National Memorial Arboretum
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Fabulous place to spend time. We love taking our grandchildren.
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Massive amount of war memorials. Free entry, wheel chair accessible, cafe and shop on exit. Well worth a day out exploring history. Lovely peaceful river walk to finish the day off there.
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The location is easy to find and well laid out with good paths and signposting around the site. Some stunning memorials. The Far Eastern PoW pavillion is excellent and well worth a visit. The volunteer guides are highly informative and are a great source of information (see below).
On the down side there is little in the way of descriptions on the memorial sites unless you buy the guidebook. For example the stunning glass memorial for the navy does describe how in sunlight there is the outline of a ship in the shadows (thanks to the guide for that). The site map was out of date and at £3 was expensive - £1 uptodate photocopy would be better. Spacious cafe but beef bourguignon with 4 small pieces of beef was, again, expensive at nearly £9 and more like soup.
On the down side there is little in the way of descriptions on the memorial sites unless you buy the guidebook. For example the stunning glass memorial for the navy does describe how in sunlight there is the outline of a ship in the shadows (thanks to the guide for that). The site map was out of date and at £3 was expensive - £1 uptodate photocopy would be better. Spacious cafe but beef bourguignon with 4 small pieces of beef was, again, expensive at nearly £9 and more like soup.
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Free to enter, pay only for parking. Memorials set amoungst woodland. Activity trails for children. Online booking advisable!
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Enjoyed stick man trail
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Everyone should visit and read every name of the outstandingly brave men and women who gave their lives for this country. A truly wonderful memorial. I will be going again.
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Very humbling experience. Very well run and organised
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This is an amazing place to visit. So peaceful and incredibly poignant. Definitely worth spending a few hours here.
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Amazing, our day out did not do it justice. Will visit again.
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Visited today. Lots of places to walk and things to see. Well worth a visit! Our 2 year old loved the Stick Man Trail and there was so much space to run around and burn off some energy. The memorials were beautiful and everywhere was so very well maintained and looked after. Make sure you wear some comfortable shoes as you will be doing a lot of walking!
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Beautiful experience. Huge grounds to explore. It's free to get in but there is a £4 parking charge for the day.
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Great day out so interesting.
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A wonderful experience. Schools etc should make it a must to visit
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Incredible thought gone into this beautiful place of remembrance for many and all to enjoy. A place that truly welcomes all ages, even dogs...free to visit, accessible, cheap food and grateful to friends for introducing us to this national treasure.
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Didn't know what to expect and found it a very moving experience. I think it should be on everyone's list of places to visit.
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A Great memorial to all our service personnel
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It is a very moving place ,there is do much to see and it is kept so clean and tidy what a great experience xx
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A very moving place third time we have been there is always something we missed also very well kept grounds and helpful staff.
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Very moving experience.
A credit to all involved.
A credit to all involved.
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Poignant but Enjoyed our walk and train ride round the Memorial Arboretum.
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Lots to see + do
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It was an honour to be able to visit
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A beautiful setting and very thought provoking.
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Truly a magnificent memorial that I believe everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime to honour all those sacrifices that have been made by the armed forces and civilian services of this country and those of the commonwealth. Truly remarkable memorials and the many thousands of trees from all corners of the World stand so proud for those they represent. The staff are all so caring, knowledgeable and can tell you empowing stories, along with sadness, pain and loss. A must visit. Thank you. XO
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This place is amazing. Wonderful atmosphere and so much space. This was our second visit and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Our granddaughter loved doing The Stick Man Trail and using the two playgrounds. I would love to have given you 5 stars but unfortunately my granddaughter needed the toilet quickly and the nearest one was a portaloo. Oh my goodness, it was truly disgusting. There was no way we could use it. She had to go in the bushes! Please clean your loos more often then you’ll get 5 stars.
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