Twyford Rising

1st-3rd May

A weekend of Beltane madness. Work stopped on three sites by 150 people. Many machines mysteriously break down in sympathy with the plight of the landscape.

22nd May

Operation Greenfly! A hugely successful action with 200 protestors peacefully occupying the site of a temporary bailey bridge assembly, despite a huge police and Group 4 presence.

When activists politely refused police requests to come down off the bridge they were arrested and dragged away one at a time.

52 were arrested in total and charged with public order offences. Massive media coverage!

High Court Injunction - 26th May

On 26th May, Mrs Justice Ebsworth made orders for an "Interim Interlocutary Injunction" on 74 protestors. It forbids them to protest on or near the M3 destruction site. The temporary orders are designed to "safe-guard" the work sites against further "nuisance" until 21st July the first day of the three day hearing. Please come and support the defenders of the Down!

The protests at Twyford have already cost Tarmac £1.75 million - a clear statement to construction firms not to take on environmentally destructive work.

Future actions:

16th June

A medicine man from the Lakota indigenous nation of North America wants to meet everyone fighting for our ancient spiritual heritage. He wants to perform rituals, perhaps in Oxleas Wood, to awaken the land and the warrior spirit in us all. Contact Twyford Down Alert for confirmation.

3rd July

A massive action planned to get everyone on the injunction (and 3,000 others) to defy the legal system which fails to enforce its laws to protect the land yet punishes those who stand up to the planet wreckers. Stuff the injunction!

Summer Camp

A week long Summer action camp one or two weeks after Glastonbury at a place to be confirmed.... Twyford Down Alert have moved - please note the new number.

Contact Twyford Down Alert for further details: 0703 611561