page_title: RAF Greenham Common
section_title: Greenham Common Peace Camp
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Greenham Common / Cold War / Greenham Common Peace Camp
caption_attribution_description: English: Embracing the base, Greenham Common December 1982, near to Greenham, West Berkshire, Great Britain. At noon on 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the six mile perimeter fence of the former USAF base, in protest against the UK government&#39;s decision to site American cruise missiles there. The installation went ahead but so did the protest - for nineteen years women maintained their presence at the Greenham Common peace camp. [NB I cannot locate this picture precisely].
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. The airfield was southeast of Newbury, Berkshire, about 55 miles west of London.
  Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War and the United States Air Force during the Cold War, also as a base for nuclear weapons. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in September 1992.
  The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s in protest against the stationing of cruise missiles on the base.
  In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland, effectively returning it to its pre-WW2 status but with restrictions. Greenham and Crookham Commons became a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Cold War era control tower has recently been redeveloped and is now open as a visitor centre with a historical exhibition and community cafe.
context_section_description: From 1981 "women's peace camps" were established in protest at the deployment of cruise missiles.  They came to be known as "The Greenham Women" or "peace women", and their 19-year protest drew worldwide media and public attention, often due to the peace women cutting through the fences of the base.
caption: On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the 6 miles (9.7 km) perimeter of the base, in protest against the decision to site American cruise missiles there
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