May Half Term at Bletchley Park

Milton Keynes

Type:Childrens Events

Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6DS

Tel: 01908 640404

A girl enjoying playing with an interactive screen in an exhibition at Bletchley Park

About

Discover more about Bletchley Park and its key role in the preparations for D-Day with engaging family activities.

Find out about the people of Bletchley Park and the astonishing work they did with the Amazing People, Amazing Machines family tour.

On Saturday 1, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, everyone visiting Bletchley Park can come to The Mansion and become a Codebreaker. Try to break enemy codes to track the development of D-Day.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES
27, 29 & 31 MAY
Come and discover how Bletchley Park provided vital information that helped with the planning of D-Day.

Families can try their hand at codebreaking and make part of a fleet of boats and landing craft ready to launch on D-Day. Come and design a glider or make a parachute and test it out!


FAMILY TOURS
28 & 30 MAY
Could you have been a codebreaker, a Wren or maybe a dispatch rider? Would you have been able to keep your work secret even after the war?

Join us on a fun, family-friendly tour to find out about the amazing people and machines that helped break the Enigma cipher here at Bletchley Park during WW2.

In this fast-paced, interactive tour you will learn some surprising new facts, explore everyday life at Bletchley Park in 1941 and you might even take part in some top-secret war work…

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Opening Times

Season (27 May 2024 - 1 June 2024)
DayTimes
Monday - Saturday09:30 - 17:00

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