Government Communications Headquarters is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence and information assurance to the government and the armed forces of t
The Doughnut from above
Allidina Visram school in Mombasa, pictured above in 2006, was the location of the British "Kilindini" codebreaking outpost during World War II.
NUCPS banner on march in Cheltenham 1992
The Doughnut is the nickname given to the headquarters of the Government Communications Headquarters, a British cryptography and intelligence agency. It is located on a 71 hectares site in Benhall, in
GCHQ
…providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and the armed forces of the United Kingdom. Primarily based at The Doughnut in the suburbs of Cheltenham, GCHQ is the responsibility of the country's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign Secretary…
Original scale model of the Doughnut, the proposed new headquarters building for GCHQ.
The Doughnut from Leckhampton Hill, 2010
Movable satellite receiver dish in front of the GCHQ Doughnut