On Saturday 6 December 2025, members from the Maltby and District Amateur Radio Society will be travelling down in convoy to Bletchley Park to visit the National Radio Centre
Itinerary
The convoy will start from Centenary Hall at 06:30 on the Saturday morning, arriving at Bletchley Park around 10:00. The trip down will include a couple of stops for comfort and EV charging, plus – I’m sure – an opportunity for the traditional legendary pre-event breakfast!
Entry Fee
If you’re a member of the RSGB, entry to the National Radio Centre is free of charge. You simply need to log on to the RSGB website at rsgb.org/bpvoucher to download your free entry voucher. If you’re not a member of the RSGB, the standard entry fee to Bletchley Park is currently £28.00.
Checklist
Remember:
- your entry voucher or entry fee
- your Amateur Radio licence if you want to operate GB3RS (if time allows)
- we leave Centenary Hall at 06:30 on Saturday 6 December
- we will be stopping at least once on the way to Bletchley Park
- we will be QRV on 145.375 FM en route
- drive safe!
The National Radio Centre
The National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park is owned and operated by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), and showcases the progression of radio communications technology over the years.
The NRC is also the home of GB3RS, the RSGB’s own fully-operational Amateur Radio station. If you’re visiting the NRC and you wish to operate the GB3RS station, you will need to take a photo ID and a copy of your Amateur Radio licence with you. All licence classes are permitted to operate the station, but Foundation and Intermediate licence holders will need to be supervised by one of the NRC volunteers.
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an estate in the town of Bletchley, Milton Keynes (UK). During WWII, it was the UK’s main codebreaking centre. The Codes and Ciphers of many countries were broken here, such as traffic from the German Enigma, the Siemens T-52 Geheimschreiber and the Lorenz SZ-40/42. It’s the place where brilliant people like Dillwyn Knox, Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, and about 12,000 others, helped shorten the war by several years.
Bletchley Park is now a museum that is open to the public every day. If you are interested in the history of code and ciphers, Bletchley Park is well worth a real-life visit. Many war-time buildings, such as the mansion, the cottage, the stable yard, H-Block, B-Block, and some huts are still in existence.