RAF Martlesham Heath
Royal Air Force Martlesham Heath or more simply RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles southwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former RAF station 1917–1963
- Also known as: “Martlesham Heath” and “MH”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martlesham Wilds and Adastral Park.
Martlesham Wilds
Nature reserve
Martlesham Wilds is a nature reserve of Suffolk Wildlife Trust, a rewilding site on the banks of the River Deben near Martlesham in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Ramsar site, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Adastral Park
Adastral Park is a science campus based on part of the old Royal Air Force Station at Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. When the site opened it was known as the Post Office Research Station, but it was subsequently renamed… Adastral Park is situated 3,200 feet south of RAF Martlesham Heath.Red Lion Inn
Pub
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Lion Inn is a pub, which is situated 3,900 feet north of RAF Martlesham Heath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Martlesham Heath and Martlesham.
Martlesham Heath
Suburb
Photo: Bluewave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martlesham Heath is a village in the civil parish of Martlesham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is 6 miles east of Ipswich, This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of Martlesham Heath Airfield.
Martlesham
Village
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles south-west of Woodbridge and 6 miles east of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development to the south, although both form a single administrative parish.
Little Bealings
Village
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Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. The population had fallen to 420 at the 2011 Census. Little Bealings is situated 2 miles northwest of RAF Martlesham Heath.
RAF Martlesham Heath
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, air base, and transportation
- Location: Martlesham, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“RAF Martlesham Heath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “RAF Martlesham Heath”
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Martlesham Heath”
- Japanese: “マートルシャム・ヒース英空軍基地”
- Portuguese: “RAF Martlesham Heath”
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