Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found to the right of visitor reception.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 20m from the visitor reception.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: access to the house.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Swindon.
- Swindon Station is approximately 12 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings 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.
- Parking for Ashdown is at the bottom of the house drive.
Parking closer to the house is available on request when booking online.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 97cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- The flooring is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 60cm.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are coffee tables, tables and chairs with armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are varied.
Toilet with Adaptations (Visitor Reception - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right of visitor reception.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 20m from the visitor reception.
- There is Braille, pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 78cm.
- The door has a sliding bolt lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 213cm x 270cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 145cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a push button flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 45cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 55cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 70cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 89cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 100cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 164cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the toilet seat, all grab rails and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The door into the toilet area is 89cm wide.