Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: woodlands, picnic area, toilets and parking.
- The most accessible entrance has steep ramps/slopes and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is at the end of the South West Coast Path.
- 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.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located within the toilet block in the car park. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site except parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas of the site.
- 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 Taunton.
- Taunton Station is approximately 28 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 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 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 230cm x 450cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 20m from the car park entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces 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.
Route to (the Beach)
- From the car park turn right onto the lane.
Follow the lane until you reach the South West Coast Path.
Continue down this path and you will find Bossington Beach at the end. - The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, tarmac and gravel.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the end of the South West Coast Path.
- Access into the area is via steep ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: shingle.
- Footpaths are not available in all of the outdoor space.
- 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.
- There is a steep slope to get up onto the beach and a steep slope to get down to the water.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.