West Bletchley

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West Bletchley
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The main house at Bletchley Park
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West Bletchley
Location within Buckinghamshire
West Bletchley
Interactive map of West Bletchley
Population22,213 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SP868338
Civil parish
  • West Bletchley
District
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district MK3
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
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51°59′33″N0°45′05″W / 51.9926°N 0.7515°W / 51.9926; -0.7515

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.

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Geography

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

Old Bletchley

Far Bletchley

West Bletchley

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]

Notable buildings and sites

Church of St Mary

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Church of St Mary

The parish church of St Mary in Church Green is a Grade I listed building. [5]

Bletchley Park

Within the West Bletchley parish, in the Church Green district, is Bletchley Park. During the Second World War, it was home to the Government Code and Cypher School, the primary location for Allied work to decipher Axis Powers' secret messages. There are two museums on the site: the National Museum of Computing as well as the main Bletchley Park museum.

Railway station

The main buildings of Bletchley railway station are in this parish, although the West Coast Main Line marks the boundary between this parish and its neighbour. There has been a station here since 1839. [6]

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. [7] 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

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 4 February 2013
  2. ↑ "Location of Buckingham and Bletchley". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Milton Keynes ward boundaries – Milton Keynes Council
  5. ↑ Historic England (3 March 1952). "Church of St Mary (1125430)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 90. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
  7. ↑ "White Spire School, URN: 110575". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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