Who we are

We are a UK registered charity and 150-acre visitor site on the edge of the National Forest in Staffordshire.

 

Part of the Royal British Legion, we exist to ensure that:

  • the unique contribution of those who have served and sacrificed is never forgotten
  • the baton of Remembrance is passed on through the generations
  • there is a year-round space to celebrate lives lived and commemorate lives lost.


Family exploring the Merchant Navy Wood during the autumn, surrounded by fallen leaves

The National Remembrance Gardens welcomes over 300,000 visitors to site each year, including over 20,000 young people for formal and informal learning visits.

 

Visitors can enjoy discovering over 400 memorials nestled amongst some 25,000 trees, experience riverside walks and participate in a wide variety of daily activities including guided walks, land train tours, memorial talks and exhibitions.

 

Each year around 250 events take place on site, from small intimate services of Remembrance to large scale events like Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday, and Armed Forces Day.

Image of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Memorial

Our memorials

 

Full of symbolism, the memorials and gardens are there to tell the stories of those remembered.

 

On visiting you will be fascinated by the wide range of memorials on site: some military, some for specific campaigns, some for the Emergency Services, along with tributes for civilians.

 

Our memorials
Gap in the wall of the Armed Forces Memorial

A Very Special Place

"Every time I attend the Armed Forces Memorial, I remember my four friends on the wall. I only touch one name, because I never said goodbye when she said goodbye to me on the day we lost her." Michael, Arboretum Volunteer