Bawdsey
Bawdsey is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, eastern England.

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.
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Worth seeing in and around Bawdsey
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bawdsey Manor
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. Built in 1886, it was enlarged in 1895 as the principal residence of Sir William Cuthbert Quilter.
2.8 km · country house in Bawdsey, Suffolk, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bawdsey
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 83 km · London Luton (LTN), 124 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 135 km
- London, Essex → Bawdsey120 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £14–18
- London → Bawdsey120 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £14–18
- Luton, Luton → Bawdsey127 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–21
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bawdsey
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bawdsey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPort of Felixstowe is busy with freight but has no international ferries.
- Get inCross to Harwich Parkeston Quay for the ferry to Hoek van Holland.
From Wikivoyage: Felixstowe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bawdsey
- Aldertonvillage and civil parish in Suffolk, England1.8 km
- Felixstowe Ferryvillage in Suffolk, England, UK3.1 km
- Shingle Streethamlet in Suffolk, England, UK3.2 km