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Bawdsey

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Population
  
276 (2011)

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:43 PM

District
  
Suffolk Coastal

OS grid reference
  
TM348400

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Ipswich

Shire county
  
Suffolk

Bawdsey

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 31 km/h, 58% Humidity

Bawdsey quay felixstowe ferry suffolk


Bawdsey is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, eastern England. Located near Felixstowe, it had an estimated population of 340 in 2007, reducing to 276 at the Census 2011.

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Map of Bawdsey, Woodbridge, UK

Bawdsey Manor is notable as the place where radar research took place early in World War II, before moving to Worth Matravers near Swanage in May 1940, and from there to Malvern, Worcestershire in 1942. Bawdsey had both Chain Home and Chain Home Low early warning radar stations during World War II.

The World War Two defences constructed around Bawdsey Point have been documented. They included a number of pillboxes, landmines and flame fougasse installations. The beaches were protected with extensive barriers of scaffolding.

Bawdsey suffolk on the cod hunt


Bawdsey Cliff SSSI

Bawdsey Cliff is a Site of Special Scientific Interest notified for its geological importance. It is 23.3 hectares (58 acres) in size and provides over 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of exposed Gelasian (early Pleistocene) Red Crag, the most significant exposure of Red Crag in England.

References

Bawdsey Wikipedia