Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: ancient chalk giant figure and grassland.
- The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is at the time of the survey, there was no accessible entrance.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Maiden Newton.
- Maiden Newton is approximately 5.7 miles from Cerne Abbas Giant and there is no bus service from the station to the site.
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Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a concrete surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located off the car park.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The gate has a latch lock.
- The width of the gap is 120cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac and grass.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes with handrails, steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- The steep slopes are all around the area as the giant is carved into the side of a very steep hill.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have kissing gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located along the hillside walk.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is an alternative access point located along the viewpoint walkway.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 75cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: seating which is fixed to tables.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to grass and gravel.
- The width between the bollards is 154cm.