National Memorial Arboretum
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Great place to spend some time also have food and drink
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So much to see and learn about. Great coffee shop and restaurant for a wide variety of meals and snacks. Love the Tray Bakes!!! Easy access everywhere with lots of benches to rest along the way....
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A beautiful area covering many hundreds of memorials which are all well detailed. The centrepiece of the Arboretum is the magnificent memorial naming over 16000 fallen on stone tablets. The place is huge and is a tremendous, fitting tribute to all the men, women and animals who have served their country. The gardens and woodland areas are beautiful and I found the tributes on each tree to the fallen very moving. There are plenty of volunteers to give guidance and they are keen to assist if you are looking for a particular area. Buggy or land train are £6 and cover a large area if you don't want to walk too far. £3 to park, free entry but you can make voluntary donation- I was told it costs at least £4000 per day to maintain. We were there 3 hours - a privilege to visit and honour those who gave their today for our tomorrow.
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Short visit but a very moving and enjoyable 2 hours
Travelled on The Land Train 45 mins what a special journey moving at 5mph allowing time to view everything and what a great commentary clear and audible what a pleasant experience
Travelled on The Land Train 45 mins what a special journey moving at 5mph allowing time to view everything and what a great commentary clear and audible what a pleasant experience
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We found the NMA by chance and we’re amazed that it is not more widely known about. It cost us £3 to park the car and entry is free. As the arboretum is spread over 150 acres we took the small train £6 per person with really good commentary. This helped get us orientated so we could then view areas which were personal to us. We enjoyed the day so much we decided to go back the following day. On this day we took the buggy tour with Keith Forster, a volunteer, who was so enthusiastic and informative. The buggy tour is also £6 per person but well worth it as you can go “off piste” and get to areas you may not have found walking. There are memorials to not just the Armed forces but to other people ie land army, fire services, townwomensguild ,scouts, nurses etc but the one that meant the most to me was the Bevan Boys memorial as my father applied to the marines during the war but one in ten men were sent to the mines and his numbers came up. The words on the memorial are“WE ALSO SERVED” . There is a building with an exhibition about the war in the Far East which was emotional. There is a restaurant and separate cafe which was good and of course the usual shop on exit.
The arboretum is geared up very well for disabled people with electric buggies and wheelchairs available and the train has spaces for wheelchair users. There are plenty of disabled toilets and around the 150 acres are portaloos which are wheelchair friendly.
Give it a visit.
The arboretum is geared up very well for disabled people with electric buggies and wheelchairs available and the train has spaces for wheelchair users. There are plenty of disabled toilets and around the 150 acres are portaloos which are wheelchair friendly.
Give it a visit.
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Amazing place, well worth a visit and peaceful free Admission, and only £3 to park and if you have a disability they have scooters to rent i will be returning soon
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Such a great place so many memorials to see use the land train to get to see it only thing is if you get off you can’t get back on the next one along
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Well cared for to
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Peaceful
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Great place for all the family
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Fabulous day out .... the restaurant was excellent... well done and a big bog thank you to all the volunteers xx
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Very somber atmosphere but quite astonishing place .<br>Busy on the day visiting with a parade of Scott’s guards and bagpipes.
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Very very moving. A must for all patriots and historians. Makes you feel proud.
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Well thought out place to reflect
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Love this place very thought provoking and beautiful surroundings .Dress for the weather carry a Brollie so you don't get caught out and always wear flats as a vast place.
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We went here one Saturday taking our dog, we parked up walked to the front of the building and was met by a volunteer who gave us a map and showed us the way to go round. What a brilliant place to look at and learn from and we loved that we could take the dog round with us. We visited the cafe and enjoyed a cake and drink . The gardens are lovely and you can even catch a train and go round the grounds on that.
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What a beautiful place! So well cared for and well laid out. There are guided tours or a land train or a buggy tour. Or as we did, you can just wander about by yourselves at your own pace.
We would need another visit as there just wasn't enough time with our coach trip to see everything. But it would be a pleasure to go again. We bought a map at £3 which wasn't terribly helpful. There are 3 coloured routes but we couldn't find them. An aerial map would be much more helpful.
We bought sandwiches in the restaurant and ate outside in the sunshine. Very fresh and reasonable value. There is also hot food at lunchtime and a coffee shop. An excellent gift shop, not cheap but quality products. I even bought a couple of Christmas gifts.
There is no charge at the Arboretum but donations are welcome. I would assume that profits from sales and food help the Royal British Legion to maintain it. Well worth a visit and something the whole country should be proud of.
We would need another visit as there just wasn't enough time with our coach trip to see everything. But it would be a pleasure to go again. We bought a map at £3 which wasn't terribly helpful. There are 3 coloured routes but we couldn't find them. An aerial map would be much more helpful.
We bought sandwiches in the restaurant and ate outside in the sunshine. Very fresh and reasonable value. There is also hot food at lunchtime and a coffee shop. An excellent gift shop, not cheap but quality products. I even bought a couple of Christmas gifts.
There is no charge at the Arboretum but donations are welcome. I would assume that profits from sales and food help the Royal British Legion to maintain it. Well worth a visit and something the whole country should be proud of.
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What a great place and very inspirational and educational
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Lovely
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An emotional and thoughtful time here.<br>So much to see. Shortage of time so took 45 minute land train tour. Knowing now what there is to see, recommend spending much longer time and walking round the area.
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Great venue and day out
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Visit most years on 1st September - outbreak of WWII. First visit the Polish Memorial then "by dawn" and the others.<br>There is a good exhibition and new eating place.
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Such a wonderful humbling experience. Strongly recommend you visit. Will definitely return again and again
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Respectful and moving glad we visited to pay our respects
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Every thing
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Unbelievable, a must visit
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