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Bletchley Park from London train travel?

We will be in London for 4 days in June. We plan on taking the train for a day trip to Bletchley Park. Will a Brit Rail LondonPlus Pass work for the train to Bletchley Park?
Any ideas of group travel for a day trip?
Many thanks!

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Yes, but it is overkill for such a short ride.

Have you bought this pass yet?

Where else will you be travelling by train, if you haven't yet?

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Reading further - how many in the group? Changes at 3/4 and 10.

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Nigel has an excellent point in that it would be useful to know where else you will be traveling/visiting in England.

That said, Yes, the LondonPlus Pass will work for Bletchley Park. Bletchley is on the London side of Milton Keynes.

Here is a link to a map which shows the area covered by the LondonPlus Pass:

http://www.britrail.com/be-inspired/the-britrail-interactive-map/london-plus-pass/

The train station is about a 5-7 minute walk from Bletchley Park.

Keep in mind that the LondonPlus pass also works on the Heathrow Express.

Hope this helps.

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Google Maps will show you the route to Bletchley, walking a couple of blocks. The town centre is in the opposite direction, across the tracks. I mention this in case you want to dine. The park offers light lunches.

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Thank you for your answers! There are just the two of us traveling and we are in London for 4 days. The group travel I was relating to is a question about a day group tours to Bletchley Park. I have not found any online yet .

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This is definitely a trip I'd want to make on my own, rather than via a group tour. I enjoyed spending nearly the full day at Bletchley Park, and I know some other posters here have said the same. Other folks might be ready to move on after 2 or 3 hours. I have no idea how much time a tour would allow.

I'm guessing this is not your first trip to London. For a first-timer with only four days in the city, I wouldn't recommend Bletchley Park, much as I enjoyed it. There is just so much to do right there in London.

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Bletchley Park is definitely a go-go-go until you run out of gas sort of place. There is lots to see and do. Depending on your preparation and interest you can do it superficially or in depth.

I'd guess that a tour from London would be a sort of one size fits all sort of thing that wouldn't fit my style.

But if it fits you better, go for it.

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I enjoyed visiting Bletchley Park on my own. As I recall I used their audioguide which was helpful. I was able to skip around in it and just listen to the bits that were relevant to the places I visited. I can't recall if they offered guided tours as well as the audioguide but their website should have that information. Given how easy a train trip it is from Euston Station, and the short walk from the Bletchley rail station to Bletchley Park, I see no advantage in going with a group tour.

I posted about my visit on this topic, including the off-peak walk-up train fare I paid (for a return ticket, aka round trip ticket) of £17: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/train-from-london-to-bletchley-park-guidance-please

I think you can skip the BritRail pass if the Bletchley Park trip is the only thing you'd be using it for. I don't have a bias against those passes - I've used them on some trips - but for this it's just not helpful, IMO. It's a short trip, with lots of daily service, and unless you want to travel before 9:15 or 9:30 am (I've seen both mentioned as the end of the morning peak time), walk-up fares are far from ruinously expensive. I bought my ticket from a Virgin Trains kiosk at Euston Station, and it was good for the direct service on Northwestern line (the Virgin Trains service requires a change to get to Bletchley; the other service is direct to Bletchley from Euston with no changes.)