Join in the fun at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes on Monday, May 25, for a wartime Bank Holiday festival.

The “Forties Family Festival” features a host of attractions including a 1940s Lindyhopper dance troupe, wartime cinema reels and other exciting exhibitions including the re-enactment of a Second World War plotting table and a bombed-out London scene.

Rare displays of Second World War airpower will be demonstrated with fly-pasts by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, featuring a Lancaster, Hurricane and a Spitfire while the Red Arrows* will also perform daring aerobatics.

Lectures will be held on a range of subjects by a government communications HQ historian and former Bletchley Park codebreakers Mavis and Keith Batey.

Bletchley Park was home to the codebreakers of Second World War and the birthplace of the modern computer.

Today the museum and heritage site, has a range of permanent exhibitions and private collections. These include the Enigma Machine, back on display after its dramatic theft in 2000, the Lorenz and other mechanical cipher systems and the Bombe Rebuild.

The whole family will enjoy exhibitions including the Home Front, a toys and memorabilia collection with playthings and domestic artifacts from the 1930s and 1940s.

A maritime display and model railway exhibition, showcases various vintage vehicles including two 1930s Austins featured in the film The Eagle Has Landed, a Talbot and 1938 Ambulance used in the film Enigma.

The unmissable Churchill Collection provides a unique glimpse into the spirit of the man who famously described the workers of Bletchley Park as “The geese that laid the golden eggs – but never cackled.”

There is even an interactive computer museum and the Projected Picture Trust – a 1940s cinema – screening wartime show reels and the Bletchley Park Post Office, believed to have been an undercover mailroom during the war.

Bletchley Park is set in parkland with a Victorian mansion, lake, wildlife and a children’s play areas.

The restaurant located in Hut 4, thought to be the former home of the naval codebreakers, serves a full range of meals and refreshments.

Memorabilia such as books, DVDs, CDs, gifts and toys are also available from the gift shop.

The festival makes a great day out for the whole family. Under 12s go free and there is also a family annual season ticket for £22.50 or £10 adult season ticket, allowing free and unlimited visits to Bletchley Park for 12 months following purchase – including many special events. The event starts at 10.30pm through to 5pm.

Bletchley Park is easily accessible by car from the A5 and J13 and J14 of the M1. On-site parking is £3 per car and Bletchley Station, which has direct services to London Euston and Birmingham New Street, is a five minute walk.

*All Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypasts and Red Arrow flypasts are subject to weather conditions