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The grass verge that hosted a peace camp this July, and monthly vigils ever since, will host the CEO of the Nobel Prize winning International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons. It is by the Main Gate to USAF Lakenheath on the A 1065, the site of US nuclear weapons.   Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the…

Following the successful two-week peace walk and camp in July, Lakenheath Alliance for Peace (LAP) will have an ongoing presence at USAF Lakenheath. The base, the largest American air force base in the UK, is preparing o accept weapons of mass destruction once more. LAP will hold  a further 10 day peace camp next Easter,…

“We Came in Peace. We Leave in Peace. We Will Return in Peace” On July 25th 2024 after setting off from Norwich, Norfolk, UK on 13th July and 10 days of a 24/7 camp and vigil outside the main gate of RAF (USAF) Lakenheath to protest the return of US nuclear weapons to UK soil;…

A song, a dance, a refusal and a photo-opportunity Lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk vigil continues, now at day 9 of 11.  Tomorrow,  Wednesday 24th is the last full day, for now. There will be a photo-opportunity with singing and dancing at 2pm. An open mic session will give voice to feeling that the ‘weapons of mass destruction are…

A peace camp and vigil was set up at the main gate of RAF (USAF) Lakenheath on 15th July, 3 days after about 30 people set off from Norwich to get to the base. The people at the camp are there to protest the return of US nuclear weapons to the UK. There was a…

Women stand across main gate wearing T-shirts spelling out “NO NATO” Sixty people gather at Lakenheath Peace Camp for rally on camp’s 6th day This afternoon, five women walked through the main gate of USAF Lakenheath, intending to deliver a letter to the Base Commanders, asking them to stop US nuclear weapons returning to Lakenheath. …

Around 40 peace activists from all over the UK and some from Europe, have set up a peace camp at the main gate of RAF (USAF) Lakenheath to protest against and raise awareness about the return of US nuclear weapons to the base. When one of the people at the camp was asked why it…

Seven peace campers experienced a gathered silence as warplanes flew overhead, traffic sped past on the A1065 and police looked on in today’s sunshine. They are here, so are we.  We may be silent when we choose but we will be firm and vocal in the face of these weapons of mass destruction. 

On Monday 15th July twenty walkers arrived at the main gate of RAF Lakenheath and set up their camp and vigil. Banners and messages of peace were tied on to the fence, including “No US nukes at RAF Lakenheath.” A 24/7 vigil will be held at the base until at least 25th July. On Tuesday…

The sun shone on the third day of the peace walk from Norwich to RAF (USAF) base at Lakenheath, Suffolk. About 30 peace walkers will arrive at the main gate of the RAF base on Monday 15th July afternoon to set up a 24/7 peace vigil and camp. A rally in the market square in…