Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a manual door.
- This entrance is the Outdoor Centre entrance.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people, step free standard toilets and an accessible shower.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found at the back of the Outdoor Centre.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found at the back of the Outdoor Centre.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs and mountain trikes. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys, sunglasses, binoculars, magnifying glass, activity sheets and soft toy.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (Outdoor Centre and Trading Post)
- From the reception building, turn left and follow the walled path to the open grassed area.
Take the left fork before the church and follow the path until the Outdoor Centre is signed on the left. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope and is step-free via a steep ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are bonded gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is an accessible shuttle which can take visitors to this area.
Toilet with Adaptations (Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block behind the Outdoor Centre.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the Outdoor Centre entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 90cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- 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 dimensions of the cubicle are 237cm x 247cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 190cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever 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 and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 44cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 108cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 61cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 85cm.
- The height of the baby change is 72cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does not meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and select the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin, a sanitary bin, a pedal bin, a padded back rest for seat and a wheel in shower.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- There are coat hooks in the toilet at 135cm and 135cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, all grab rails, the dropdown rail, the floor and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Shower with Adaptations (In Toilet With Adaptations)
- The accessible shower has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail and a vertical grab rail.
- There are dropdown rails for the shower.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails and all dropdown rails.
- There a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is a drop down/tip up seat at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- There is an adjustable, detachable shower head not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The shower controls are twist turn and 105cm high.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 74cm.
- 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 74cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
Ramp or Slope and Steps (To Trading Post, Outdoor Centre and Picnic Area)
- The ramp is slight and between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- The ramp does not have handrails.
- There are 2 steps.
- The steps are not clearly marked with no handrails.
- The ramp overcomes the steps.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located in front of the Trading Post.
- 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 76cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 78cm.
- 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 uneven floorboards.
Shop (Outdoor Centre)
- There is step-free level access into the shop.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 100cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- Flooring in the shop is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven floorboards.
- There is step-free level access around the shop.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 94cm.
- There is not a low level counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
Shop (Trading Post)
- There is step-free level access into the shop.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 99cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- Flooring in the shop is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven floorboards.
- There is step-free level access around the shop.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 90cm.
- There is not a low level counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.