Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside, woodland, beach.
- The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope.
- This entrance is the main access point on the left as you exit the car park.
- The following are also available: a large map 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 in the toilet block in the car park.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 1m from the female toilet entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block in the car park.
- All dogs are welcome during the off-peak season of 1st October to 31st March; assistance dogs all year round.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all outdoor areas.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking and all outdoor areas.
- 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 Aberyswyth.
- Aberyswyth train station is approximately 31 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, gravel and compacted earth 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps, 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 not a designated drop-off point.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block in the car park.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 1m from the female toilets 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 88cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 145cm x 213cm 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 74cm 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 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: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 92cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 75cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 86cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 110cm.
- The height of the baby change is 94cm.
- 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 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 and some grab rails.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails, the floor and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm 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.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, loose chippings, compact earth, sand and wood.
- 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 steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There is a steep climb down to the beach and back up to the car park.
The footpath in the woods has several steep steps and slopes throughout. - There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.