West Bletchley

West Bletchley is a district and civil parish[2] that covers the western part of Bletchley; a constituent town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes part of Bletchley which is south of Standing Way (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
Mapping © OpenStreetMap
West Bletchley
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population22,213 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP868338
Civil parish
  • West Bletchley
Unitary authority
  • Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK3
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Geography

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

Old Bletchley

Far Bletchley

  • Castles
  • Fairways
  • Racecourses
  • Rivers
  • Saints

West Bletchley

  • Abbys
  • Scotts
  • Counties

Most districts of West Bletchley parish are residential, but the district of Bletchley Park is important enough to be summarised here.

Borough Council wards

West Bletchley is split between two electoral wards for representation to Milton Keynes Council. Far Bletchley and the golf course area is in the Whaddon Ward (which, despite its name and proximity, does not include Whaddon, Buckinghamshire in Aylesbury Vale); the remainder of the parish is in the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford ward.[3]

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 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.

Secondary

See also

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

References
  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 4 February 2013
  2. Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.
  3. Milton Keynes ward boundaries – Milton Keynes Council (Caution - large PDF that is slow to load)
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