Janis:
There is a road. Drive along the A44 from Woodstock to Enstone. Five miles after Woodstock, there's a sign "Ditchley". Follow it southbound, and, after a "no entry" sign, it joins Ditchley Road, which goes north from Charlbury.
These days, the "don't come in" sign is very visible. But there's no locked gate, though doubtless the area is so CCTV'd, any car passing the signs would be on the wrong end of a Cruise missile before you could say "Weapons of Mas Destruction"

flanner, thanks for your info and speaking of WMD, try this:

Go to GOOGLE and search for WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION and click on "I'm Feeling Lucky" and see what comes up!

Thanks - I've been on the A44 many times (and the Charlbury to Enstone road a lot too since my ex's favorite garage was in Charlbury). There are several roads in there - Stonesfield, Spelsbury, I think Finstock is in that same general triangle - but as I remember, the KEEP OUT notices around Ditchley were pretty prominent.

But it has been many years since I lived there - this has sure brought back memories.

A British film called "Enigma" was released in the US last year, might be out on DVD or video
Aside from some fictional characters and an added romance, the depiction of the work at Bletchley was very interesting.

The film about Alan Turing from a few years ago was called "Breaking the Code", based on a West End and Broadway play. Derek Jacobi did the play and the film.

Maybe I missed something, but didn't anyone else notice that the first response to a question about Bletchley Park was by ... uh ... a man called Intrepid?

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Many thanks to you all that recognized that we were on the grounds of Ditchley, not Bletchley. It was just on their private road, as I remember...obviously, my mind is gone and I can't remember the details, but all your info. on Bletchley is interesting.

BBC-i Battle of the Atlantic
Web site to accompany a new 3 part BBC series about the battle in the Atlantic.

Enigma Film Site
The official web site for the film based on the Richard Harris novel. The site includes photographs from the film, interviews, competitions, merchandise and downloads.

Beaumanor
This page commemorates the civilian officers who served at Beaumanor between 1945 and 1970. The page includes a link to a Smartgroup which has been set up to put ex civilian staff of Beaumanor in touch with each other.

Camp X
Website for Camp X, where 'agents' trained before being parachuted into Nazi occupied territory to not only lead the resistance movement, but to provide valuable information to invading Allied Armies.

Camp - X Official Site Canada's on-line Spy Museum!

Channel 4
makers of the television documentary about Bletchley Park, Station X

Fleet Air Arm Archive


GCHQ
this site contains lots of information about GCHQ (the organisation previously called GC & CS which was based at Bletchley Park before moving to Cheltenham)

Maths at Work
Visit the web site for further information about the Maths @ Work initiative and the Teacher's Pack.

The Polish Festival is an annual event, organised by Federation of Poles, that takes place at Bletchley Park. It's aim is to celebrate Polish life, in particular honouring the Poles who were instrumental in the breaking of the Enigma Code.

Railtrack
the company responsible for the UK rail network and a good place obtain times and routes for travelling to and from Bletchley Park

Royal British Legion Wireless Intercept (Y) Services web page
the branch of the British Legion dedicated to service people from the Y services

The Alan Turing Home Page
lots of information about the inventor of the Bombe, plus many links to related internet sites

The Enigma Machine
this page contains an excellent java applet simulation of an Enigma machine
People who enjoyed this correspondence might like to go to www.bletchleypark.org.uk/, then Links, where they can read these.
The Imperial War Museum

This site contains lots of information about exhibits, with many online exhibits as well.

The National Security Agency
the American government agency responsible for cryptography, including the National Cryptologic Museum

The Turing Bombe Rebuild Project
a site documenting the rebuild project, including details of the progress made and lots of other information about the Bombe

The Winston Churchill Home Page
lots of stories and information about the former British Prime Minister

Virtual Milton Keynes
Information and local news for the Milton Keynes area

Ben I didn't even realise GCHQ was at Bletchley before moving to Cheltenham! I had to do some training for the staff there some years ago (boy was that a security nightmare getting signed in etc) and the place was dismal looking. It must have been hard for those who had worked in Bletchley to move! Or maybe they were happy to go to more modern premises...

My last message lost its opening, where I meant to say that the page www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ leads to a links page, and this gives immediate links to all the pages I listed. Sorry.

Ben Haines

BEN! You're terrific, a vast resource and a credit to this board. I'm very grateful to you. TUCK