Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: a café and parkland.
- Additional amenities in this area include: wetlands, coastal path.
- The most accessible entrance has slight ramps/slopes and a gate.
- This entrance is the main access point, on your left hand side past the toilet block.
- 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: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found off the lane to the left as you exit the cafe.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 60m from the café main entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found off the lane to the left as you exit the cafe.
- There are eating facilities here that are privately owned. Please click here for more information..
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Haverfordwest.
- Haverfordwest train station is approximately 13.1 miles from the area.
- 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 and grass 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 7 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 220cm x 505cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, grass, dropped kerbs and a road crossing.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- There are two additional Blue Badge parking bays to the right-hand side of the café and toilet block, as shown in the photographs, which are approximately 25 metres from the accessible toilet entrance. The EV charger is currently out of order.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all open spaces.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking and all open spaces.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.
Picnic Area (Car Park)
- The following information describes the picnic area located within 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 71cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 74cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the 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 and loose chippings.
Toilet with Adaptations (Lane - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located off the lane, on your left-hand side after you pass the café on your left.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps).
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 35m from the café entrance.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 80cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 188cm x 290cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 120cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the right transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side.
- 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 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 94cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 85cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 87cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 95cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does 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 waste bin without lid.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 147cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the dropdown rail and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps).
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 77cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a male toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 78cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the bottom of the lane, once you turn left out of the additional accessible car parking.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- This is an open gap at the surveyed access point.
- The width of the gap is 115cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: coastal path.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, bonded gravel, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not 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.
- Throughout the outdoor space, there are slight and steep gradients to overcome.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Hikes and Trails (Mere and Coast Walk)
- The walk is approximately 1.4 miles.
- Leaving the additional accessible car park, turn left along the gravel path.
Taking another left turn through the first gate, you will start the loop, which takes you through open countryside and along the coastal path, turning right through the next gate to complete the loop by heading back through open countryside and eventually joining the gravel path, which takes you back to the car park. - The walk is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: loose chippings, grass, gravel, compacted gravel and mud.
- Some of the route contains steps and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: there are multiple steps to overcome towards the first half of the loop after passing through the gates.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is clearly signposted.
- Seating is not available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.