Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has slight ramps/slopes and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is off the car park.
- There is not 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.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the coastline walk.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all aspects.
- Parking is free for National Trust members 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 Redruth.
- Redruth train station is approximately 7.5 miles from Wheal Coates.
- 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: potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are not clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the right of the car park.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: loose chippings, grass, gravel, compact earth, uncompacted earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all 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 with handrails in the main areas.
- There are steep slopes and steps from the mining ruins down to the coastline path.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.