Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: a beach.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is via the path opposite the car park entrance.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: facilities for assistance dogs.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- 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 toilet block back up the road from the car parking area.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block back up the road from the car parking area.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the beach.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders 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 Newquay.
- Newquay Station is approximately 6.4 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.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 5 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (the Beach)
- From the car park entrance cross the road to the gap opposite.
Continue along the track to the beach, past the pub on the right.
Cross a footbridge, with a width 88cm, then go left and the beach will be ahead. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are tarmac, gravel and sand.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located off the footbridge accessed via a track opposite the road to 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.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass and sand.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
Route to (the Toilets)
- Turn right out of the car park entrance, and follow the road to the toilets.
The toilets are approximately 80 metres from the car park up a very steep road. - The route to the area is step-free via a very steep ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are tarmac.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Toilet with Adaptations (Toilet Block - Accessible - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block approximately 80 metres back up the road from the car park.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with a handrail on the right going up.
- 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 94cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 185cm x 332cm 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 104cm 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 door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the 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.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 52cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 97cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- The height of the wash basin is 75cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 97cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 97cm.
- The height of the baby change is 79cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does not meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and select the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 186cm from the floor.
- 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 (Toilet Block)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 73cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 73cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.