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View information about opening hours.
Amenities in this area include: picnic benches.
The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating.
This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is adjacent to the visitor centre. View information about this toilet (new tab)

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 tarmac surface.
Parking is free for all users.
There are 6 Blue Badge parking bays.
The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 340cm x 405cm.
There is no hatched zone.
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 14m from the café entrance gate.
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.

You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair and a running buggy. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
There are 2 x two seater buggies and a 1 x four seater buggy for hire. Visitors can enquire at the visitor centre. They are stored in the buggy shed which is located opposite the Monument Café parking area.

From the visitor centre turn right and follow the path around to the left into the Monument Café outside seating area.
The café counter is located on the left.
The route to the area is step-free level.
Path surfaces along the route are paving stones.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no accessible shuttle to this area.

This is a café which serves hot and cold snacks.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
Menu types include: menu boards.
Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
The following are available here: drinking straws, takeaway cups, takeaway cutlery and a portable card machine for payment.
Lighting levels are varied.
There is no (or very little) background noise here.
There is not a hearing assistance system.
There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
The counter is 98cm high.
There is not a section of the counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
There is step-free level access around the seating area.
There are priority tables, chairs with armrests, adapted picnic tables and picnic tables available in the seating area.
There are some tables which are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
The surface height of the tables is 75cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and all of the tables.
Some flooring in the area is smooth and even.
Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
Adapted cutlery, two-handed feeder mugs with spouts, two handled mugs, and a dignity saucer are available and on-display behind the counter.