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Bawdsey, Suffolk

Bawdsey
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1936
March 1991
School / Museum / Derelict
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Various, see below
19 October 2025
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www.bawdseyradar.org.uk

BUILDING 222A : Transformer Kiosk


BUILDING 328 : Intake Sub Station


BUILDING 331 : Mechanical Transport Shed


BUILDING 333 : Unknown


BUILDING 334 : Generator House


BUILDING 335 : Missile Section Office


BUILDING 337 : Unknown


BUILDING 338 : RAF Police Dog Section


DEFENCE SITE : LAA Battery

LOCATED AT : ​51.991493, 1.405951
EDOFBID : ​e01034

DEFENCE SITE : LAA Battery

LOCATED AT : ​51.99459900, 1.41225500
EDOFBID : ​e01481

DEFENCE SITE : LAA Battery

LOCATED AT : ​51.98768000, 1.39435400
EDOFBID : ​e01033

DEFENCE SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​51.98822400, 1.39720800
EDOFBID : ​e03758

DEFENCE SITE : Type FW3/24 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​51.99476500, 1.41070300
EDOFBID : ​e06544

DEFENCE SITE : Type FW3/24 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​51.99394000, 1.40748600
EDOFBID : ​e05340

MAIN SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Bawdsey


MAIN SITE : ​Air Ministry Boundary Marker Stone No.3


MAIN SITE : ​Bawdsey Manor


MAIN SITE : ​Bloodhound Missile Pads


MAIN SITE : ​Bungalow and Guardhouse Entrance to the R3 Bunker


MAIN SITE : Buried Reserve Ventelators & Entrance (RX)


MAIN SITE : ​Chain Home Radar Transmitter Block

LOCATED AT : ​51.99340000, 1.40810400
EDOFBID : ​e25062

MAIN SITE : ​Explosive Fitment Store


MAIN SITE : Guardhouse


MAIN SITE : Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) Cubicle


MAIN SITE : Main Entrance (Bawdsey Manor)


MAIN SITE : Main Entrance (ROTOR / Bloodhound Site)


MAIN SITE : Married Quarters


MAIN SITE : Ministry of Defence Property Sign


MAIN SITE : Perimeter Fence


MAIN SITE : Picket Post


MAIN SITE : Ready Use Storage Bay


MAIN SITE : Sewage Works Filtration Beds


MAIN SITE : Standby Set House


MAIN SITE : Transmitter Mast Base


MAIN SITE : Type 84 Modulator Building


MAIN SITE : Type 87 Target Illuminating Radar (TIR) Plinth


MAIN SITE : Type 87 Target Illuminating Radar (TIR) Plinth


MAIN SITE : Unknown 01


MAIN SITE : Unknown 02


MAIN SITE : Water Tower


MEMORIAL SITE : Bawdsey Reunion Association Bench


MEMORIAL SITE : Church of St Mary the Virgin


MEMORIAL SITE : Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Buried and Remembered in this Churchyard are:
Corporal William Henry McCann (Royal Air Force)
Senior Aircraftman Ronald Franklin Shakes (Royal Air Force)

MEMORIAL SITE : Robert Watson-Watt Memorial Plaque


MISCELLANEOUS : Bawdsey Quay Information Plaque


MUSEUM SITE : Bawdsey Radar Museum

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