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Access Guide

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Summary

  • View information about opening hours.
  • The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope.
  • This entrance is adjacent to the car park for Blue Badge holders on Dragon Hill Road (what3words ///scarves.warp.roadways).
  • 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: all of the site.
  • Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.

Public Transport

Parking (Main Visitor Car Park)

  • This site has a car park.
  • This is an open air car park with a tarmac and 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 5 Blue Badge parking bays.
  • The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 300cm x 510cm.
  • There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
  • The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the gated access point.
  • 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.

Parking (Dragon Hill Road 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 grass and compacted earth surface.
  • Parking is free for Blue Badge holders only.
  • There are not clearly presented payment signs.
  • Maps and information boards are not available.
  • Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, level changes with no dropped kerbs and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
  • There are not parent and child parking bays available.

Picnic Area (Main Visitor Car Park)

  • The following information describes the picnic area located to the left of the main car park.
  • 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 following furniture is permanently fixed: seating which is fixed to 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, grass and gravel.

Outdoor Spaces

  • This information is for the access point located in the car park.
  • Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
  • The slope is over 150cm wide.
  • There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
  • The gate is not self-closing.
  • The gate has a latch lock.
  • The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
  • The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel and loose stones.
  • Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
  • The majority of the paths are 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.
  • The steep slopes are located leading up to the white horse from the first field.
  • There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
  • The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.