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Bletchley is an independent and traditional town in Milton Keynes situated between the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish and West Bletchley parish. Bletchley is well known for its Bletchley Park, which was where Britain cordinated the breaking of the German "Enigma" code by Alan Turing amongst others. It is now home to The National Museum of Computing.

Bletchley grew from an obscure hamlet on the Fenny Stratford to a well known town brought about by the arrival of the London and North Western Railway service in 1845. Its expansion continued with the influx of people who were relocated by the Greater London Council. By 1961 its population was about 17,000. More than four times the population it had forty years earlier.

In 1967, when the new city Milton Keynes was founded, Bletchley was one of the major areas in the Plan for Milton Keynes and it would bring some of the greatest changes to the future of Bletchley. Bletchley was the new areas main shopping centre and it thrived very much in the early years of the growth of Milton Keynes. However Bletchleys popularity waned with the building of the Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre as the new shopping centre became more of the areas retail destination in recent years.

ATTRACTIONS

Bletchley Park - It is located in the town of Milton Keynes in the county of Buckinghamshire. The park is situated on Sherwood Drive. The manor on the estate was once an intelligence headquarters as well as the center and Cypher School where the famous German Enigma code was cracked amongst others in World War II.  Today the park is a now a museum with many different activities and exhibitions. Many areas of the park have also been sold off for housing development.

Blue Lagoon Local Nature Reserve - This is a local nature reserve in Bletchley and the only local nature reserve in the Borough of Milton Keynes. The blue lagoon lies on part of the site of the former brickworks where there was a thriving bricks manufacturing industry in Bletchley between the 1890s till the 1970s. It is about 18 meters deep and the diverse habitat includes shallow and deep water, grassland, woodland and scrubland and hosts an abundance of fauna and flora. The blue Lagoon is also used extensively as a recreational facility.

THINGS TO DO

Xscape - You can pay a visit to this sports and entertainment complex which features indoor snow slopes, bowling lanes, climbing walls and a multi screen cinema and a variety of interactive games. There are plenty to eat and shop. The place is always very clean and well managed. All in all, a good place to visit.

St Mary’s and St John’s Church is situated on Church Green Road and is the Anglican parish church in Bletchley. It stands on the site of the original Norman church. It is a great place to go worship while in Bletchley. Services are available through the week. There are special monthly Sunday services and Wednesday evening services. There are also provisions of services for funerals, marriages and baptisms which can be discussed and arranged through the church office

Events

Love Bletchley day - The love Bletchley day was first held in May 2012 and the focus then was on shopping experience in Bletchley. There were more than 80 market stalls selling a variety of goods from jewelries to children’s wear, toys, clothes and so on. It was started to bring back peoples interest and love for the town and people came out in their thousands to celebrate all that is good and worth remembering in Bletchley. It was held again this year on May 3rd 2014 at the town centre, Queensway. It featured crafts and demonstrations, Discount and freebies, live music, leisure activities and demo’s, wide variety of stores and lots more.

Milton Keynes Maths Challenge - The Milton Keynes Maths Challenge features Maths wizards from various Milton Keynes schools with the final taking place at the Bletchley Park. The students are splint into groups and are made to complete thirteen challenges within five minutes each and a siren signals the end and a rush to the next one until a winner who has completed all the challenges successfully emerges. The last one was held in March 2014.

Bletchley flowers - Bletchley is well known for its abundance of colorful flowers within its lush green woodlands and Park. Bletchley boasts a beautiful landscape with an abundance of lovely flowers. Many people like to use these flowers for their events and house decorations. If you need flower delivery in Bletchley, our florists would make lovely bouquets and arrangement and send the flowers to Bletchley for you. There are a variety of flowers ranging from Roses to Freesia flower bouquets, along with our classic Bouquets and colorful flower Bouquets which you can choose from, and they are inexpensive, usually below £25.00.  There’s also extensive information on our range of flower delivery services, which are available for next day delivery to Bletchley