Bletchley Park Trust needs 10m pounds to restore code-breaking site
The Bletchley Park Trust plans to turn the historic site into an internationally-recognised visitor centre with restored buildings, an authentic 1940s atmosphere and gardens the public can enjoy free of charge.
But implementing the plan and saving the site, the dilapidated state of which was highlighted in The Independent this week, will cost 10m pounds. That money would bring new life to the decaying park near Milton Keynes, where some of Britain's finest minds hastened the defeat of the Nazis with their code-breaking.
A key element of the plan is the restoration of all wartime buildings – from the badly-damaged decoders' wooden huts to the stable block – to regain their authentic 1940s style. Nothing will be demolished and there will be no new buildings. Fresh investment will be put into the education service, including in mathematics and the popular children's code-breaking programmes.
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But implementing the plan and saving the site, the dilapidated state of which was highlighted in The Independent this week, will cost 10m pounds. That money would bring new life to the decaying park near Milton Keynes, where some of Britain's finest minds hastened the defeat of the Nazis with their code-breaking.
A key element of the plan is the restoration of all wartime buildings – from the badly-damaged decoders' wooden huts to the stable block – to regain their authentic 1940s style. Nothing will be demolished and there will be no new buildings. Fresh investment will be put into the education service, including in mathematics and the popular children's code-breaking programmes.