Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside, coastal walks and a beach.
- 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 and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found at the beginning of the parking area.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found at the beginning of the parking area.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the open countryside and 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 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 Barnstaple.
- Barnstaple Station is approximately 31 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.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac, compacted gravel and cobbled 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.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located at the beginning of the parking area.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is pictorial and written text 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 78cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 173cm x 162cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 104cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non 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 on the dropdown rail and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 49cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 67cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 86cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items 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, some grab rails, the dropdown rail, the floor and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are varied.
Standard Toilet (Car Park)
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 80cm.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 62cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There are no hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces (Beach)
- This information is for the access point located off the bottom of the car park.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- There are large boulders across the access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a pebble beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: loose stones.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- Access to the water is sloped.
Outdoor Spaces (Countryside)
- Access into the area is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The access points to the area are located on both sides of the parking area.
- There is a kissing gate at the surveyed access point.
- The gate is self-closing.
- The width of the gap is 70cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: coastal walks.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel and loose stones.
- 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 steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- The steep slopes are throughout the area.
There are steps to cross a bridge. - There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates and kissing gates which may create obstacles for some users.