Historic houses · South East England
Bletchley Park
Also known as: Parc Bletchley
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. During World
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
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. 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 John Tiltman, Dilwyn Knox, Alan Turing, Harry Golombek, Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander, Donald Michie, Bill Tutte and Stuart Milner-Barry. The team at Bletchley Park, 75% women, 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 ended in 1946 and all information about the wartime operations was classified until the mid-1970s. After the war it had various uses and now houses the Bletchley Park museum.
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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. 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 John Tiltman, Dilwyn Knox, Alan Turing, Harry Golombek, Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander, Donald Michie, Bill Tutte and Stuart Milner-Barry. The team at Bletchley Park, 75% women, 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 ended in 1946 and all information about the wartime operations was classified until the mid-1970s. After the war it had various uses and now houses the Bletchley Park museum.
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, now located at the National Museum of Computing, a separate museum on the Bletchley Park site in Block H]] supervising the breaking of an enciphered message with the completed Colossus computer rebuild in 2006 at The National Museum of Computing]] The National Museum of Computing is housed in Block H, which is rented from the Bletchley Park Trust. Its Colossus and Tunny galleries tell an important part of allied breaking of German codes during World War II. There is a working reconstruction of a Bombe and a rebuilt Colossus computer which was used on the high-level Lorenz cipher, codenamed Tunny by the British. The museum, which opened in 2007, is an independent voluntary organisation…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9981, -0.7411
- District
- Milton Keynes
- Parish
- West Bletchley
- Postcode
- MK3 6FH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Established
- 1877
- Official site
- bletchleypark.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Bletchley Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bletchley Park?
- Bletchley Park is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode MK3 6FH), in the parish of West Bletchley.
- When was Bletchley Park built?
- Built or established in 1877.
- Who owns Bletchley Park?
- Bletchley Park is owned by Bletchley Park Trust.
- How do I get to Bletchley Park?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode MK3 6FH. It sits within the Buckingham and Bletchley parliamentary constituency.