Access Guide
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
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Swindon.
- Swindon Station is approximately 13 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
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.