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This place is dripping with history that I’m not going to go into too much detail on, here is a brief overview:
Bletchley Park was the central site for Britain's codebreakers during World War Two. Run by the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.[1] Located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, Bletchley Park is now a flourishing heritage attraction. Open seven days a week, it is popular with individuals and families as well as school groups and tour parties.
History from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
The Explore
Still laughing at the slightest mention of security guards and barriers we headed off on the short journey from RAE Bedford to Bletchley Park: Home of the Code Breakers. By the time we arrived it was late dusk, so torches were essential. Access was unbelievably easy with convenient roadside parking. This place gave me goose bumps, not because it was creepy (OK, it was a bit, especially as I was on my own taking long exposures whilst the rest of the party explored ahead) but because I had read so much of the history of this place and now here I was, standing in a place of such historical significance. We visited C & D blocks, where Punch Card Storage and Enigma work was carried out respectively. What really surprised me was the sheer amount of paper work everywhere here which added to the feeling that something significant was once carried out here. On with the pictures:
I look forward to returning here during the day to visit the museum and have another mooch about in more favourable lighting conditions, the brick work here looks fantastic, but it was hard to do it justice in the dark.
Bletchley Park was the central site for Britain's codebreakers during World War Two. Run by the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.[1] Located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, Bletchley Park is now a flourishing heritage attraction. Open seven days a week, it is popular with individuals and families as well as school groups and tour parties.
History from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
The Explore
Still laughing at the slightest mention of security guards and barriers we headed off on the short journey from RAE Bedford to Bletchley Park: Home of the Code Breakers. By the time we arrived it was late dusk, so torches were essential. Access was unbelievably easy with convenient roadside parking. This place gave me goose bumps, not because it was creepy (OK, it was a bit, especially as I was on my own taking long exposures whilst the rest of the party explored ahead) but because I had read so much of the history of this place and now here I was, standing in a place of such historical significance. We visited C & D blocks, where Punch Card Storage and Enigma work was carried out respectively. What really surprised me was the sheer amount of paper work everywhere here which added to the feeling that something significant was once carried out here. On with the pictures:
I look forward to returning here during the day to visit the museum and have another mooch about in more favourable lighting conditions, the brick work here looks fantastic, but it was hard to do it justice in the dark.
