Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
- This entrance is at the top of the car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all of the site.
- Parking is free for National Trust members but chargeable for all other visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Hamworthy.
- Hamworthy Station is approximately 9 miles away.
There is not a regular bus service from Hamworthy Station to the nearest bus stop for the site. - For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- Parking is free for members; please scan your membership card for an all-day ticket. Charges for non-members apply: £1.50 an hour, £4 all day.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the top of the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is an easy open gate at the surveyed access point which opens both ways.
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The width of the gap is 157cm.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 175cm and are 155cm high.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: cobbled, grass, gravel, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails, more than 3 steps without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas .
- There are steep slopes without at various points.
They can all be avoided by opting for the more level paths around the edge of the space.
There are some stepped areas around the site. These can be avoided by opting for one of the many different path options within the site. - There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.