BLETCHLEY PARK BY NUMBERS
Although secrecy over the workings of Bletchley Park was maintained for decades post-war, the contribution of the codebreakers to the war effort was pronounced. Tom Baker explores the key numerics unlocking some the site’s more unusual stories
£6,000 from an admiral’s pocket
Bletchley Park, the spiritual home of British signals intelligence, is a Victorian country house situated on a 58-acre estate approximately 50 miles northwest of London. A manor house has been on the land since the compiling of the Domesday Book, but the present main building was constructed in the 1880s.
