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Summary

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The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and doors permanently held open.
There is step-free access once inside.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating.
This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is around the right side of the toilet block, to the right of the Wharf Tea-room. View information about this toilet (new tab)

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.
You can borrow these from the tickets and information building. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.

Pass to the right of the tickets and information building and turn left towards the rear patio of the Wharf Tea-room.
Cross the patio to the right, and the entrance to the bookshop is ahead.
The route to the area is step-free level.
Path surfaces along the route are gravel and paving stones.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no accessible shuttle to this area.

There is step-free level access into the shop.
The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
The width of the door opening is 134cm.
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.
The shop is not staffed. Payment is by cash into the slot of the box on a cabinet. The cabinet is 136cm high.
Alternatively, payments can be made in the main shop opposite.