Royal Air Force Bawdsey or more simply
RAF Bawdsey is a former
Royal Air Force station situated on the eastern coast in
Suffolk,
England. Also known as
Bawdsey Research Station (BRS), the first
Chain Home radar station was built there, characterized by eight tall masts, four for transmitting and four for receiving. When the research group moved to
Dundee in September 1939, the radar station was left active under the name RAF Bawdsey. The site later hosted a
Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile station until 1990.