Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk, which became the first RAF operational radar station in 1940 which helped defeat the German Luftwaffe
Bawdsey Manor stands on a prominent position at the mouth of the River Deben close to the village of Bawdsey in Suffolk, England, about 118 km northeast of London. Built in 1886, it was enlarged in 1895 as the principal residence of Sir William Cuthbert Quilter. Requisitioned by the Devonshire Regiment during World War I and having been returned to the Quilter family after the war was purchased by the Air Ministry for £24,000 in 1936 to establish a new research station for developing the Chain Home RDF (radar) system, Bawdsey was used as an RAF base through the Cold War until the 1990s. The Manor is now used for weddings and educational courses with a small museum in the Radar Transmitter Block.
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Location: Bawdsey Ferry, Suffolk, UK.
Photo credit: © Clynt Garnham Suffolk / Alamy / Afripics
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