Bawdsey Radar is part of world history and rich with opportunities for learning. Our aim is to make every visit as informative and worthwhile as possible.
Please contact visitor Services Manager Lynette Burgess at [email protected] to find out more.
Educational Visits
We’d be delighted to help you arrange a visit for your school or group. We’ll do our best to plan your visit to suit any special requirements and to schedule a time and date that suits you.
There will be a small charge, agreed with you in advance, for group visits, to help us prepare suitable material for the time that you’re here.
Please contact visitor Services Manager Lynette Burgess at [email protected] to find out more.
Learning Resources
These A4 PDFs have been designed specifically to be easy to download and print.
Overview
Personal stories
- Hilda Pearson, Radio Operator 1944
- David Harrison – working on the East Coast Chain Home Tower – 1953
- Terry Bunce – RAF 1958-1984, three postings to Bawdsey – 1963
- Stanley Brown – Bawdsey Filter School – 1943
- Patrick Lyford – National Service at Bawdsey – 1953
- Sir Robert Cockburn – Memorial Address for Sir Robert Watson-Watt at the Royal Air Force Church of St Clement Danes – 1974.
- Keith Wood – Airborne radar development – 1935
- John Moss – National Service at Bawdsey – 1951
- Bill Walker – sports day at Bawdsey – 1943
- Douglas Myhill – Laboratory Assistant, Bawdsey – 1938
