Bletchley Park & Stonehenge

My thoughts:

1. No. You can buy on the app for the train company as you are sitting in the station.

2. I am a read-it-all person too. It’d say 3-4 hours on site. I like to walk back from the stones via the cursus and other small sites.

You didn't ask, but we are also read every sign kind of people and we spent the whole day at Bletchley. We got there at opening, didn't stop for lunch and could have used another half hour in the museum. And, agree, you don't need train reservations.

Pam--thank you! It'll be easier to get tickets when we actually show up anyway.

Thanks for mentioning the cursus--I actually had to look that up, didn't know what it was. I thought that we take the bus from the visitor center to the stones and then back. Are there options and/or more to see?

Jules M--thanks! Yes, we've definitely planned for the whole day at Bletchley Park. No other plans at all so we can take it ALL in :-) We are huge history buffs, so want to be sure to have all the time we need. Thanks for making sure to tip me off the need for time there. Stonehenge/Bath are separate from Bletchley Park. Glad to know we can wait on train tickets! Thanks!

Interesting to see the responses here. For most Brits the answer would be to absolutely book tickets ahead of time (walk up tickets are eye wateringly expensive), and only spend 5 minutes at stonehenge.

I think we read most everything in the Stonehenge Museum, walked out to the site and rode back but you could ride both directions. They have a nice gift shop that is fairly large, as well as a cafe. The length of time at the site may vary on the weather, time of day, number of people. For example, taking photos from certain angles may require waiting for people to pass. If the weather and lighting are good, you may take more photos. We were there late in the day and had a good sunset (October), so we spent more time getting some good shots. If we'd been there on a cloudy day, or with hordes of people, we would've been finished much more quickly. My husband and I think we were a couple of hours at Stonehenge (curious to see what our daughter says on our time estimate).

What time is the first tour? I probably would have a shorter time at Stonehenge for a longer time in Bath, if all on the same day. We enjoyed Bath.

For London to Bletchley Park there are technically cheaper Advance Fares, but for that kind of journey that is just adding a complication to me, in that you are then bound to certain trains.
As well as being high tech in buying tickets on an app when already at Euston, you can buy paper tickets on the ticket machines, for the same price.

Also there is now contactless payment to Bletchley Park- no good if you have a National Railcard and/or are wanting to use the 2-4-1 offer at Bletchley Park.

If I've gone to the effort and expense of going somewhere such as Stonehenge I'm spending a lot more than 5 minutes there. If I had that little interest I wouldn't be going there in the first place.
Having said that it is surprising how much Stonehenge is a must do for overseas visitors, not for Brits. I was at Salisbury for almost a week last Autumn. Stonehenge wasn't even on my agenda, and no one I know even thought I would be going there- people could rattle off a wholly different list of other day trips (as could I)!!
I'm not saying I wouldn't go, it is just way down my Agenda for that area.
Horses for courses.