Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: farmland and open countryside.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is located at the entrance to the car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block adjacent to the car park.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 15m from the car park entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block adjacent to the car park.
Admissions
- 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.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Penrith.
- Penrith train station is approximately 24 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- 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 tarmac and 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the entrance to the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: farmland and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, cobbled, gravel and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- The slopes are located along the public roads and paths around the Rosthwaite Village area.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- Public paths around this area often share space with farm tracks that have uneven surfaces.
These paths have large protruding stones that may present a hazard.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block adjacent to the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 15m from the car park entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 91cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 143cm x 208cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 76cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the wall above the toilet.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and a vertical rail on the left side of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser, towel dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 49cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 119cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 70cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 85cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 100cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 95cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails, the dropdown rail and the internal door.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails, the toilet seat and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Car Park)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is under 75cm wide.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 67cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 62cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.