Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a clearly signed hearing assistance system, a companion/carer discount, maps, an accessible route map and on site-transport.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is in the Stableyard. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: trampers. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Manual wheelchairs and walking sticks are also available to borrow for the house tour.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: None.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Derby.
- There is a regular bus service from the station, but the nearest bus stop is 30 minutes from Calke Abbey.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a loose chippings and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- There are not clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 20 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 310cm x 500cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the visitor reception entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Visitor Reception
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 109cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- Some of the flooring is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 104cm.
- There is a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are tables, bench seats, stools and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 101cm.
- There is a lip on the exit door.