon will raise the town’s official flag after bringing it on shore by boat.

The eyes of the nation will be on Herne Bay, as the town has been selected as one of the BBC’s 16 live screen sites that will show handover ceremonies from across the country on the day.

Bronze Olympic medallist Ian Wynne will help to raise the town’s flag, and there will also be an assault course, Tour de'Herne Bay, talent show and workshops for all ages to enjoy.

Ramsgate will tie in Handover Day with the opening of the new athletics track at the Marlowe Academy - the only international standard track in the area and a possible pre-Games training camp for visiting teams.

A family fun run will start at 11:40am and there will be athletics demonstrations from national standard athletes on the day.

Medway's Flying the Flag day gets under way at Upnor at 2pm before being paraded along the River Medway.

It will be taken to the top of Rochester Castle and hoisted at 233pm (14.33 marks 1,433 days until the start of the 2012 Olympics).

There will be demonstrations from local sports clubs, along with ‘come and try’ sessions, in Maidstone, while Tunbridge Wells will hold its celebrations on August 29 in conjunction with the annual Summer Slam sports activity programme for children.

There will also be free swimming sessions available to all ages across the county on the day, at pools in Canterbury, Sevenoaks, Gravesham, Thanet, Ashford, Dartford, Dover and Tunbridge Wells.

But Olympics fever has already struck in pools and sports centres around the county.

It’s thought the buzz around Team GB’s success at the Olympics will motivate more of us to head down to our local pool.

Some pools across Kent have already seen a surge in the number of people through their doors.

A spokesman for Sevenoaks Leisure Centre said: "We’ve been very, very busy. I’d say more than a thousand more people than usual have been in."

Manager of Splashes in Gillingham, Craig Whitehead said: "It’s hard to tell because we’re always busy in the summer, but I imagine it has made a difference...certainly everyone’s talking about it."

Roger Lake, manager of Faversham Swimming Pool is predicting busier times ahead once the games are over in China

He said: "The figures are not being helped by the poor weather we’re experiencing, but what we’re saying is that adults and children are so taken up by the Olympics, I think it will benefit afterwards when they’re not sitting at home watching it anymore, adults and children.

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