Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: woodlands, meadows, ponds and an ancient common.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a narrow entrance opening.
- This entrance is at the rear of Outwood Common car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest bus stop is approximately 0.4 miles away on Scott's Hill.
- The nearest train station is Salfords.
- Salfords Station is approximately 3.4 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Bransland Wood)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a loose chippings and compacted earth 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, loose chippings, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces (Bransland Wood)
- This information is for the access point located at the rear of the Bransland Wood car park, by the information board.
- 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.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 161cm and are 63cm high.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have easy open gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Parking (Outwood Common)
- This site has a shared car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a loose chippings and compacted earth 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, loose chippings 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.
Outdoor Spaces (Outwood Common)
- This information is for the access point located at the rear of the Outwood Common car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- This is an open gap at the surveyed access point.
- The width of the gap is 116cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: compact earth, uncompacted earth, loose stones and wood.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- 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, steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight ands steep slopes throughout some areas.
There are steps without handrails leading down to a bridge that crosses a small stream. There are similar steps on the other side of the bridge. - There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Parking (Horncourt Hill)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a loose chippings and compacted earth 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: a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces (Horncourt Hill)
- This information is for the access point located at the rear of the Horncourt Hill car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 128cm and are 72cm high.
- The bollards contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: compact earth, uncompacted earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.