The Campaign against the Menwith Hill US Spy Base

(Photo by Aurel Duta)

The Menwith Hill spy base near Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest electronic monitoring station in the world. Run by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States, it is one of a global network of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) bases, which monitors the world's communications and relays information to NSA HQ at Fort Meade in Maryland, USA.
The NSA was set up by Presidential decree in 1952 without any debate in the US Congress. Until a few years ago, the existence of the NSA was a secret and its charter and any mention of its duties are still classified.
The American people know very little about it and they know even less about Menwith Hill.

Map of the Base area (from streetmap.com - arrow points to main gate)
This site has been developed and is maintained by Yorkshire CND - more details can be obtained from:
Yorkshire CND, 22 Edmund Street, Bradford, BD5 0BH, U.K., tel +44 (0)1274-730795 or by email to: cndyorks@gn.apc.org

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