Find me Search Help Login Sites Contact Home About us Sustainability Products Services Case studies News and media Tools & resources Tarmac donates materials to National Memorial Arboretum to help maintain place of remembrance November 12, 2021 Tarmac has paid its own respects to those who have fallen in the service of their country, with a donation to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The UK’s leading sustainable building products business donated 300 tonnes of gravel to the memorial site for vital drainage work that will improve and enhance the experience of visitors to the arboretum. The gravel was delivered during the summer to aid with the final phase of works, including areas around the Christmas Truce Memorial, the Remembrance Glade, the Poppy Meadow, in Millennium Wood, and in the area near the British Evacuees Memorial. Andy Ansell, head of estates at the National Memorial Arboretum, said: “We are grateful to our longstanding strategic partner Tarmac for this very generous donation. “The 300 tonnes of gravel was crucial to enabling the delivery of important drainage works in the northern portion of our 150-acre site. A huge thank you to Tarmac and their team at Alrewas Quarry who are always fantastic supporters of our work.” Tarmac has enjoyed a close relationship with the National Memorial Arboretum since agreeing to lease the land to the east of the processing plant at Alrewas Quarry for a ‘peppercorn rent’ in 1994. The 150-acre site has evolved into an inspirational landscape, home to more than 400 memorials dedicated to the Armed Forces, emergency services and voluntary organisations who serve our country. Earlier this year, as part of the Arboretum’s commemorative programme marking 20 years since it opened to the public, it announced plans to transform a further tract of former quarry land, donated by Tarmac, into a Memorial Woodland dedicated to all those who have died as a result of the pandemic. Mark Collier, manager at Alrewas Quarry, said: “We have a special bond with the National Memorial Arboretum. We are always keen to help where we can because the facility is such an important tribute to people who have lost their lives, whilst serving their country.” Latest News Modern building techniques sit alongside dinosaurs and medieval history at Welsh castle NOVEMBER 25, 2021 Tarmac’s award-winning photographers focus their lenses on the diverse wildlife inhabiting quarries NOVEMBER 24, 2021 Pedal-power pair have designs on healthier school commutes after winning Tarmac-sponsored bikes NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Tilehurst Panthers poised to pounce after donation from Tarmac NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Tarmac hosts interactive day for pupils as part of Northumberland National Park’s STEM festival NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Tarmac launches new ‘Guide to sustainable road building’ NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Tarmac scores a winner with shirt deal for Bayston Hill FC NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Tarmac donates materials to National Memorial Arboretum to help maintain place of remembrance NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Workers’ wellbeing paramount as Tarmac wins MPA health and safety awards NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Tarmac pays own tribute to Elvaston’s fallen villagers NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Back to top About us Careers Innovation Logistics Supply chain Health & safety Our company Our people Sustainability Products Aggregates Asphalt Blocks Building Products Cement Concrete Lime & Powders Mortar Packed Highways Pozament Sand Screed Soils Specialist Products Services Contracting Civil engineering Business partnership National Road Planing Asset management Asphalt2Go collect asphalt Collect concrete Minimix - concrete delivery Mobile concrete plants Safetydeck News & Media Latest news News Archive Media contact Video Customers & Suppliers Trucks for sale Contract hauliers CE marking Contractors database Policies & reports Modern slavery statement Tools & Resources Contact us Location Finder Help Downloads Connect Portal BIM Library Cookies policy Terms and conditions Terms of use Privacy statement Sitemap Tarmac © 2021