Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: a shop.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and manual doors.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found outside and to the side of the shop.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 12m from the shop entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found outside and to the side of the shop.
- There are 2 entrances into the shop.
One has a slight ramp/slope across gravel and the other has a slight ramp/slope across tiles.
Route to (the Shop)
- From the visitor centre, pass through the gate ahead.
The pathway leading to the entrance has a slight slope.
The shop entrance is to the left.
Alternatively, access is available via the car park and ramp/slope at the side of the shop. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are concrete and gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Shop
- Access into the shop is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 80cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- All flooring in the shop is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access around the shop.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 97cm.
- There is a low level counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is a side entrance with an 80cm wide door that opens inwards and has a slight ramp leading to it.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located outside and to the rear of the shop.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 18m from the shop entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 86cm.
- The door has a twist lock.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 147cm x 218cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 81cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a push button flush on top of the cistern.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the transfer side.
- 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: towel dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 49cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 90cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 69cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 115cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 95cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- There are coat hooks in the toilet at 150cm and 160cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, all grab rails, the internal door, the toilet seat and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 70cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 70cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.