Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open spaces, coastal walks and woodlands.
- The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is to your right as you exit the car park via the car park entrance.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all 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 Haverfordwest.
- Haverfordwest station is approximately 9.5 miles from the Southwood estate.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Southwood Farm Car Park)
- 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 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces (Southwood Farm)
- This information is for the access point located to your right as you exit the car park via the car park entrance.
- 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 gate has a latch lock.
- The width of the gap is 90cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth and uncompacted earth.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There are steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- This is a coastal area and there are slopes throughout the outdoor space.
- 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.
Attraction / Exhibit (Southwood Farm)
- The majority of walkway widths are over 180cm.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Exhibit information includes the following formats: pictorial and information board.
- The exhibits do not have hearing assistance systems.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- Flooring in the area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
- Lighting levels are low in some areas.
Parking (Maidenhall Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 225cm x 510cm.
- There is a hatched zone on one side but not to the rear.
- The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 12m from the the nearest entrance to the outdoor space.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces (Maidenhall)
- This information is for the access point located to the rear of the car park, to the left of the Blue Badge parking spaces.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The gate is self-closing.
- The gate has a latch lock.
- The width of the gap is 133cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: coastal walks.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass and compact earth.
- 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 in the main areas.
- This is a coastal area and there are steep slopes throughout the outdoor space.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.