Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: beach.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a narrow entrance opening.
- This entrance is the main access point opposite the car park.
- The following are also available: seating.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an ambulant cubicle and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found inside the female toilet block.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 3m from the female toilet entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found inside the toilet block.
- Dogs are welcome during the off-peak season of 1st October to 31st March; assistant dogs all year round.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all of the open space.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking and all of the open space.
- 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 Carmarthen.
- Carmarthen train station is approximately 34.7 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.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces.
- This is an open air car park with a grass, loose chippings and 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 not available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps and a road crossing.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Toilet with Adaptations (Female Toilet Block - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located inside the female toilet block.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 3m from the female toilet entrance.
- There is pictorial 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 81cm.
- The door has a sliding bolt lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 110cm x 235cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 66cm 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 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 133cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 80cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 105cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 107cm.
- The height of the baby change is 101cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- There are coat hooks in the toilet at 103cm and 150cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the toilet seat, the floor and the internal door.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is under 75cm wide, 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 65cm.
- 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 59cm.
- 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 off 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 105cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, loose chippings, grass, bonded gravel and sand.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There are steep slopes on route up to the viewpoint and steep slopes and multiple steps to overcome to get down to the beach.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located outside the toilet block.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 70cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 74cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is no 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 compacted earth and grass.