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Second Prize was awarded to Max Nathan, Deputy Director, Centre for Local Economic Growth. It was taken in the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Orford Ness, Suffolk
Accessible only by boat, Orford Ness is the site of the former Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (A.W.R.E.) and was used for the military testing of long-range radio, radar and nuclear bombs. In its military incarnation the site was active from 1929 to 1971. Today it is also a designated national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, containing Europe’s largest single vegetated shingle habitat. The decaying bunkers and bomb testing sites sit among the shingle and scrubland. The size and shape of the spit fluctuates over time, making the true age of its formation hard to gauge. Before 1200 Orford is thought to have been a working sea port, although the town’s harbour is now blocked by a network of tidal rivers, mud flats and lagoons. Nature will eventually reclaim these military spaces too.
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