Historic Bletchley Park buildings have become a 'haven for drug dealers' in Milton Keynes

The old G Block and the wartime staff canteen building are both in such a dangerous state that MK Council served an official improvement notice more than a year ago.

Bletchley Park Capital Partners, who own the buildings, promised to make them secure to stop intruders. But since then the site has gone from bad to worse, say residents who live nearby,

"At least three times a week the police are called due to anti-social behavior. It is common knowledge that the buildings are used as a drug drop and to store and sell drugs," said one resident.

He added: "We have seen people going in there all hours of the night with torches. On numerous occasions arrests are made. I would like to think that every time the police are called the people who own the site get the bill. If this happened I am sure the issue would stop."

Block G formed part of the government's Code and Cipher School during the war, housing skilled workers who dealt with the decoding of Enigma and cipher messages from the Germans.

It is in a derelict state and has not been used since 1990, when tenants BT moved out.

The old canteen is in a similar state. Once used by famous wartime Bletchley Park codebreakers, it is said to have a bullet hole in one wall from an attack by a German fighter plane.

More than three years ago, in March 2017, Bletchley Park Capital Partners spokesman Tim Reynolds announced the G Block and the canteen would be revamped and form part of a prestigious new National Cyber College. Building work was due to start that very week, he said.

But nothing happened, and residents continued to complain about vandalism.

Councillor Alan Rankine said at the time: " “Our hard-pressed police officers are being constantly called to the site and they tell me the site is a danger with broken glass, exposed wires and holes in the floors. Fires have been lit and the fire service has been called out to these buildings on numerous occasions.”

Then, in April this year G Block suddenly appeared up for sale on the public market - with a guideline price of between £4m and £6m.

It was described as a "unique opportunity" for business use .

It has planning permission for employment uses only and cannot be converted to housing. Though it is on a conservation site, the buildings themselves are not listed.

Residents are now demanding something is done to stop vandals entering the site.

A spokesman for Bletchley Park Capital Partners told the Citizen this week: "We are addressing the issue of the hoardings (which were blown over in a storm) with a view to securing the site once again. You will appreciate that getting contractors to undertake work or even quote during Covid Lockdown has been impossible – and now such contractors are in the process of taking staff off furlough and catching up with a backlog of work.

"We anticipate getting contractors in shortly once the logistics and practicalities allow, and are in contact with all the relevant authorities."