Wattisham is a civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 near to the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

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Wattisham Airfield

The village houses an airbase. Formerly known as RAF Wattisham

RAF Wattisham

RAF Wattisham was a Royal Air Force station located in East Anglia just outside the village of Wattisham, south of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. During the Cold War it was a major front-line air force base...

, it was one of the front-line airbases in the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

. The RAF moved out in March 1993 and it is now the largest Army Air Corps airfield in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The airbase is now named Wattisham Airfield

Wattisham Airfield

Wattisham Airfield is the biggest centralised operational Army Airfield in the UK, located next to the small village of Wattisham in Suffolk, England. It is home to 3 Regiment Army Air Corps and 4 Regiment Army Air Corps. They are part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, whose headquarters is at Colchester...

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Landmarks

North of the village is Wattisham Castle, dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel

Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel

The Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the village of Wattisham in Suffolk, England. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.-History:...

is located in the village.