Bentwaters Cold War Museum
Rendlesham counts Bentwaters Cold War Museum among its places to visit. Around it, within 15 km, lie 19 more places, Orford Castle (7.9 km) first on our list.
Museum in Rendlesham
Inside Rendlesham
Bentwaters Cold War Museum is inside Rendlesham’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
If warmth matters, go May to September: Rendlesham reaches 17–23°C.
Bentwaters Cold War Museum
Museum in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
In Rendlesham, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Rendlesham
- Official site
- bcwm.org.uk
Address and hours
- EntryA fee is charged
Bentwaters Cold War Museum on the map
Orange: Bentwaters Cold War Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Rendlesham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Bentwaters Cold War Museum, by distance
The largest of the 6 towns is Rendlesham, with 3,185 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Rendlesham
Tunstall
Eyke
Sutton Common
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Bentwaters Cold War Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rendlesham | It’s in town | 3,185 | 2 |
| Tunstall | 1.5 km northeast of it | 264 | 3 |
| Eyke | 3.4 km southwest of it | 376 | 4 |
| Sutton Common | 4.3 km southwest of it | 1,262 | 5 |
| Wickham Market | 4.6 km northwest of it | 2,231 | 4 |
| Bromeswell | 4.9 km southwest of it | 327 | 4 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
More near Bentwaters Cold War Museum
There are 19 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 castles and a historic house among them.
Castle · English HeritageOrford Castle7.9 km away · 31K visitors a year (2017)2
Castle · English HeritageFramlingham Castle12 km away3
Historic houseGlemham Hall5.5 km away4
MuseumWoodbridge Tide Mill8.9 km away5
Abbey or priory · English HeritageLeiston Abbey14 km away6
MuseumParham Airfield Museum7.4 km away7Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustSutton Hoo Archeological Site7.9 km away8MuseumMuseumOrford Museum7.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Bentwaters Cold War Museum in questions
Where is Bentwaters Cold War Museum?
Bentwaters Cold War Museum is in Rendlesham, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bentwaters Cold War Museum?
Museum in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Bentwaters Cold War Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Rendlesham, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bentwaters Cold War Museum?
Within 15 km: Orford Castle (7.9 km), Framlingham Castle (12 km), Glemham Hall (5.5 km) and Woodbridge Tide Mill (8.9 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Bentwaters Cold War Museum: Alan Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orford Castle: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Framlingham Castle: Happy Bean Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glemham Hall: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodbridge Tide Mill: Circuitsight at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leiston Abbey: Dave Briggs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parham Airfield Museum: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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