WWII TO MODERN TIMES

Bletchley Park also known as Station X is best known for its role within the Second World War as the home of the codebreakers. This was the heart of intelligence for the Naval, Air and Military sections and had played a pivotal part in the war and the deciphering the German Enigma code.

BLETCHLEY PARK HISTORY

Bletchley Park lies 50 miles (80km) north-west of London alongside the North-Western Railway line through Bletchley in the heart of Buckinghamshire.

In 1883, Herbert Samuel Leon, a wealthy City of London financier bought 300 acres of land. He built the Mansion as the home of the Leon family and developed sixty acres into a country estate. Herbery Leon became one of Bletchley's greatest benefactors was awarded a baronetcy in 1911.

TECHNOLOGY HISTORY

Along with its codebreaking activities, the Park is associated with the rapid development of technological innovations and particularly related to the Enigma, the Lorenz, the Bombe and Colussus.