West Bletchley

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West Bletchley
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The main house at Bletchley Park
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West Bletchley
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West Bletchley
Location within Buckinghamshire
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
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51°59′33″N0°45′05″W / 51.9926°N 0.7515°W / 51.9926; -0.7515

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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.

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]

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

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. ↑ "White Spire School, URN: 110575". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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