The torch will be carried by 24 British bearers on its way to France via the Channel Tunnel.
It was ignited by Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan in the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, on Saturday.
The event marked the first time the Paralympic flame had been lit at Stoke Mandeville since the games arrived in London in 2012. International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons ran a short circuit of the athletics track following the ignition earlier.Paralympians Helene Raynsford and Gregor Ewan marked the start of the torch's journey in Stoke Mandeville
Organisers said once in France, each torch would then ignite another 12 torches to symbolise the number of days the games would last. The flames would then be spread across the country for about 1,200 forerunners to relay.
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