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Amenities in this area include: open countryside.
The most accessible entrance has steps, slight ramps/slopes, a steep ramp/slope and an open entrance with no doors.
This entrance is located at the Bowder Stone car park entrance.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.

At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: access to the countryside area.
Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.

There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Penrith.
Penrith train station is approximately 23 miles away.
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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 gravel, compacted gravel and compacted earth 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 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.

The following information describes the picnic area located adjacent to the car park.
Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
The slope is over 150cm wide.
There are picnic tables.
No chairs have armrests on both sides.
Adapted picnic tables are not available.
The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 76cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
There is step-free level access around some of the area.
The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to grass.

This information is for the access point located to the right of Bowder Stone car park.
Access into the area is via steps, a slight ramp/slope and a steep ramp/slope.
The slope is under 75cm wide.
There are 10+ steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
There is open access at the surveyed access point.
This access point is the most direct path from the car park for the trail to Bowder Stone.
The steps and steep slope can be avoided via the slight slope that runs along the road from the B5289 to the car park.
The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, gravel, compact earth, uncompacted earth and loose stones.
Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no step-free level access around the area.
There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps with handrails in the main areas.
The slight slopes run along the roads and some paths around the Bowder Stone area.
There is a metal staircase, with 10+ steps and handrails leading to the top of Bowder Stone.
There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

The trail is approximately 600 metres long.
This trail leads from the B5289 lay-by, adjacent to the Bowder Stone car park, through the woodland and to Bowder Stone.
The hike is open 24 hours.
None of the paths are lit at night.
The route includes the following surfaces: loose chippings, gravel and compacted gravel.
Some of the route contains steep gradients.
These are found in the following areas: along parts of the main trail through the woodland.
There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
The route is not clearly signposted.
The route has information boards with large maps and online maps.
Seating is not available on the route.
There are no toilet facilities along the route.
From the Bowder Stone trail access point the trail surface is mostly even, with some slight and steep slopes at points. These slopes cannot be avoided.