Bletchley Park Info & News

Bletchley Park LogoBletchley Park is world famous for it's involvement in the second world war, as a centre for codebreakers. Most famously, the Enigma and Lorenz codes were broken there 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

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

 

 

Opening Times

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

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 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

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 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 petition to urge the government to do something about saving the historic site. 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/

Latest News

See latest Bletchley Park news articles below



New Enigma Case Unveiled At Bletchley Park

enigmaAll Bletchley Park’s Enigmas on Display for the First Time!....

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Bletchley Park Presents The Merchant Of Venice Performed By The Chapterhouse Theatre Company

MERCHANT OF VENICE Mystery, drama, romance and comedy all converge in this

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Bletchley Park Honours Winston Churchill and WW2 Enigma Veterans

churchill-weekendAnd celebrates the 70th anniversary of Churchill becoming Prime Minister for the first time....

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The Post Office At War

sorting-office3Bletchley Park Celebrates the Post Office at War as Part of the London 2010: Festival of Stamps, 29th & 30th August 2010

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Classic Vehicles Take Over Bletchley Park

Classic VehiclesClassic Vehicles Invited to Bletchley Park For Classic Car and Motorbike Picnic...

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Family Fun Wednesdays At Bletchley Park

fun wednesdaysNew Children’s Activity Days launched for the Summer Holidays

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Bletchley Parks Annual Polish Day Celebrates Bravery Of Polish Air Force

Polish Air ForceBletchley Park’s tenth annual Polish Day on Sunday 18th July will celebrate the important contribution made by the Polish Air Force.

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Comedians And Boffins Unite For Boffoonery! In Aid Of Bletchley Park

Boffoonery!, a comedy benefit performed to a sold-out audience at The Bloomsbury Theatre on Nov 3rd 2009 to celebrate WWII codebreaking centre Bletchley Park

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Celebrating the Birthday of a Genius

Alan Turing OBE Born 23rd June 1912

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Bletchley Park Celebrates The Armed Forces & 150 Years Of The Cadet Corps

150 yearsBletchley Park is hosting an Armed Forces weekend on 3rd and 4th July 2010 including Flypasts featuring a Spitfire and a Dakota

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HP and Bletchley Park to Collaborate on Digitising Site’s World War II Archives


archivesInitiative to preserve invaluable WW II records and make them available for public access
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Own A Part Of Bletchley History

mayor of mkThe newly appointed Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Debbie Brock today launches the first of many exciting fundraising initiatives in support of her chosen charities, Willen Hospice and Bletchley Park.

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Easter Celebrations at Bletchley Park

easter event at bletchley parkBletchley Park, home of the World War Two codebreakers, is holding its annual fun-packed Easter event Bank Holiday Monday 5th April, Under 12’s are FREE

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Bletchley Park Trust Celebrates Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month & Life of

lgbt3Bletchley Park will be celebrating the lives and achievements of the LGBT

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Bletchley Park Trust Launches Exciting 2010 Programme of Events

bletch3Bletchley Park, home to the codebreakers of World War Two, has launched its 2010 programme of events, which includes a range of fun-filled and action-packed activities to suit everyone...

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Festival of Christmas at Bletchley Park

This year’s Festival will combine a Christmas Market, with some festive entertainment and fayre.

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Bletchley Park Hosts Family History Fair On Sunday 22 November 2009

A wide range of exhibitors, family history societies and lectures by emminent family history experts are some of the highlights of the forthcoming Family History Fair
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New Exhibition opens at Bletchley ParkThe Internet- "Security and Privacy for all"

A brand new exhibition aimed at helping people to use the Internet safely, has opened at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park.

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Annual Firework Extravaganza Returns To Bletchley Park with a Bang

Bletchley ParkBletchley Park’s dazzling annual Blitznight is set once again

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Bletchley Park Trust To Recieve Heritage Lottery Fund Development Grant

bletchley-park-linkThe Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to the Bletchley Park Trust to work up plans to help transform Bletchley Park into a world class heritage and educational centre

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Codebreaking Conference To Raise Money For Bletchley Park

‘Security:  Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow’

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BLETCHLEY PARK’S 9TH ANNUAL CHURCHILL WEEKEND 3RD AND 4TH OCTOBER

Bletchley ParkBletchley Park is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1939

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RECORD NUMBER OF BLETCHLEY PARK VETERANS

bletcley parkOver 115 World War Two veterans accompanied by friends and family returned to Bletchley Park this weekend for a very special Enigma Reunion, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the original codebreakers in 1939. 

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BLETCHLEY PARK OFFERS FREE ADMISSION TO THE RESIDENTS OF MILTON KEYNES

Bletchley ParkFrom Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th September 2009.

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BLETCHLEY PARK GETS TOP MARKS FOR EDUCATIONAL VISITS

Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes has shown itself to be at the top of the class for educational visits by being awarded a Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.

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WORLD FIRST AT BLETCHLEY PARK

Bletchley ParkLARGEST-EVER  EXHIBITION  OF  ENIGMA &  OTHER  CYPHER  MACHINES 
IN  CELEBRATION  OF  70TH  ANNIVERSARY 
OF  ARRIVAL  OF  CODEBREAKERS
- Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September 2009 -

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70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD BEDFORD BUS

Bedford Bus at Bletchley ParkBletchley Park to welcome record number of Bedford Buses. If you need to catch a bus, then be at Bletchley Park Sunday 16 August.
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BBC ONE’S ANTIQUES ROADSHOW VISITS BLETCHLEY PARK

Bletchley parkBBC ONE’S ever popular Sunday evening programme, The Antiques Roadshow will be filming for its 32nd series at Bletchley Park on Sunday 12 July, 2009. 

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CLASSIC VEHICLES TO DISPLAY AT BLETCHLEY PARK

Bletchley ParkBletchley Park, home to the codebreakers of World War Two, will again be holding its popular Classic Car and Motorbike Picnic Sunday 28th June 2009

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Bletchley Park Trust ‘Disappointed’ as Government Rejects Appeal for Support

Bletchley parkBaroness McIntosh of Hudnall’s petition in the House of Lords yesterday asking Her Majesty’s Government “what support they will give to the restoration and development of Bletchley Park

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Bank Holiday Monday ‘forties Family Festival

With Spectacular Flypast by Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire & Red Arrows
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Bank Holiday Monday ‘forties Family Festival

Bletcley Park Forties Family FestivalJoin in the family fun at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes on Monday 25th May 2009 for a Bank Holiday ‘Forties Family Festival’. With Spectacular Flypast by Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire & Red Arrows and much more
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Bletchly Park Bucks The Crisis And Thanks Supporters For Making A Success Of 2008

Despite the unfolding economic crisis and fears for the worst, 2008 was the most successful year for Bletchley Park since it opened as a visitor attraction in 1992, in terms of visitor numbers, financial donations, media coverage and high profile events.
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BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow Visits Bletchley Park

BBC ONE’s ever popular Sunday evening programme ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will be filming for its 32nd series at Bletchley Park on Sunday, 12th July, 2009.
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Bletchley Park Still at the Forefront of Innovation

Bletchley Park is delighted to announce that one of the tenants of the Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre, ipcortex, have been recognised by ITSPA for the Best VoIP Hardware - in their second award nomination this year.
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Bletchley Park's Regeneration Project Features on CBS Evening News

The need for funds to restore Bletchley Park was highlighted last night on CBS Evening News broadcast across the whole of the United States of America.

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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.
 

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.

 

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.

 

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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