Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: toilets with some adaptations and standard toilets.
- There are 3 toilets with adaptations for disabled people.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block to the right of the visitor reception.
- The toilets with adaptations for disabled people can be found within the east wing and to the left of the Parterre entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block to the right of the visitor reception within the barn.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the cafes, shop, bookshop, stamp shop and farmyard.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the house and garden.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- There is a bus service which runs between Aylsham and the gates of Blickling Estate’s front drive on Mondays and Fridays (except bank holidays).
The nearest bus stop is approximately 42 metres from the property off Blickling Road.
The Sunbeam service 1A will depart Aylsham at 10:10 and 11:40. The return journey will depart from the roadside in front of the hall at 11:50, 13:28 and 16:08. - The nearest train station is Gunton.
- The nearest station is approximately 8.7 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Visitor Centre - Main)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces.
- This is an open air car park with a 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 more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 226cm x 468cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
- The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 21m from the visitor reception entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and dropped kerbs.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Parking (Bucks Common)
- 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 loose chippings and compacted earth surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Parking (Woodgate)
- 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 loose chippings and compacted earth surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and loose chippings.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Parking (Fisherman's)
- 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 loose chippings, compacted gravel and compacted earth surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and loose chippings.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys and magnifying glass.
- You can borrow these from the visitors' reception and the house entrance. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: off-road/all-terrain mobility scooters. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance.
- You can borrow these from the visitors' reception and the house entrance. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 82cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more 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 108cm.
- There is a low level section 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.
- There are tables, bench seats and stools available in the visitor reception.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 82cm.
- There is a small lip immediately past the entrance approximately 2cm from the floor.
Toilet with Adaptations (Visitor Reception - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right of the visitor reception, inside the toilet block.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is 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 83cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 158cm x 260cm 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 77cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 58cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 93cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 118cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 121cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it was tied up at the time of the survey.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid and a nappy/incontinence items bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 151cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor, all grab rails and the dropdown rail.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 77cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- 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 no hand dryers.