West Bletchley

West Bletchley is a district and civil parish that covers the western part of Bletchley, a constituent town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England.^[3] The parish consists of that part of Bletchley which is south of Standing Way/H8 (A421), west of the West Coast Main Line, and north of Water Eaton Brook. The remainder of Bletchley is combined with Fenny Stratford to form the parish of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford.

West Bletchley
The main house at Bletchley Park
West Bletchley Show map of Milton Keynes West Bletchley Location within Buckinghamshire Show map of Buckinghamshire
Population	22,213 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP868338
Civil parish	West Bletchley
District	City of Milton Keynes
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes City Council
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district	MK3
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham and Bletchley[2]
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51.9926°N 0.7515°W / 51.9926; -0.7515

Geography

West Bletchley contains three major residential districts with parish council wards within them. These wards/estates include:

Old Bletchley

• Church Green
• Bletchley Park
• Poets

Far Bletchley

• Castles
• Fairways
• Racecourses
• Rivers
• Saints

West Bletchley

• Abbys
• Scotts
• Counties

City Council wards

West Bletchley is split between two electoral wards for representation to Milton Keynes City Council. Far Bletchley and the golf course area is in the Whaddon Ward (which, despite its name and proximity, does not include the village of Whaddon in the Buckinghamshire Council area); the remainder of the parish is in the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford ward.^[4]

Bletchley Park

Main article: Bletchley Park

Within the West Bletchley parish, in the Church Green district, is Bletchley Park. During the Second World War, this district was home to the Government Code and Cypher School. The German Enigma code was cracked here by, amongst others, Alan Turing. Another cipher machine was solved with the aid of early computing devices, known as a Colossus. Bletchley Park is now a museum, although many areas of the park grounds have been sold off for housing development.

Education

Primary

Children in the area attend a number of primary schools in the parish, which include: Milton Keynes Preparatory School, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Holne Chase Primary School, White Spire School, Rickley Park Primary School and Chestnuts Primary School.

Special school

White Spire School, an all age (5–19) mixed special school for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties, is located on Rickley Lane in West Bletchley.^[5] Pupils are referred to the school by the Inclusion Division of Milton Keynes Council, taking pupils from across Milton Keynes and, in some instances, further afield.

Secondary

• Lord Grey Academy, a comprehensive school.

See also

• Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, the other civil parish in 'greater Bletchley'.

Further reading

• Edward Legg, Early History of Bletchley Park 1235–1937; Bletchley Park Trust Historic Guides series, No. 1, 1999