Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: an historic monument.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a manual door.
- This entrance is the entrance at the front of the monument.
- There are 2 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
- There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
- There is restricted room to manoeuvre at this property.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Dorchester.
- Dorchester West railway station is approximately 6.6 miles from the Hardy Monument. There is no bus service from this station to the monument.
- 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 loose chippings and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps 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.
Entrance (Hardy Monument)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the monument.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located from the Martinstown-Portesham road.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass and compact earth.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes with handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- At various points along pathways.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located on the far side of the car park, opposite the monument.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 65cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 70cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 68cm.
- The surface height of the highest table is 74cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the tables.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to grass.