Bletchley Park Museum

Once Britain’s Best Kept Secret, today Bletchley Park is a heritage site and vibrant tourist attraction. Open daily, visitors can explore some of the iconic WW2 Codebreaking Huts and Blocks and marvel at the astonishing achievements of the Codebreakers whose work is said to have helped shorten the war by two years.  

Public interest in Bletchley Park has grown enormously over the past few years and the number of visitors to Bletchley Park in 2012 was 150,000.

Bletchley Park is run by the Bletchley Park Trust, a charity formed in 1992 to preserve the site for the nation. Today, the Trust is working towards transforming Bletchley Park into the world-class heritage and education site it deserves to be. Work is currently underway to create a new Visitor Centre within Block C where Hollerith punch-card machines carried out rapid analysis of encrypted message systems to assist the Codebreakers.

In parallel the iconic Codebreaking Huts 3 and 6 will be restored and opened up for visitors. Along with breathtaking new exhibitions, these buildings will be opened in mid-2014, to significantly enhance the visitor experience at Bletchley Park.

Education Programme

Schools, colleges and other educational establishments can take part in workshops, demonstrations, tours and collection viewings at Bletchley Park that are not available to the general public.  We are continuously developing our on-site education programme to support teachers and students of any age.  These must be booked in advance as they are tailored to primary school, secondary school or adult groups and include the following activities:

Primary Schools

• Codes & Ciphers 
• Secrecy and Security: Keeping Safe Online
• The National Radio Centre
• Walking Tour of the Bletchley Park Site
• Handling Collection
• Home Front
• Enigma Cinema
• Toy Collection

Secondary Schools, Colleges and Adults 

For those wishing to gain an insight into the importance of mathematics and history in the codebreaking effort, the following talks and workshops are available:

• Codes & Ciphers – suitable for general audiences
• Mathematics of Enigma – most suited to students working towards higher level GCSE (or equivalent) and beyond.
• Breaking Lorenz – Enigma’s Big Brother – a specialist talk aimed at students working towards the higher end of A-Level (or equivalent)
• History - how Bletchley Park had an impact on a number of major WW2 events.
• NEW!  Online Safety Day - learn about the ever-evolving cyber threat so prevalent on the Internet.  For more information, click here