Access Guide
Summary
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- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is located off the road outside the National Trust car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and maps.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: ambulant cubicles and step free standard toilets.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found within the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site except parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas of the site.
- 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 Taunton.
- Taunton Station is approximately 28 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 tarmac 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 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 230cm x 460cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
- 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.
Standard Toilet
- 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 80cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 80cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with a horizontal grab rail on the right and a dropdown rail on the left.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Route to (the Horner Wood Access Point)
- Take the lane to the right of the toilet block.
At the road turn right.
Continue for approximately 130 metres before coming to the access point to the woods on the left. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope and 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located off the road outside the National Trust car park.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: cobbled, 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 slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.