Last night, anti-nuclear campaigners established the Trident Ploughshares/Action AWE Disarmement Camp just outside AWE Burghfield. So far, the atmosphere is relaxed and peaceful, but police have for now blocked off car access at both ends of The Mearings.
The address of the camp is:
The Mearings
Burghfield
READING
RG30 3RR
Please join the camp. Park your car nearby and walk to the camp. One option is to park near Burghfield church, and walk from there. Walk through the church yard and take the left footpath at the end, heading directly towards the base.
If you come by public transport, bus 2 and/or 2A from Reading Station goes via Burghfield (ask the driver). Get off at Burghfield church, and continue as above. Or get off at AWE Burghfield, and walk past the police checkpoint towards the main gate and continue for 4 minutes along the road until you reach the camp.
Today (bank holiday), buses run from Reading Station, stop EM, every full hour until 7pm. From 27 August on, the normal timetable is in force, and buses run roughly every 30 minutes (less frequently in the evening after 8pm) until 22:35. .
If you need help, call the camp info line on 08454-588362 or 08454-588361.
At the moment, police are requesting from those camping a name and address, as they consider us in breach of the AWE Burghfield bylaws. A name and address are needed for the purpose of prosecution of the breach of the bylaws. It is unclear if they will really prosecute – a similar provision in the bylaws of AWE Aldermaston was squashed by the Supreme Court 2009 (see http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/23.html).
See you soon at the camp.