Tuddenham is a village and civil parish in the

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district of

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in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 450. falling to 423 at the 2011 Census.

RAF Tuddenham

Between 1943 and 1963,

RAF Tuddenham Royal Air Force Station Tuddenham or RAF Tuddenham is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and north west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Station history * No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School. * No. ...

was a Royal Air Force

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close to the village. During World War II,

Short Stirling The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Stirling was designed during t ...

and

Avro Lancasters The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...

Squadrons were stationed at the base, and between 1959 and 1963, 107 Squadron operated three Thor nuclear missiles. Today, the site has been returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the airfield facilities.ControlTowers.co.uk'' (retrieved 8 September 2010)''
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Local features

The nearby Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve is breeding ground of stone curlews and woodlarks. The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. Th
Icknield Way Trail
a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Notable residents

* Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857), clergyman and classicist, Bishop of Chester (1824–1828), and Bishop of London (1828-1856). *

Mesac Thomas The Right Reverend Mesac Thomas (10 May 1816 – 15 March 1892) was an Anglican bishop in Australia. Thomas was born in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales, to Welsh parents: his father was a John Thomas of Shrewsbury; and his moth ...

(1816-1892), clergyman, and inaugural Bishop of Goulburn (1863-1892). *

Joseph Thomas Last Joseph Thomas Last (1849, Tuddenham- 1933, Shortlands) was an English missionary, explorer and naturalist. In 1872 Last was ordained at the Church Missionary College. From 1874 to 1876 he was in East Africa at the mission at Kisulutini. He br ...

(1849-1933), missionary, explorer and naturalist.

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Villages in Suffolk Forest Heath Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub