An Olympic fan zone is due to be set up at Westquay shopping centre in Southampton. 

The free-to-enter zone, boasting a big screen showing all the action from the Paris games, will open for the opening ceremony on July 26. 

It will remain open throughout the Olympics until August 11.

Southampton is one of nine confirmed sites that will host the special zones. 

It last hosted a big screen last summer, where it showed Eurovision and the Coronation of King Charles III.

Other big screens for the Olympics include King’s Cross, Grosvenor Square and Battersea Power Station in London, the Bullring in Birmingham, Cabot Circus in Bristol and St James Quarter in Edinburgh.

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Another zone will open at Liverpool ONE and Spinningfields in Manchester.

Visitors to the fan zones will also be able to take part in Olympic-themed activities, watch on-stage entertainment and enjoy live DJ sets.

Appearances from past Olympians, question and answer sessions and medal celebrations with Team GB’s returning athletes are also planned.

Team GB said it hopes to secure further sites across the UK as the build-up to the Olympics continues.