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Self-Led Visits

Learning groups are welcome to visit the Arboretum and deliver their own activities. Visits can include self-led tours of the Arboretum and exploration of our free exhibitions, including Landscapes of Life.

Medicine in the First World War - Session One

In this session you will discover the role that medical professionals played in the First World and explore how many of the innovations of the time have impacted on medicine today.

Learning Self-Led Booking Form

Medicine in the First World War - Session Two

In this second Medicine in the First World War session you will discover more about the role that medical professionals played in the First World and explore how many of the innovations of the time have impacted on medicine today.

Talent in The Ranks 

Talent in the Ranks supports aspiring singers, songwriters, and poets, from within the Armed Forces community to helping them to develop their skills and share their unique lived experiences.

Poet-in-Residence

The Arboretum's poet-in-residence takes to the grounds of the Arboretum for up to a 2-year period, exploring the surroundings, landscape, and memorials through the art of poetry. Combining the essence of the Arboretum and the art of reflection, the aim of the programme is to create a selection of unique and original poems for the duration of the residency.

Facilitated Visits Booking Form

Whether you are spending the whole day with us, or simply the afternoon, our range of facilitated workshops and activities give students of all ages the chance to interact with the subject of Remembrance in a variety of ways.

Arboretum Explorer Days

Our Explorer Days have been designed to encourage students to form their own opinions and arguments around key themes, through a range of indoor and outdoor interactive sessions

Teacher Training and CPD

We welcome and encourage teachers and trainee teachers to visit the National Memorial Arboretum as part of Teacher Training and CPD.

Our Programmes

Our collaborative participation programmes help us to explore, tell and learn from the stories we share at the Arboretum in new ways.

Short Workshops

Only have time for a quick visit, or want to enhance your self-led visit? Our shorter workshops start from 30 minutes, and can be tailored to a range of Key Stages.

Facilitated Workshops and Activities

Using our natural landscape as inspiration for a series of workshops and activities, we support various curriculum-based objectives through our fully inclusive learning programme.

Guided Tours

A guided tour at the National Memorial Arboretum offers a meaningful and age-appropriate experience for students of all ages. Set in a beautifully landscaped setting, the Arboretum brings history to life through its memorials and stories of service and sacrifice.

Learning Activity Days

Our programme of free Activity Days run throughout the year, and allow students to explore topical alongside the Arboretum grounds and memorials.

In-School Activities

Can’t visit us? Let us come to you with one of our specially adapted activities or workshops.

Learning Resources

Learning and engagement are at the heart of what we do. Here are some materials that we invite you to use from home.

Visiting For Learning and Training

Inspire students and young people with a learning visit at the Arboretum. Facilitated and self-led visits for schools, higher education, military groups and youth groups are available.

Learning Activity Day Booking Form

Our programme of free Activity Days run throughout the year. These full day workshops allow students to explore topical themes alongside the Arboretum grounds and memorials.