Bletchley Park to re-open its doors to visitors this Saturday in Milton Keynes

But it is asking anyone who plans to visit to pre-book online for a timed entry slot.

The heritage attraction and museum had emergency funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help it survive lockdown.

It will re-open with reduced capacity, new one-way systems, hand sanitiser stations and a card-only payment system.

Bletchley Park’s Hut 4 Café and Hut 1 Kiosk will be serving ‘grab and go’ food and drink to enjoy in the spacious grounds, or visitors are welcome to bring their own picnics.

Additional toilets will be available to help ensure social distancing.

Rebecca Foy, Director of Public Engagement at Bletchley Park Trust said: “We are delighted to be reopening Bletchley Park and are looking forward to welcoming new and returning visitors to explore this remarkable place. Our priority is to keep our visitors and team safe so for the first time, we are asking all visitors to pre-book a timed entry slot online. We have also introduced additional health and safety and hygiene measures across the site.”

Iain Standen, CEO of Bletchley Park Trust said: “Like many museums and heritage attractions, recent events have had a huge impact on Bletchley Park’s finances and future plans. We usually receive over 250,000 visitors a year and rely on visitor income for over 95% of our operating costs."

He added: "Bletchley Park has been fortunate to receive emergency funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund which has been important in helping us reopen, as well as supporting an exciting new virtual Learning Programme. The following months will continue to be a challenging time, but we are delighted to be able to reopen safely and start welcoming visitors.”

Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: “Heritage has an essential role to play in making communities better places to live, supporting economic regeneration and benefiting our personal wellbeing. All of these things are going to be even more important as we emerge from this current crisis. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players we are pleased to be able to lend our support to organisations such as Bletchley Park during this uncertain time.”