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19811981–2000 · Greenham Common, near Newbury, Berkshire

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

Aerial view of the grassed-over cruise missile shelters at the former RAF Greenham Common
Photo: Matthew Prior. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In September 1981 a group of women who had walked from Wales arrived at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire to protest against plans to base American cruise missiles there, and set up camp at the gate. From 1982 it was a women-only protest, and that December about 30,000 women joined hands around the base. The last missiles left in 1991; the camp ended in 2000 and the common reopened to the public.

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  1. Site 1: Greenham Common and the Commemorative and Historic SiteOpen heath where the airbase stood, with a 2002 memorial garden at the old main gate.Map ↗

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