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Bawdsey Transmitter Block Radar Museum
📍 IP12 3BA
Photo: Adrian S Pye (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Award-winning exhibition on the development and use of radar
- Listen to new podcast series on the history of radar
- Explore the Bawdsey Radar Connections project and memories
- Live talks on radar history and its WW2 links
- Virtual Reality headset simulates climbing the transmitter mast
Bawdsey Radar Museum is housed in the original transmitter block at Bawdsey, telling the global story of radar from early 1930s experiments through the Second World War to the present day. You can explore an award-winning exhibition, try a Virtual Reality headset simulating a climb up the transmitter mast, listen to live talks, and discover the Bawdsey Radar Connections project recording memories of those who served at RAF Bawdsey. The museum has also launched a podcast series, Echoes of Bawdsey, exploring the role of women in radar and the site's wartime significance. It suits history enthusiasts and families alike, open Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, 11am–4pm. For a stay nearby, Felixstowe station is 3.1 miles away, Felixstowe North beach 3.2 miles, with 21 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays.
Practical details
- Open
- Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until 1 November, 11am–4pm
- Booking
- Last admission 3pm
From the attraction's own website on 4 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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