National Memorial Arboretum
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Excellent site to walk round and very interesting sculptures /memorials, some very moving. Staff and volunteers very helpful and friendly
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A very moving experience in such peaceful surroundings
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This is a truly moving experience for everyone. Don't just think that because you have no connections with the two world wars that this is not for you. On our visit today we were asked if we wanted to paint a wooden model of a soldier, one of 19,240 wooden cutouts to commemorate the number of allied men that fell on the first day if the battle of the Somme
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Great to stroll around. Mobility scooters etc available - call to arrange. Also has a land train to use for a nominal fee, restaurant and cafe on site. As at September 2016 many improvements to facilities being made, so will be even better soon. Pay to park (incl. Blue badge) but this goes back to the upkeep and there's no charge to enter the site.
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This memorial is a must see. Hundreds of memorials and memorial trees show the close ties between the English and the Army and other organizations. But please don't use the tourist train, you'll feel out of place and like you're at Disney. The extensive complex is most beautiful on foot.
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Amazing place, full of history and respect.
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Very moving
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Moving!
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Great memories here and always meet some one to chat too ...
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Memorial to all who have fallen.
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Several visits and still more to see, food is also 1st class and staff and volunteers are always helpful.
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Will be 5 star once all alterations are done
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Beautiful interesting place
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The perfect place to pay tribute to our fallen heroes.Just so stunning and serene
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Did some volunteer work there and then has a tour around amazing place and nice place to remember the fallen
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Tunisia mamorial one year on a sad day
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Quite possibly the loveliest place for reflection and peace. it will continue to change too over the next years to come, i will be visiting regular.
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Interesting place for people who like war time history
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A real time for reflection for those who have died to keep us safe. We will remember them!
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We started off in blue skies and sunshine, but hit fog along the way. The staff here are all so welcoming...we wasn't sure what we wanted to do, because we had my 90 year old Mum with us, who has a walking aid. The lady on reception suggested we take the train, which we did, and my husband walked around on his own. It was a shame we couldn't see everything because of the visibility, but we will be back in the Summer months. We stopped off for delicious soup from the cafe, to warm us up and a nice cuppa, before we went home...Great place, still expanding and a wonderful place to reflect. Everyone should visit here at least once in their lives.
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Thoroughly enjoyed our first visit to the arboretum - with a reservation
The land train is a great way to see most of the 300 memorials and see the site. Today was biting cold and foggy so perhaps the best way to get around. All of the staff we spoke to were friendly and enthusiastic about the venue, so it was a shame to be so disappointed in the newly opened restaurant ... we arrived after our tour at about 2:25 to find 3 sausage rolls and two pasties as the only hot food on display. There was a menu showing a vegetarian pasta bake or a turkey crown meal, but when ordered from that menu we were told the only food available was that on display! To his credit the kitchen manager (?) came out and said he could do a turkey crown meal, which we accepted. This was for my wife and I had what was by then the last pasty...
The turkey meal was perhaps one of the worst meals I've ever seen served at a professional restaurant. It was like a school dinner - warm, unappetisingly presented and with a stuffing ball that could have been used in a shotgun!
We were hungry after spending a couple of hours outdoors in freezing temperatures and were looking forward to a pleasant meal. This was anything but pleasant and left a bad taste in the mouth ( in all ways) at the end of our otherwise lovely visit
The NMA and its visitors deserves better than this!
The land train is a great way to see most of the 300 memorials and see the site. Today was biting cold and foggy so perhaps the best way to get around. All of the staff we spoke to were friendly and enthusiastic about the venue, so it was a shame to be so disappointed in the newly opened restaurant ... we arrived after our tour at about 2:25 to find 3 sausage rolls and two pasties as the only hot food on display. There was a menu showing a vegetarian pasta bake or a turkey crown meal, but when ordered from that menu we were told the only food available was that on display! To his credit the kitchen manager (?) came out and said he could do a turkey crown meal, which we accepted. This was for my wife and I had what was by then the last pasty...
The turkey meal was perhaps one of the worst meals I've ever seen served at a professional restaurant. It was like a school dinner - warm, unappetisingly presented and with a stuffing ball that could have been used in a shotgun!
We were hungry after spending a couple of hours outdoors in freezing temperatures and were looking forward to a pleasant meal. This was anything but pleasant and left a bad taste in the mouth ( in all ways) at the end of our otherwise lovely visit
The NMA and its visitors deserves better than this!
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We had been recommended to visit the Arboretum on several occasions so as usual, 'always meant to do it one day', so finally we got around to it and so glad we did. What a great memorial to those who lost their lives in past conflicts, I would find it hard to accept that visitors to this site aren't moved emotionally on reading some of the plaques in remembrance of so many who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Our son served in Iraq and northern Ireland and thankfully came home unscathed unlike so many other young people. As is inscribed on many memorial stones "We will ( and should) remember them.
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Pre-booked motorised scooter - efficient and having paid the very reasonable fee of £5,00 it was ready and waiting. Excellent volunteer went through instructions in a friendly way. Headed off to scout memorial but couldn't find it. So a volunteer came down to meet us and take us to it - and then also guided us to the rest of our party who by that time had reached the other side of the park. Top marks to Michael Harrison, who was also full of interesting wildlife information. Café, toilets, parking also fine. All volunteers were impeccable, what a wonderful place.
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A very thought-provoking experience. Some of the memorials were beautiful and had obviously been well thought out, especially the main feature where at 11am on 11th. November the sunlight shines through a door that is ajar. I was fascinated by the many different designs of the memorials and the symbolism incorporated in them. I found the "Shot At Dawn" memorial particularly moving; it is a statue of a young soldier blindfolded and tied to a stake awaiting his execution. Behind the statue are hundreds of stakes, each one representing someone who was shot for desertion in WWI. Each stake has a name on it and the age at which he died, many as young as 17. What is sad is they were shot for cowardice whereas most of them were suffering from the effects of combat or "post traumatic stress disorder" as we would know it today. A terrible waste of young life - and for what?
Visiting this site is a very moving experience, particularly so on the day we visited as it was Remembrance Sunday, but it is also a beautiful place and very peaceful. Everyone should visit this arboretum at least once.
Visiting this site is a very moving experience, particularly so on the day we visited as it was Remembrance Sunday, but it is also a beautiful place and very peaceful. Everyone should visit this arboretum at least once.
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Wonderful concept - great way to discuss with our kids wartime memorials. I would also recommend eating at their cafe.
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