CND Symbol Tour of Britain

Posted: 12th February 2018

CND Nore More Than Ever tour

2018 is the 60th anniversary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Founded in 1958 at the height of the Cold War, CND has been a powerful collective voice against the dangers of nuclear weapons ever since.

The 17th February marks 60 years since CND’s founding meeting at Central Hall, Westminster. Another important anniversary is also imminent: the 21st February is the 60th anniversary of the day when Gerald Holtom unveiled a new logo to represent the first London to Aldermaston march. It would later become CND’s logo and recognised all around the world.

The role of CND’s iconic logo will be marked with a symbol tour of Britain. A giant three-dimensional logo installation (see above) will visit more than twenty dramatic locations across Britain, including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Angel of the North in Gateshead, and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.

We need your help. Getting this huge logo installation – which measures 9.3 metres long and 2.4 metres high – around the UK will be no easy feat. We will need volunteer drivers to drive our hire van, as well as temporary storage locations to provide a home for the symbol when it’s not on the road. Is this
something you can help us with? Please drop us a line.

CND at 60
A new book, which tells the history of CND, will be published in March 2018. CND at 60, by Kate Hudson, describes the development of nuclear weapons and the waves of civil society outrage and protest they inspired. From Polaris to Trident, the London to Aldermaston marches to mobilisations against cruise missiles, the story of 60 years of the largest single-issue peace campaign in Europe is told from the perspective of one of Britain’s foremost peace campaigners.

• Book launch in central London • Thursday 8th March • CND at 60 by Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary • Register