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Bossington - Parking and Arrival

on Exmoor, near Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8HF

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Summary

  • View information about opening hours.
  • 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: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone and step free standard toilets.
  • The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the car park.
  • The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the car park.

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

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.

Picnic Area (Car Park)

  • The following information describes the picnic area located off the car park.
  • There is step-free level access into the area.
  • There are picnic tables.
  • No chairs have armrests on both sides.
  • Adapted picnic tables are not available.
  • The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 71cm.
  • The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 71cm.
  • The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
  • There is step-free level access around 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.

Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park Toilet Block - Accessible - Left Hand Transfer)

  • This toilet is located within the toilet block in the car park.
  • There is step-free level access into the toilet.
  • There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
  • The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
  • The width of the toilet door opening is 93cm.
  • The door has a lever twist lock.
  • The dimensions of the cubicle are 248cm x 212cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
  • There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
  • The lateral transfer space is 182cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
  • There is a push button flush on the transfer side.
  • 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 vertical grab rails on both sides 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 and hand dryer.
  • The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 47cm.
  • The height of the toilet roll holder is 84cm.
  • The wash basin tap type is push.
  • The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
  • The height of the soap dispenser is 92cm.
  • The height of the hand dryer is 82cm.
  • The height of the baby change is 81cm.
  • There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
  • There is not a shelf.
  • The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
  • The cubicle does not have a mirror and coat hooks.
  • The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails.
  • The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the floor and the toilet seat.
  • Lighting levels are moderate to good.

Standard Toilet (Car Park Toilet Block)

  • There is step-free level access into the toilet.
  • The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
  • The width of the door opening is 78cm.
  • Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
  • The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
  • The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 64cm.
  • The wash basin tap type is push.
  • Lighting levels are moderate to good.
  • There are hand dryers.