Operation Varsity

We would be delighted if you could join us at the Memorial Site on Friday 24th March 2023 to pay tribute to those who flew from Markshall Estate 78 years ago.

Please meet us at the Visitor Centre by 10:10am we will walk together to the memorial site. There will be a buggy shuttle service running up to the Memorial Site.

We will be joined at the commemoration by personnel from 4 Regiment Army Air Corps and Aviation Task Force 1, Wattisham Flying Station, the British Army Band Colchester, representatives from the Glider Pilot Regiment and their
families.

Our Orchard Kitchen café will be open after the ceremony for visitors to buy hot drinks, cakes and light lunches.

The site is approximately a 35-minute walk through our Arboretum.