National Memorial Arboretum
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Very peaceful and relaxing place for remembering
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Very thought provoking interesting place for a day out. Recommend the train ride if you get chance
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Always a great place to walk around. Take wellies if it's been raining
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We planned an hour to have a bit of a look around and ended up spending a very enjoyable 3 and a half hours meandering about and being educated by some very enthusiastic and pleasant volunteers. We'll be back. Highly recommended.
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Been 2 times now and we will go again there is always something new to see, amazing tributes dogs are welcome £3 to park your car for the day free entrance £6 to ride on the audio train a bargain for the info the café has lovely food and cakes etc, the toilets and every where is immaculate. A lovely day out to honour them all, for families and couples and trips and what a way to educate your children about all our heroes, the paths are easy to walk on, highly recommend this place
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Give it a go. It isn’t a gloomy place at all. There are great open spaces to walk around and reflect on a number of groups represented there with a memorial which include non military groups as well.
The arboretum put on great displays and events so it’s worth checking out their events calendar. My favourite is the Christmas wreath making - a great way to start that Christmas feeling.
The arboretum put on great displays and events so it’s worth checking out their events calendar. My favourite is the Christmas wreath making - a great way to start that Christmas feeling.
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Waited a long time to visit and it did not disappoint. Beautiful grounds and many memorials to see. Extremely moving.
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Nice to walk around
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Fantastic place, very pleasant, peaceful a great Arboretum.
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Very humbling
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Wonderful,reflective and emotional arboretum.
Words do it no justice compared to what you feel in your heart.
The Nation needs to wake up to the importance of this memorial
Words do it no justice compared to what you feel in your heart.
The Nation needs to wake up to the importance of this memorial
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Visited with a coach trip. Rode on the land train to tour the Arboretum first. Cost £6 for a adult, pre-recorded commentary during the trip. Good choice of food in the restaurant.
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Even though we are regular visitors, there is always something new to see at the National Memorial Arboretum. The grounds are impeccably maintained and beautifully planted to provide colour and interest throughout the year. Although the word “memorial” can evoke a sense of sadness, the sculptures and stones commemorate the people to whom they’re dedicated and their memory lives on. We saw the sculpture for evacuees for the first time - appropriately placed close by a children’s play area- and each of the figures are beautifully sculpted. The staff and volunteers are always on hand to advise and help you find your way to a particular memorial or to show you possible walks. There are also excellent facilities and well designed for access by disabled visitors.
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Very thought provoking and set in some beautiful grounds that will become both colourful and fragrant as the spring progresses. Quite a lot of building work still going on around the main entrance but remainder of grounds virtually building free.
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A very moving place to visit. The train ride with excellent commentary is a great starting point. We then walked to see various memorials. The volunteers were very helpful. God value for money cafe - the soup was delicious. Interesting shop too! A peaceful place giving plenty of time for reflection!
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On the afternoon we visited the site had very few visitors and we enjoyed a walk round the site, stopping to look at the different memorials. The Christmas Truce and the Shot at Dawn were two of my personal highlights. Walking was all good on gravel paths.
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Very thoughtful and moving place well worth a visit
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Please go there!!
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Very sombre place well worth a visit to reflect on humanity and the constant wars we as a nation seem always be involved in
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This place has changed enormously since our last visit - the memorials and monuments are still moving and inspiring but the place over all is getting a bit like a theme park. The entrance and visitor centre is grand if now a bit impersonal and there are so many staff/ volunteers everywhere it almost feels intimidating. The train ride around the huge grounds was good As we visited when the weather was atrocious so we got to see more than we would have. There's so much new building going on the memorial we really wanted to see was hidden away by all the works - the Royal Engineer memorial is almost being excluded from the site - very disappointing.
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Such a wonderful place to visit.
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I love the NMA but we went last week and took our dog as the website says dog friendly . Yes we were able to take him but the areas where dogs are allowed are quite restricted and although we we given a map to show where to go it wasn't a very clear map and the actual site isn't very well signposted.
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Nice and special place and interesting
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Amazing place
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Excellent. A place for reflection but in some ways uplifting. Laid out very well to suit all ages & abilities
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