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    Memorial

    Fylde Memorial Arboretum

    The Entrance Sign

    Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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    Current Location

    Adjacent to Moor Park Primary School, Moor Park Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0LT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 32523 39547

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    © WMR-67469

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    Type of Memorial
    Land
    WMR Reference Number
    67469
    Description
    2.2 hectares (5.5 acres) of managed woodland in North Blackpool. With dedicatory trees and a series of features and plaques to Blackpool and Fylde's war dead.
    Inscription
    “THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY WOODLAND,/ THE FYLDE MEMORIAL ARBORETUM,/ FOR THE FYLDE EX-SERVICE LIAISON COMMITTEE,/ IN JUNE 2009./ THE TREES WILL PROVIDE A HAVEN OF PEACE AND BEAUTY/ FOR ALL WHO VISIT, AND SERVE AS A LIVING AND LASTING/ MEMORIAL TO COMMEMORATE OUR FALLEN COMRADES AND LOVED ONES/
    War
    Non-Specific Conflict
    Information shown
    Information varies
    Order of names
    Variously
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    War
    Second World War - civilians
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    War
    Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    War
    Afghanistan (2001-2014)
    War
    Iraq (2003-2011)
    Maker(s)
    • Don Aiken, the Vice-President of the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee

    • Blackpool Council

    Sponsor Type
    private,public
    Sponsored By
    The Arboretum was funded and supported by The Forestry Commission who offered to fund the planting of woodland areas. Blackpool Council provided the land.
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    £14,000 grant from the Forestry Commission English Woodland Grant Scheme Funds from Transpennine Express Blackpool Council's Parks Service provide land and designs for the memorial woodland. Parks Rangers worked with local school children and community groups to plant trees Further £35,000 from Forestry Commission for Trees and planting

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    23 February 2009

    Custodian
    Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee (FESLC)

    Components

    Tree


    Condition: Good


    • Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylde_Memorial_Arboretum_and_Community_Woodland Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee website: http://www.feslc.co.uk/fylde-memorial-arboretum.htm Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FyldeMemorialArboretum/info?tab=page_info