Faslane Focus Feature Frenzy

Faslane Peace Camp sits outside the Clyde submarine base, home of Britain’s nuclear weapons, on the Gareloch - 30 miles NW of Glasgow. Just over the hill is Coulport, 3000 acres of once beautiful land, now concreted, razor-wired and hiding the planet's greatest threat in its underground bunkers.

Once a month huge convoys of articulated lorries carry the new Trident warheads from their factory at Burghfield, near Reading to Coulport. They travel on the busiest roads and through the middle of many towns and cities e.g Glasgow, Edinburgh... If one of these lorries crashed we’re looking at either a full scale nuclear explosion or, more likely, a massive release of deadly radioactive Plutonium into the air, water and soil!

13 of these convoys have travelled to Coulport in the last year. Faslane Peace Camp has stopped, painted, climbed on and delayed 11 of these (the other two broke down), despite a massive military and police presence.

In the last year there have been over 160 arrests for direct action here including stopping convoys, ramming Vanguard, the new Trident submarine, blockades, break-ins and much more. Apart from 38 arrests at the successful September blockade, most of these actions have been carried out by regular campers only and the charges, fines and prison sentences are building up.

Recently the camp celebrated its 12th anniversary, and although the community is well established, it always welcomes visitors to its perimeter (unlike the M.O.D). Bring bolt-cutters and let's see these fences tumble as we reclaim the land that is rightfully ours.

Faslane Peace Camp tel: 0436 820901