Aldermaston Women’s Peace Campaign (AWPC) is based around a monthly peace-camp at AWE Aldermaston in Berkshire. We are a women-only campaign, committed to non-violence and against militarism. AWPC’s ultimate aim is to stop the production of Britain’s nuclear weapons at AWE Aldermaston, and to see the site shut down and safely decommissioned. We campaign using a wide range of tactics from writing letters to non-violent direct action.
All women are welcome.

What is Aldermaston?

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston and its sister site at AWE Burghfield six miles away, are at the centre of Britain’s nuclear wepaons industry. Since the 1950s, as Britain developed the Polaris system, Aldermaston has been the “factory” where Britain’s nuclear weapons have been researched, developed, produced, and eventually decommissioned.

Since work began on the site(s), three types of nuclear warheads have been produced by (and now for - as a private consortium manages Aldermaston) the British government: Chevaline, We177 and Trident.

As indiscriminate weapons of war (ie, the results from detonation of any nuclear device do not only target military personnel, but kill indiscriminately), the legal and moral status of nuclear weapons is beimg debated around the world at all levels.

The British government continues to make bland statements about operating withn the law, but has not once described the circumstances whereby nuclear weapons could be used legally. The Aldermaston Women’s Peace Campaign believes that nuclear weapons are horrific weapons of war and that every aspect of the nuclear chain - from uranium mining on indigenous lands - to the detonation of warheads, and the consequences for all life on earth, is something we could all do without.