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{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
{{about|the village in West Suffolk}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name=Tuddenham
|coordinates = {{coord|52.31433|0.546398|display=inline,title}}
| population = 450
| population_ref = (2005)<ref name=population>[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf |date=2008-12-19 }} Suffolk County Council</ref>
|shire_district= [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]]
|shire_county = [[Suffolk]]
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|West Suffolk]]
|post_town= [[Bury St Edmunds]]
|postcode_district = IP28
|postcode_area= IP
|dial_code=
|os_grid_reference=
|static_image = St Mary's Church, Tuddenham.jpg
|static_image_width = 240px
|static_image_caption= Tuddenham, Church of St Mary
}}
'''Tuddenham''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]] district of [[Suffolk]] in eastern [[England]]. In 2005 it had a population of 450.<ref name=population/> falling to 423 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129880&c=Tuddenham&d=16&e=62&g=6465823&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1472468968911&enc=1|title=Civil Parish 2011|accessdate=29 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work= Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

==RAF Tuddenham==
[[File:UK TuddenhamStMary.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Signpost in Tuddenham]]
Between 1943 and 1963, [[RAF Tuddenham]] was a [[Royal Air Force]] [[List of former Royal Air Force stations|station]] close to the village. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], [[Short Stirling]] and [[Avro Lancasters]] Squadrons were stationed at the base, and between 1959 and 1963, [[No. 107 Squadron RAF|107 Squadron]] operated three [[Project Emily|Thor nuclear missiles]]. Today, the site has been returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the airfield facilities.<ref>[http://www.controltowers.co.uk/T-V/Tuddenham.htm ControlTowers.co.uk'' (retrieved 8 September 2010)'']</ref>

==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. The 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]] (1816-1892), clergyman, and inaugural [[Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn|Bishop of Goulburn]] (1863-1892).
*[[Joseph Thomas Last]] (1849-1933), [[missionary]], [[explorer]] and [[naturalist]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Tuddenham}}

{{West Suffolk|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Villages in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Forest Heath]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk]]

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Tuddenham - Revision history

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