Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is at the top right of 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: all areas of the site except parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas 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 Barnstaple.
- Barnstaple Station is approximately 12 miles from Woolacombe Down.
There is not a regular bus service from the station to the site. - 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 and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel and compacted 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 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the top right of the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth 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 step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight and steep slopes approximately 0.3 miles after the bench seating where the path turns to grass.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.