Itinerary: flying visits

Start your visit in our 300-seater restaurant serving a range of hot food, sandwiches and cakes prepared by our in-house chefs.

Just outside the Restaurant you’ll see the stunning Blown Away sculpture which is on permanent loan to the Gardens from Peter and Carole Wilcock. 

Across the avenue you will see the Polar Bear Memorial. The first memorial to be unveiled here in 1998, the Polar Bear Memorial remembers the 49th West Riding Division. The division earned their famous ‘Polar Bears’ nickname during their time serving in Norway and Iceland during the Second World War, where much of the campaign was compounded with heavy snow.

Finish your exploration with the iconic Armed Forces Memorial, dedicated in the presence of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 12 October 2007.

This memorial remembers the names of over 16,000 Armed Forces personnel who have died on duty, in operational theatre or were targeted by terrorists since the end of the Second World War.