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Bletchley Park is world famous for it's involvement in the second world war, as a centre for codebreakers. Most famously, the Egnima and Lorenz codes were broken at Bletchley Park by british codebreakers. Milton Keynes is proud to be home to such a historic site as Bletchley Park and we encourage anyone to visit and take in a piece of history.

Contact Details and Address

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Bletchley Park Ltd
Sherwood Drive
Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , MK3 6EB England
+44 (0) 1908 640404
Bletchley Shop: +44 (0) 1908 272671

 

 

Opening Times

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Bleatchy park is open daily except for

  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Day
  • Boxing Day
  • New Year's Day

Weekdays Winter Opening
1st November to 31st March
10.30am to 4.00pm

Weekdays Summer Opening
1st April to 31st October
9.30am to 5.00pm

Weekends & Bank Holidays Winter Opening
1st November to 31st March
10.30 am to 4.00pm

Weekends & Bank Holidays Summer Opening
1st April to 31st October
10.30am to 5.00pm

Not all exhibitions are open every day. Please always check before travelling on 01908 640404.

Prices

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Admission Prices For Individual Visits

Adults £10.00

Concessions: £8.00

Over 60's and students with valid ID
Children 12 to 16: £6.00
Children under 12 admitted free of charge (with friends and family only. Groups of children with clubs, such as Cub Scouts, should contact Bletchley Park via in advance)

Family Ticket: £22.50 (Two adults + Two children aged 12 to 16) Tickets can be purchased in advance online at a discounted rate through our secure Bletchley Park ShopBletchley Park Shop.

Standard Tour of Bletchley Park

For groups of 20 or more, our special group rate is just £8 per person. An audio wand is included in the ticket price and enables the visitor to explore the Park at their own pace, allowing plenty of time to seek out areas of particular interest to them. Public tours by one of our accredited guides are also offered, subject to availability. Please enquire, on arrival, for timings.

Petition to Save Bletchley Park

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The petition to save Bletchley Park is one of the most valid causes for a petition that we at miltonkeynes.com have come across in a long time. The Bletchley Park Trust doesn't receive any funding from external sources, The National Lottery turned down Bletchley Park for funding and so did the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We do not understand how these bodies could not grasp the historic importance of Bletchley Park.

On it's own, Bletchley Park will have "two or three more years of survival", so sign the petitionsign the petition to urge the government to do something about saving Bletchley park. Seeing the site in the hands of developers would be a disgrace.
Deadline to sign up by: 28 May 2009
Signatures so far: 14,383

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/

Latest News

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See latest Bletchley Park news articles below
Bletchley Park Makes Available Limited Edition Commemorative Prints
As part of its fund raising initiative to regenerate Bletchley Park, the Bletchley Park Trust is making available a collection of limited edition, fine art prints signed by five of the original World War 2 Codebreakers.
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English Heritage Initiates Major Regeneration Project For Bletchley Park
Sir Francis Richards, Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust Simon Greenish, Director, Bletchley Park Trust Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage Bletchley Park calls for funding partners following £330,000 grant announcement from English Heritage

The famous World War II codebreaking centre, Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, is set to benefit from a £330,000 grant from English Heritage. One of the biggest grants awarded by English Heritage this year, it will cover urgent repair works to the roof of the grade II listed mansion to save it from falling into further disrepair.
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Sir Roger Moore Gives His Support To Campaign To Preserve Bletchley Park
Sir Roger Moore added his voice to the campaign to attract funding to restore and preserve Bletchley Park on his visit to the WW2 Codebreaking Centre on Friday.
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Sir Martin Gilbert To Give A Lecture Entitled 'Churchill and Enigma'
Bletchley Park Trust today proudly announced that the eminent historian, Sir Martin Gilbert will be giving a special lecture in the Ballroom of the Bletchley Park Mansion on Sunday 30th November AT 2.30 PM entitled ‘Churchill and Enigma’.

Winston Churchill's biographer, will examine Churchill's wartime policies in the light of Enigma, and will show the place of Signals Intelligence in the evolution of British strategy, and its role in all the main developments of the Second World War on land, at sea, and in the air. Among the topics he will cover are the planned German invasion of Britain, Coventry, sinking the Bismarck, Alamein, the war on the Eastern Front, the Normandy Landings and Dresden.

A pamphlet by Sir Martin Gilbert, ‘Churchill and Signals Intelligence’, specially produced for this event, will be on sale at the lecture for £3, signed and personally inscribed by Sir Martin.
 
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Bletchley Park to hold Colossus Evening

By popular demand, The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park has arranged another 'Spend an Evening With Colossus' event on Thursday 6 November at 7pm. Following the very successful first event in September, Tony Sale, who led the rebuild of Colossus, will be giving a talk, followed by a demonstration of how Colossus broke the World War Two Lorenz SZ42 cipher.

The National Museum of Computing is located in Block H at Bletchley Park. Space is likely to be limited.

For booking details see www.codesandciphers.org.uk.
 
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Sir Roger Moore Drops In To Bletchley Park - Friday 17 October 2008

Sir Roger Moore will be making a flying visit to Bletchley Park, the famous codebreaking centre, on Friday 17th October.

The visit is to promote Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's launch of six Bond films on Blu-ray Disc.  Although this is private event and visitors will not have access to the Bletchley Park Mansion for the day, the rest of the museum will be open along with a very special display of some of the legendary vehicles from the Bond films.
 
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Women of Distinction
Bletchley Park Post Office launch First Day Cover in Tribute to the Codebreaking Women of Bletchley Park.
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Two Of The Most Brilliant And Accomplished Female Minds Of The Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries Meet At Bletchley Park
22 Sep 2008
On Friday 19 September Dr Fran Allen, the first and only woman ever to win the Association of Computing Machinery’s prestigious AM Turing Award, came face to face with Mavis Batey, accomplished WW2 Codebreaker.
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Bletchley Park Announces Winter Lecture Series
17 Sep 2008
Bletchley Park Trust has today announced a fascinating series of lectures for the Winter season from October 2008 through to April 2009. All the lectures will be held in the atmospheric Bletchley Park Mansion, which is steeped in history and provides an atmospheric setting.
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Bletchley Park Trust Welcomes The Support Of IBM And PGP For The National Museum Of Computing At Bletchley Park
10 September 2008
Bletchley Park Trust welcomes the latest announcement by The National Museum of Computing, which is situated at Bletchley Park, of its $100,000 donation by data protection expert PGP Corporation and IBM.
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‘From Bletchley, With Love’
Family  Event  To  Celebrate  The  Ian  Fleming  Centenary  And  His  Wartime  Work  With  Bletchley  Park
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August
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New Zealand Prime Minister pays visit to Bletchley Park
The New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, visited Bletchley Park on Thursday 10th January whilst on a private trip to the UK.  The Right Honourable Mrs Clark admired the newly completed Colossus and Bombe Rebuilds as well as the other key Bletchley Park exhibitions.  Just hours later, on her return to New Zealand, she paid official tribute to the late Sir Edmund Hillary, calling him "a colossus".
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