One of the most beautiful and peaceful places in Staffordshire.

Worth visiting!!!

A lovely memorial for our fallen heroes.

A very well kept and presented set in a large countryside area. This has to be on a bucket list even if your not forces affiliated. A large array of memorials covering pretty much every conflict this nation has been involved in. The cafe area is nice and pleasant with prices whilst not cheap are not overly expensive.<br>All in all fitting tribute to our brave men, women and animals from all conflicts.

We couldn't visit Lichfield without visiting the National Memorial Arboretum. At a cost of just £3 parking, it was free to walk around the grounds. There was a small cost for the museum but we didn't go there.
There is the option of a train with a running commentary.
Good weather would be preferable for walking around as a lot is on the grass but there are footpaths too.
There is a large cafe and a gift shop.
Allow plenty of time. We spent 3 hours there and could easily have spent the whole day.
A peaceful, thought provoking, informative place to visit.

Love this place great tribute to our fallen

A beautiful and tranquil place with much to see

Worth a visit

A truly thought provoking and memorable place. Lots to see and walk around. Our daughter enjoyed walking around the trench and carrying her back pack around the arboretum. A place every one should visit!

A FANTASTIC place to visit with plenty of things to see. Sf

Fantastic place to visit if you're interested in armed forces history and remembrance.<br>Very modern facilities with a couple of cafés.<br>No charge for entry, but there is a £3 car park fee. Donations are also accepted for the upkeep of the Arboretum, which most people gave to.<br>Guided tours are available, using golf style carts if needed, there are also a couple of road trains with automatic commentary.<br>It's quite a large area and could be seen in one day but we did two separate morning visits.

Outstanding

This place just ooooozes peace ❣️

wonderful place to visit. so much to see, guides very helpful all the way round. land train and buggies suppled to travel round

This is a place everyone should visit and pay homage to those gone before. It is a very peaceful place and you cannot help but be touched by the memorials. The Post World War 2 Memorial is awe inspiring. It is very thought provoking when you see how many names are entered here How many young people have made the ultimate sacrifice in the quest for peace. The gardens are immaculate showing great respect for those remembered here.
There is no charge to visit but a £3 car park charge, a minute amount to pay for a place such as this.
There is a restaurant and coffee shop and a lovely gift shop with 100% of sales going towards the care and upkeep of this very special place.

Whatever your views on Britain's military history, you cannot fail to be impressed and moved by the sheer range of the many memorials (largely but not exclusively dedicated the armed services) and the beautiful setting. If you have a limited amount of time,It's worth buying a map (£3) which gives you a choice of 3 walks of different lengths that take in most of the most important ,memorials. There's a road train for the less mobile. Possibly the 'Shot At Dawn' memorial leaves the deepest impression.

On entering we received a very friendly welcome and as we suffer from disability's were advised to use the golf cart to view the site . this we then did after the service in the Chapel ( not to be missed ) and had a very pleasant tour of the grounds with a young lady explaining the various monuments .After a very good lunch in the Restaurant we had a ride on the train with a very nice commentary on what we saw. Finally we made our way to the Mound and as there are many steps up a golf trolley was requested and took us up and down . This is a Venue all should see and even if you are disabled they make it possible for all.

The NMA is a wonderful place to visit & is a must if in the area. There is so much history. The new extended facilities make a big difference. I highly recommend the Arboretum.

Very emotional but so worthwhile. Very well laid out, even if you don't know anyone remembered there. Very thought provoking.

The memorial was dedicated on 17 September in a splendid ceremony. There were over 450 attendees and many friends that I served with were there so we had a lively reunion.

Finally got to visit, and certainly wasn't disappointed, this is a very fitting memorial to our armed services and various civilian organisations, being ex military I found the colle tion of memorials and exhibitions fascinating, the on site facilities are excellent, and surprisingly not expensive, if your going to visit don't forget the camera, there literally hundreds of memorials to view, if the weather's nice then you would do well to take a picnic and make the most of the wonderful surroundings

Would reccommend a visit

What an incredible place. I strongly disagree with most of the bad reviews of the National Memorial Arboretum. Having served myself, as has my Husband, I have wanted to visit for a long while. We are both very pleased we did. We showed up on a Wednesday morning, £3 car parking, free entry, can't complain. There are then a lot of options you could pick to enable you to see the site in tour form. There is a land train (£3) with a pre-recorded tour which seemed very popular with the older population. You could buy a guide book and use an audio guide to walk the grounds yourself. Or as we did, you can pay for a volunteer to wander the site with you (£3). It was very interesting being able to actually ask questions and speak to someone about the site, I do recommend it and you could see the chap was very passionate about the place & knew his stuff! There is an exhibit you can visit with a temporary exhibit at the back. £5 each, not much to it but good to look at. There are talks and services scheduled across the day (see online or on entry for details) which are short, to the point & very informative. We saw the Far East PoW talk and another. The only downside is that we'd have liked to visit all talks and services during our visit but it isn't possible as all of the times clash and are around lunchtime! We did find this quite disappointing.
I have been to some large military cemeteries previously but nothing on such a grand scale as this. The memorials are quite something. The one in particular that moved me was the memorial to the soldiers killed in Afghanistan as I remember it from when I went to see it myself in Bastion. That along with the newest Armed Forces Memorial just made my hair stand on end. Absolutely incredible. We opted to have lunch here in the cafe too. Good decision, it was lovely! We don't usually eat anywhere touristy as it's usually expensive with rubbish food, this place was a bit costly as expected, however the food was just perfect, well worth it. Overall we spent the best part of a day here and didn't even come close to seeing everything or even getting anywhere near around the whole site! We will definitely visit again if in the area. Thank you very much to the volunteers.

Extremely interesting place to visit, and thought provoking for those that served our country, also RTTW normally held first weekend in October when Bikers from all over the U.K and Europe pay respects.

Very moving and thought provoking.

Well worth a visit when passing - accessible from many roads. Not signed well from A38. £3 parking all day, free entry. A special dog walking route takes you past many of the memorials, but then put dog in car to look at some more. Memorials in all shapes and sizes - clearly lots of love and memory's across the large site.

Great place to walk round, I have been many times and still find something new everytime.