Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: open countryside and a beach.
- The most accessible entrance has a step and a steep ramp/slope.
- This entrance is the access point located opposite and across the road from the car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a large map in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet solely for the use of disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found at the rear left of the car park.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found at the rear left of the car park.
- Dogs are allowed at this property.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- Freshwater West Car Park bus stop is located on the edge of the car park.
- The nearest train station is Pembroke.
- Pembroke train station is approximately 8 miles from the site. There are regular bus services that run from here to Freshwater West car park bus stop.
- 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: uneven surfaces.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel 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.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All areas.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Toilet with Adaptations (Left-Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the rear left of the 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 inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 199cm x 206cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 135cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side and a vertical rail on the left side 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: towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 98cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 74cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 88cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 92cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 160cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, all grab rails, the toilet seat and the floor.
- Lighting levels are low.
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 80cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a male 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 low.
- There are no hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located opposite and across the road from the car park.
- Access into the area is via steps, a step and a steep ramp/slope.
- The ramp is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass, sand and shingle.
- 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, less than 3 steps without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- To gain access to the beach you have to overcome a long steep slope with a deep step at the bottom. This bypasses 10+ steps to the left hand side which are unmarked and do not have handrails.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.