Museum · Kesgrave · Suffolk

Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

In Kesgrave stands Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum. Add any of 3 more places within 5 km to a visit. Management falls to Martlesham Heath Aviation Society.

Where

In Kesgrave

inside the built-up area

Run by

Martlesham Heath Aviation Society

the operator on record

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Kesgrave

Inside Kesgrave

Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum is inside Kesgrave’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

The warmest stretch in Kesgrave is May to September, at 17–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°54 mm

Feb8° / 2°46 mm

Mar11° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 5°38 mm

May17° / 8°44 mm

Jun20° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 13°58 mm

Aug23° / 13°52 mm

Sep20° / 11°51 mm

Oct15° / 8°66 mm

Nov11° / 5°66 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kesgrave, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kesgrave. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kesgrave’s full climate →

About

Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

Woodbridge Tide Mill, 4.8 km off, heads what is near.

Type: Museum
Run by: Martlesham Heath Aviation Society
Town: in Kesgrave
Official site: mhas.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

Use the numbers to match each place near Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Towns that count Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

Largest of the 8 is Ipswich, home to 151,566. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Kesgrave

14,947 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 100 m east of it

Martlesham Heath

2,730 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 600 m northeast of it

Martlesham

1,976 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km north of it

Little Bealings

458 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum is	People	Places to visit
Kesgrave	It’s in town	14,947	13
Martlesham Heath	100 m east of it	2,730	6
Martlesham	600 m northeast of it	1,976	5
Little Bealings	1.4 km north of it	458	5
Woodbridge	2.9 km northeast of it	10,146	5
Ipswich	3 km west of it	151,566	13
Bucklesham	3.2 km south of it	552	3
Newbourne	3.3 km southeast of it	312	2

Make a day of it

Places to add to Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

Our list has 36 more within 15 km, among them 6 museums and 2 castles.

MuseumWoodbridge Tide Mill4.8 km away 2

CastleHelmingham Hall13 km away 3

MuseumChristchurch Mansion7.3 km away 4

MuseumIpswich Transport Museum5.4 km away 5

MuseumIpswich Museum7.8 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageLandguard Fort14 km away 7MuseumMuseumClifford Road Tunnels6.2 km away 8

MuseumLightvessel 1813 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum

Where is Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum?

Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum is in Kesgrave, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum?

Museum in Martlesham Heath, England.

Who runs Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum?

Martlesham Heath Aviation Society.

When is the best time to visit Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Kesgrave, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum?

Within 15 km: Woodbridge Tide Mill (4.8 km), Helmingham Hall (13 km), Christchurch Mansion (7.3 km) and Ipswich Transport Museum (5.4 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)

Woodbridge Tide Mill: Circuitsight at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Helmingham Hall: Chris Holifield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Christchurch Mansion: Rowland Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Ipswich Transport Museum: Nowell87, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ipswich Museum: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Landguard Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lightvessel 18: Matt Harrop, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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