Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside.
- The most accessible entrance has slight ramps/slopes and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is located opposite the entrance to the car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
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 not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Penrith.
- Penrith train station is approximately 21 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 and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a 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 not 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.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located opposite the entrance to the car park.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: a resting place that overlooks Surprise View.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, gravel, compact 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 step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- The slopes are located leading to the Surprise View resting area.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- Surprise View has a very sudden sheer drop at the cliff edge.