well it is a great walk around. lots to see take a picnic etc plenty of benches to sit down. undergoing more expansion when I visited. but it's not in the way. on a sunny day as I had it's beautiful. plenty of wild life as well. it's free to walk around and £3 to park all day including blue badge users.

This place is amazing it's so relaxing to walk round. You need a whole day to see it all. Staff are very helpful.

An extremely beautiful and moving place. Excellent for a day out, or even over multiple days. I would suggest starting with the primary memorial in the middle of the site.

I had a lovely visit here, they had a service in the chapel at 11am, we hen went onto the land train which is an excellent idea and saves your legs and gives you an idea of where everything is. We then went to the main army memorial and had a lovely lunch. You can’t help but become emotional at the volume of lives that have been lost 🙏 lovely venue I’d encourage everybody to visit. It was a sunny day there’s plenty of bench’s so you can sit almost anywhere 👍🏼

This place 😢 take a hanky. It'll grab your heart.<br>Visit their website for overview of year-round diverse events, from vintage fairs to the famous RIDE TO THE WALL, An impressive array of bikers & their beautiful bikes from literally ALL OVER THE GLOBE!<br>EVERY YEAR I STAND ON A38 BRIDGE TO SEE STUNNING CONVOY RIDE IN UNISON BEARING THEIR FLAGS & BADGES WITH PRIDE...AN IMPRESSIVE SHOW OF UNITY ALL TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HELP THE HEROES.... WELL DONE GUYS👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏TRULY A SELFLESS ACT PERFORMED WITHOUT FAIL, RAIN OR SHINE, EVERY YEAR. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏<br>THIS BEAUTIFUL ARBORETUM IS SO EDUCATIONAL. HISTORY ABOUNDS IN SCULPTURES, MEMORIALS & TRIBUTES TO THE FALLEN......'SHOT AT DAWN' MEMORIAL WILL HAUNT YOUR THOUGHTS FOR WEEKS. GUIDED TOURS BY LANDTRAINS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE I BELIEVE FOR £5 (2018) IS A BARGAIN & ENSURES LESS-ABLE BODIED PATRONS CAN VIEW ALL AREAS. DEDICATED AREAS TO ALL BRANCHES OF THE SERVICES🏅🎗 ONE CAN OFTEN OBSERVE UPSTANDING GROUPS ASSEMBLING TO REMEMBER & HONOUR THEIR FALLEN COMRADES, SOMETIMES WITH SONG, MUSIC OR 'THE LAST POST ' ALLOW ALL DAY FOR YOUR VISIT. BRING A PICNIC. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CAFE & COFFEE SHOP. SOUVENEIR OUTLET & USUALLY ARTWORK OF ALL MEDIA ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE NEWLY BUILT MAIN ARENA. STAFF ARE LARGELY VOLUNTEERS BUT ARE FRIENDLY & VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.. I'VE OFTEN STOPPED STAFF WHO ARE 'GARDENING' & THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PLANTS FOR ME.<br>RIVER TRENT & TAME MEET HERE & WILDLIFE IS ABUNDANT. I HAVE SEEN FOX, RABBITS, HARES, KINGFISHER, HERON, SWAN, GREBE, CORMORANT, EGRET, GEESE. SPECIAL POND DIPPING POOL NEAR CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS, GIVES KIDS AWESOME UP-CLOSE EXPERIENCE OF FROGS, PONDSKATERS, WATERBOATMEN, NEWTS, DIVING BEETLE, DRAGON & DAMSELFLY, WATERSNAIL, OODLES OF WATER/PONDLIFE TO IDENTIFY FROM PROMINENT INFO BOARDS, WITH PICTURES. PICNIC TABLES & PERIMETER WALK, WILDMEADOWS. EVERY SPECIES OF TREE IMAGINABLE. THE IMPRESSIVE 'WALL' THAT PROUDLY DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE & BEARS THE NAMES OF ALL FALLEN SERVICE PERSONNEL IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW A SINGLE SHAFT OF LIGHT PASS THRU ON THE ELEVENTH HOUR ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH. THE SCULPTURES HERE BRING A LUMP TO YOUR THROAT& A TEAR TO YOUR EYE. WATCHING OLD SOLDIERS SALUTING THEIR LOST FRIENDS - JUST SO VERY POIGNANT AND UTTERLY<br>HEART-RENDING. THIS IS A NATIONAL TREASURE. PLEASE SUPPORT WITH DONATION IF POSSIBLE BECAUSE ENTRY IS TOTALLY FREE WITH ONLY A SMALL CHARGE FOR PARKING. AWE INSPIRING & HUMBLING TO HEAR STORIES OF UNBELIEVABLE HEROISM & UNSELFISH ACTS OF BRAVERY. PICK UP A LITTLE GUIDE BOOKLET ON ENTRY TO ENSURE YOU MISS NOTHING. THE SCULPTURES HERE ARE INCREDIBLE, SOME BASED ON THE HUMAN FIGURE, OTHERS VERY CONTEMPORARY BUT ALL A SILENT BOW OF THE HEAD TO OUR BRAVE SERVICES

One of my favourite places, sad & beautiful 💕

Great place to visit nice and quiet plenty of time to reflect

Beautiful place. Very interesting and moving in places

Really special place to walk around with the whole family

This is a wonderful place to visit. It is a place of reflection, making people think about and celebrate our service personnel and their roles and sacrifices, but is also a place of life, which is reflected in the planting.

This is one of the best places to visit in the Midlands. Everything about the Arboretum is excellent, from the car park (only £3.00 for the whole day!). through the entrance building where all visitors were greeted by members of staff, to the cafeteria serving very tasty and fresh meals and sandwiches (all at a very reasonable price), to the immaculate state of the grounds, to our departure where we were thanked for coming to the Arboretum. It is a place that we, as a country can justifiably proud.

Poignant, interesting and entrance by donation.<br>Immaculate grounds with a huge number of forces and emergency services memorials.<br>Well worth a visit.

Wonderful tribute to so many different organisations and people. Be prepared to spend the whole day there, there's so much to see

Fascinating place. Take a train or buggy ride as it's a big site.

So much to see. Will definitely go again.

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A well managed tribute to our fallen heroes with plenty of space for quiet contemplation.

What a place. If you want to know who made this country great you would probably have to visit endless museums. If you want to know who ensured it stays great... all you have to do is visit this place.<br>There are more stories that you could hear in a lifetime... so make sure you take a whole day to see, hear and learn.... IT'S FREE!<br>Generally, individual stories combine to make one, in this case history!

What a lovely day we had fantastic opportunity to pay our respect to those who gave their lives for our today. We will remember them x

Amazing place - I would have liked to be able to see more and walk about but dad struggled with walking so far. The train was good as it allowed us to see so much more. Only thing was it's a circular trip and if get off the train can't get back on. Had hoped to get train to far end to have wander then use to get back but this not possible even though thought it would be from their website. Well worth visiting. Very poignant. Everyone was very friendly and helpful.

Worth a visit

A wonderful place

Beautiful gardens and very peaceful. Fitting memorial place for all who served.

Well worth a visit amazing! Lots to see make sure you put your walking shoes on, take a camera and a packed lunch.

Lovely place