Seasonal opening hours will apply on:
Tuesday 24 December 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 25 December CLOSED
Tuesday 31 December 10am - 3pm
On all other dates our normal opening hours (10am - 4pm) will apply.
As well as being a VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction we have received Coach Friendly Status from the Confederation of Passenger Transport.
We have also been recognised for our work both independently and alongside some of the organisations we work with.
Best UK Attraction
Experience of the Year (Tailor Made Tours) - Gold
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - Gold
Business Events Venue (Aspects) - gold
Green Innovation - Regional Winner
Silver
Business Events Venue of the Year (Aspects) - Gold
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - Gold
Business Events Venue of the Year (Aspects) - Gold
Experience of the Year (Tailor Made Tours) - Gold
Public Art Project of the Year - The National Miners' Memorial
Best UK Attraction
Best Venue for History Learning
Resilience & Innovation Award - Highly Commended
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - Bronze
Top 10 UK Green Spaces
Best UK Attraction
Tourist Attraction/Inclusive Venue of the Year
Best Garden Visit - Shortlisted
Best Guided Tour - Shortlisted
Best UK Attraction - Shortlisted
Best Venue for History Learning - Shortlisted
Best Museum Or Visitor Attraction Gift Shop
Best FREE Family Day Out Midlands category - Shortlisted
Soft Landscaping Construction (Non-Domestic)
Guided Tour of the Year
Best Tourism Experience of the Year - Runner Up
Leisure and Hospitality - Highly Commended
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Coach Friendly Attraction of the Year
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
RIBA National Award
West Midlands Building of the Year
West Midlands Regional Award
Overall Project of the Year
Tourism & Leisure Project of the Year
West Midlands Community Benefit Project of the Year
West Midlands Tourism & Leisure Project of the Year
Natural and Cultural Heritage Award
Construction Project of the Year
New Buildings Category - Highly Commended
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - Highly Commended
The National Memorial Arboretum's volunteers are members of one of the groups awarded HM The Queen’s prestigious Award for Voluntary Service – equivalent to an MBE.
The European Aggregates Association recognised Tarmac’s (then Lafarge's) role in the creation of the National Memorial Arboretum site on a former sand and gravel quarry, helping it to become an area of beauty, a haven for wildlife and a place of great historic importance within beautiful wooded parkland.
The Cooper-Heyman Cup is the premier national restoration award for projects of an exceptional standard. Tarmac and the Arboretum won the award which celebrated the environmental, social and economic benefits resulting from the development of the Arboretum on the site of one of Tarmac’s former quarries.
