Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: coastal walk.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a narrow entrance opening.
- This entrance is at the rear of the car park.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating and a large map in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: toilets with some adaptations.
- The toilets with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: The coastline walk.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All aspects.
- Parking is free for National Trust members 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 Penryn.
- Penryn train station is approximately 21 miles from Kynance Cove.
- 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: potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a grass and gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- 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.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the rear of the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- This is an open gap at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel, sand, shingle and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- The wheelchair/buggy accessible walk to the viewpoint is up and down a steep slope.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Hikes and Trails (Viewpoint)
- The walk is approximately 1.5 km.
- The route follows a walk to the viewpoint, overlooking Kynance Cove, which is a downhill, then uphill walk.
- The hike is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: There are steep gradients down to the viewpoint.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route has information boards with large maps.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.
Hikes and Trails (Beach)
- The walk is approximately 3 km.
- The route follows a walk to the step-free access to the beach.
Exit the car park using the path to the right of the map and information board.
Follow this path, zig zagging down the slopes to the beach.
This is an out and back route. - The hike is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: all the way down to the beach.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards with large maps.
- Seating is not available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.
Beach
- Access to the beach is via steep ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is not a lifeguard for the beach.
- The beach surface is made up of large rocks, large pebbles, shingle and sand and is not accessible to wheelchair users.
Check tide times as high tide effects access to and from the beach.
There is a gate to access the beach at the end of the step-free route detailed in this guide. The step-free route to the beach includes very steep slopes, uneven terrain, loose stones and gully's in parts of the path.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 94cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 132cm x 175cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 85cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the 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 vertical grab rails on both sides 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 75cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 74cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 86cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 103cm.
- The height of the baby change is 80cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails, the dropdown rail, the floor and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.