Planet Ice

During World War II this country estate was the headquarters of a code-breaking project named ULTRA. This was a huge triumph for British Intelligence; they broke nearly all the codes used by the Germans and Italians and read most of their supposedly secret communications throughout the war. This was of enormous value to Allied commanders.
Arguably the Colossus machine — built at Bletchley to crack the Lorenz cipher used by parts of the German army — was the first programmable digital computer. Certainly Alan Turing — a Cambridge mathematician who was a key code-breaker during the war — made large contributions to the theory of computation before the war, and to both theory and practice after it. Several other ex-Bletchley people also became computer pioneers in the postwar years
The historic value of this site has now been belatedly recognised in the form of a museum with a significant number of things to do for both adults and children.

Bletchley Park is home to the National Museum of Computing. Only the Colossus Galleries of the NMC are open 7 days per week; the full museum is open most weekends and some weekdays.

The first example in the Western world, is also worth a visit for a more tranquil experience.

A charming and picturesque market town and centre of its eponymous district. It contains a number of buildings in the 'Arts and Crafts' style, notably The Old School House pub, 'The Retreat' alms houses and 'Nisi Domus' beside the RC Church.

Built in 1811, cast iron trough navigable aqueduct that carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Great Ouse,

A giant dome, home to a 16-screen cinema and Snozone, the largest indoor ski slope in the United Kingdom.