Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: a bookshop, car park, toilets and countryside areas.
- The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is across the road from the car park, up a narrow lane.
- There is 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.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all 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 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 Barnstaple.
- Barnstaple Station is approximately 26 miles away.
There is not a regular bus service from the station to the site. - 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 and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted 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 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, a road crossing and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is 1 electric vehicle charging point.
- There is no electric vehicle charging point designated for Blue Badge holders.
- An app is required for electric vehicle charging not designated for Blue Badge holders.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Visitor Reception (Welcome Centre)
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are 2 steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 116cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- There is no room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of the area.
- The flooring is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven floorboards.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 105cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are tables, armchairs and chairs without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are varied.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located off the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 67cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the tables and seating which is fixed to tables.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to grass.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 72cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located across the road from the car park.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens towards you (pull).
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel, compact earth 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 slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight and steep slopes throughout the area.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Outdoor Spaces (Playground/Forest School)
- This information is for the access point located on the left side of the 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 130cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a playground with play equipment.
- The outdoor facilities also include: Forest school activities such as bird watching.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: wood bark, grass and gravel.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- 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 with handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight slopes around the entire playground.
Hikes and Trails
- The trail is approximately 2 miles long.
- Exit the main car park and turn left onto the road.
Take the right turn up a steep sloped lane.
After approximately 300 metres take the left turn onto the track.
Follow the track until you reach Cloud Farm Campsite then turn around and re-trace your steps back to the car park. - The trail is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: loose chippings, grass, gravel and compacted gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: the lane off the main road.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is not clearly signposted.
- Seating is not available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.