Martello Tower W

Martello Tower W is a residential building in Bawdsey, Suffolk Coastal District, England. Martello Tower W is situated nearby to Bawdsey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, as well as near the church St Mary the Virgin.

Photo: Tony Lockhart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Residential building
Description: Martello Tower in Bawdsey, Suffolk, England, UK
Also known as: “Martello Tower Adjacent To Rose Cottage”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bawdsey Manor and Martello Tower Y.

Bawdsey Manor

Manor estate

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bawdsey Manor stands at a prominent position at the mouth of the River Deben close to the village of Bawdsey in Suffolk, England, about 75 miles north-east of London. Bawdsey Manor is situated 2 miles southwest of Martello Tower W.

Martello Tower Y

Residential building

Photo: Tony Lockhart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Martello Tower Y is a residential building, which is situated 1 mile north of Martello Tower W.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: David, CC BY 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 1½ miles northwest of Martello Tower W.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bawdsey and Alderton.

Bawdsey

Village

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Bawdsey is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, eastern England. It is situated on the other side of the mouth of River Deben from Felixstowe. It had an estimated population of 340 in 2007, reducing to 276 at the Census 2011. Bawdsey Manor was the location RAF Bawdsey where the United Kingdom's Air Ministry started research into the military application of radar in 1936, prior to World War II.

Alderton

Village

Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alderton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about six miles north of Felixstowe, 10 miles south-east of Woodbridge and 2 miles south of Hollesley, on the North Sea coast and in the heart of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Shingle Street

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shingle Street is a coastal settlement on the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. It is 8 miles north-east of Felixstowe and 12 miles east of Ipswich at the mouth of the River Ore and opposite the tip of Orford Ness. Shingle Street is situated 2 miles north of Martello Tower W.

Martello Tower W

Categories: Martello tower, tower, building, and historic site
Location: Bawdsey, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.00628° or 52° 0′ 23″ north

Longitude

1.43127° or 1° 25′ 53″ east

Inception

1809

Open location code

9F432C4J+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 310201236

OpenStreetMap feature

building=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=martello_tower

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q17646596

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bawdsey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and St Mary the Virgin.

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