Bedford Area Welcome Center
Bedford Area Welcome Center
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Start every visit to Bedford at the Bedford Area Welcome Center! Offering free Wi-Fi, coffee, publications, information, maps, restrooms, picnic area, and a gift store featuring many unique and local items. We also offer three RV spots and a car charging station! A 1927 Seagrave fire truck is showcased in the Firefighter’s Gallery. The Welcome Center is also home to Bedford’s first set of LOVE letters which provides a wonderful souvenir photo opp! A selfie station will help ensure you get a great photo. Please share it on social media with #LOVEBedfordVA! Find us at 816 Burks Hill Road, Bedford, VA 24523, at the intersection of Route 460 and Route 122. Hours are daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed some holidays). Exhibits within the Welcome Center showcase the area’s many attractions and amenities. The building is fully accessible and there is designated parking for the disabled as well as motor coaches and campers.
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sbluesky225
Greensboro, NC179 contributions
Oct 2021
This is a beautiful place to stop and has clean bathrooms as well. It has lots of history in the exhibits and a relaxing area to sit and enjoy the view in the back. The Love sign is pretty with the views behind it, and the rocking chairs are a great place to sit for a bit.
Written October 22, 2021
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Rick R
Greensboro44 contributions
Sep 2022
The Visitor's Center is in a nice, newish building, in a prominent setting, and has a great view of the mountains and the D-Day Memorial grounds out the large wall of windows at the back of the building. More importantly, it has tons of information about Bedford, the surrounding area, the State of Virginia, and even locations beyond the state. Well worth a stop at the beginning of your visit to Bedford or the area.
Written September 26, 2022
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Eugene R
Midlothian, VA37 contributions
May 2021
After our long trip to Bedford, the Welcome Center took care of all our traveling needs in a pleasant and helpful atmosphere. Interesting exhibits showed Bedford life past and present. A short D-Day documentary in the Center's theater was both enlightening and sobering. Customer Service Rep Robin Braxton served us served us coffee and suggested things to see. All in all, an excellent way to begin a visit to Bedford.
Written May 12, 2021
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We're so glad you had a nice trip and visit at the Welcome Center! Thanks for leaving us a review!
- Nicole Johnson, Director of Tourism, Destination Bedford VA
Written August 6, 2021
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Debbie
Graham, NC1 contribution
Oct 2020
Very helpful welcoming staff. We stayed overnight on Site 3 with full hookups and #3 is not bad to level. Clean beautiful center with lots of information and informed pleasant staff. Gorgeous flowers all around the center with rocking chairs on several porches with beautiful views. Such a nice place to visit. Bedford is a place with a lot of beauty and pride and it is on show at the Welcome Center!
Written October 9, 2020
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Thank you so much for visiting Bedford and for writing a review! We hope you'll be back! - Nicole Johnson, DIrector of Tourism, Destination Bedford
Written October 13, 2020
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JeffBreedlove
Atlanta, GA4,517 contributions
Apr 2021 • Family
A brilliant welcome center. Safe, clean, nice staff, well stocked with many materials , and a mini museum.
We appreciate the effort Bedford makes and enjoyed their LOVE statue
Go enjoy
We appreciate the effort Bedford makes and enjoyed their LOVE statue
Go enjoy
Written May 26, 2021
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Thank you so much for stopping and leaving us a review! We hope you'll come visit us again!
- Nicole Johnson, Director of Tourism, Destination Bedford VA
Written August 6, 2021
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dmmrf
8 contributions
Oct 2021
Very welcoming and informing staff the day we stopped waiting for Memorial to open. Bedford Fire Department has an interesting display and restored fire truck in one part of the center. Nice clean restrooms also.
Written October 13, 2021
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Ekehl
Krakow, Poland258 contributions
Aug 2021 • Couples
I didn’t think I needed to go to the welcome center. So glad we did! Very friendly and helpful staff. Nice exhibits, 2 movies to view. One of the best display of travel brochures. Very well organized. And we took a photo at the LOVE sign.
Written August 26, 2021
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Brian M
Reading, United States22 contributions
Jul 2022
We stopped by to use the bathrooms, but we found a great deal more. The staff was helpful and friendly and were honest about what they liked and did not like. We watched the two short movies they had and gathered a lot of good information for our stay.
Written August 1, 2022
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Gene R J
Silver Spring, MD10,625 contributions
Oct 2020
This is one of the best visitor centers we've seen in our travels over the entire US. The friendly helpful staff can provide information on most places in the southeast with a score of display areas with brochures, maps and booklets and a small theater with movies on the local area and Normandy. In addition; spotless restrooms, a wing devoted to Bedford firefighters with their fully restored 1927 Seagrove firetruck(cast iron wheels & gold leaf trim), a scale model of the D-Day Memorial, gift shop, an electric charging station, picnic tables with a view to the memorial, and a RV Dump Station.
Written October 9, 2020
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Thank you so much, we are glad you enjoyed your visit! We appreciate you taking the time to write a review. Hope you'll come back and see us again! - Nicole Johnson, Director of Tourism, Destination Bedford
Written October 13, 2020
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Hh2
Seminole, FL53 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
We got there before 10 to buy tickets for the d day memorial the person that sells them was not there so we watched the movies at the welcome center or Normandy and Bedford area they were extremely nice and very helpful on giving advise on where we were going next they have a nice fireman’s museum complete with an old fire truck
Written February 25, 2020
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Written March 21, 2015
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