Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is at the bottom right of the car park, to the left of the Blue Badge parking area.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: facilities for assistance dogs.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found at the bottom left of the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the beach.
- 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 and Blue Badge holders 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 Newquay.
- Newquay Station is approximately 4 miles away.
- 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: potholes and speed bumps.
- This car park has a maximum vehicle height restriction of 210cm.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 7 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- Obstacles from the car park include: a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- The information board is 10m from the parking area and located on a sloping area of sand.
Standard Toilet
- 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 medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 62cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The baby change table is only in the female toilets.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the bottom right of the car park, to the left of the Blue Badge parking area.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: gravel and sand.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.