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Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes

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Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. The mansion was constructed during the years following 1883 for the financier and politician Sir Herbert Leon in the Victorian Gothic, Tudor, and Dutch Baroque styles, on the site of older buildings of the same name.

During World War II, the estate housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The GC&CS team of codebreakers included Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander, Bill Tutte, and Stuart Milner-Barry. The nature of the work at Bletchley remained secret until many years after the war.

According to the official historian of British Intelligence, the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain. The team at Bletchley Park devised automatic machinery to help with decryption, culminating in the development of Colossus, the world's first programmable digital electronic computer. Codebreaking operations at Bletchley Park came to an end in 1946 and all information about the wartime operations was classified until the mid-1970s.

After the war it had various uses including as a teacher-training college and local GPO headquarters. By 1990 the huts in which the codebreakers worked were being considered for demolition and redevelopment. The Bletchley Park Trust was formed in February 1992 to save large portions of the site from development.

More recently, Bletchley Park has been open to the public, featuring interpretive exhibits and huts that have been rebuilt to appear as they did during their wartime operations. It receives hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The separate National Museum of Computing, which includes a working replica Bombe machine and a rebuilt Colossus computer, is housed in Block H on the site.
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2 hours
Hours
Sunday9:30am - 5pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday9:30am - 5pm
Thursday9:30am - 5pm
Friday9:30am - 5pm
Saturday9:30am - 5pm
Contact

The Mansion,
Bletchley Park,
Sherwood Dr,
Bletchley,
Milton Keynes MK3 6EB,
UK

+44 1908 640404

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Lot parking available

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  • By paulg793
    We took our 11 Yr old who was instantly hooked on the history. Well laid out, excellent audio guide and fascinating displays. Add in nice food and ice-cream along with friendly staff and it makes... 
    We took our 11 Yr old who was instantly hooked on the history. Well laid out, excellent audio guide and fascinating displays. Add in nice food and ice-cream along with friendly staff and it makes...  more »
  • By LLE29
    Wonderful place to visit. Well laid out and so informative. You can hear the foot steps of history as you walk around. Beautiful location. So easy to get to from London by train. You need most of... 
    Wonderful place to visit. Well laid out and so informative. You can hear the foot steps of history as you walk around. Beautiful location. So easy to get to from London by train. You need most of...  more »
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  • By Lisa Guest
    What wonderful day out. Bletchley Park is very informative to all age groups. You can easily spend 4/5 hours going around the house, huts and grounds. Staff are very helpful and knowledgeable. Plenty of free car parking which is a bonus and easy to find. Would take a picnic next time, as food/drinks is very limited and not a great deal of choice. The grounds are lovely to sit in, if the weather is agreeable. Would definitely recommend Bletchley Park.
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  • By Ian Lanceley
    What an excellent day out! We had a first class tour led by Harold - his enthusiastic presentation brought the whole thing to life. All of the staff were very polite and helpful. Everywhere was spotlessly clean without appearing to be sterile. There was a good mix of display types from simple reading to interactive puzzle solving although occasionally these played up. The Audio/Visual guide further enhanced the whole experience.
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