Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: an adventure playground and parkland.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
- This entrance is left of the accessible parking.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the accessible car park toilet block.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the accessible car park toilet block.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all aspects.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the property.
- High Street bus stop is within approximately 150m of Derrymore House; the 44, 42 and 338E stop here.
- The nearest train station is Newry.
- Newry train station is approximately 2 miles from Derrymore House.
The 44, 42 and 338E buses stop at the Egyptian Arch bus stop, next to Newry train station. - For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Translink (opens new tab).
Parking
- The property has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a grass and gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
Entrance (Toilet Block)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the toilet block.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The slight slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 94cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (Toilet Block - Accessible - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block in the accessible car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- 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 87cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 244cm x 270cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 167cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, 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, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 46cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 72cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 75cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 100cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 100cm.
- The height of the baby change is 80cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it was tied up at the time of the survey.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails, the dropdown rail and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The wash basin tap type is twist/turn.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located left of the accessible parking.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens both ways.
- The gate is self-closing.
- The gate has a latch lock.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a playground with play equipment and parkland.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass and gravel.
- 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 and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight and steep slopes along the parkland.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
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Playground
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- There is a fenced play area with an entrance over 100cm wide.
- The gate may be difficult to open but has a high colour contrast with the fence.
- There is a route around the play equipment which is not firm and even, but is over 150cm wide.
- The play equipment is in easy reach for seated and standing users, and users of different heights.
- The following play experiences are available: swinging, sliding, rocking, climbing and balancing.