Did you know that Buckinghamshire is home to a "fascinating" attraction that shaped British history?
Bletchley Park was the main base of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), where Britain’s codebreakers worked during World War II.
On Google Reviews, the attraction has a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from more than 18,000 reviews.
On Tripadvisor, Bletchley Park holds a score of 4.6 out of 5 from more than 8,500 reviews.
Bletchley Park, the ‘fascinating’ attraction
Bletchley Park was acquired by the Government in 1938 for GC&CS thanks to an ideal railway connection and distance from central London, making it the ideal location.
Starting with a staff of 200, by the end of the war in 1944, more than 9,000 workers were operating around the clock, according to Bletchley Park.
Many of the workers were women, whose roles included intercept handling, indexing, translation, analysis, and operating machinery.
Codebreakers like Alan Turing, at Bletchley, changed British history by cracking the Enigma Code and Lorenz cyphers.
It was at Bletchley Park that Turing created electromechanical machines called Bombe to decrypt messages quickly; his team later built Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer.
Now the attraction is a museum run by the Bletchley Park Trust where visitors can explore the Mansion, wartime huts and codebreaking blocks.
Visitors can also explore recreated workspaces and exhibitions focused on the people, processes and technology behind the intelligence operation.
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What are the reviews for Bletchley Park?
One guest on Tripadvisor said: "Amazing great experience for all the family, especially the free tour guide. You do have to speak to the information desk though great food great exhibitions".
Another visitor wrote: "Fantastic day out.
"So brilliant that the Bletchley Park museum is here to keep alive the work of the WW2 Intelligence Service".
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