Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: beaches.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is located ahead from the Pendower car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations, step free standard toilets and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in Carne car park.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in Carne and Pendower car parks.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the beaches.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking.
- 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 Truro.
- Truro train station is approximately 14 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Carne Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- 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.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Toilet with Adaptations (Carne Car Park - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the car park.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with a handrail on the right going up.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 85cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 161cm x 171cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- There is a push button flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 43cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 82cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 87cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 98cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror, a full length mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the dropdown rail, some grab rails and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are low.
Standard Toilet (Carne Car Park)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 80cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There are no hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces (Carne)
- This information is for the access point located ahead from the car park.
- Access into the area is via a very steep ramp/slope.
- The ramp is over 150cm wide, with a handrail on the right going down.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: sand and shingle.
Parking (Pendower Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- 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.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Standard Toilet (Pendower Car Park)
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 80cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 88cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There are no hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces (Pendower)
- This information is for the access point located ahead from the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- This is an open gap at the surveyed access point.
- The width of the gap is 110cm.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 110cm and are 48cm high.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: sand and shingle.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.