Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
- This entrance is off Lime Tree Avenue.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: on site-transport.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is within the stableyard. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs and cycles. 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, magnifying glass, soft toy and communication cards.
- You can borrow these from the stableyard visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. 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 the stableyard visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- There are children's bikes available to borrow.
There is an accessible bus that goes to the stableyard and back from the overflow car park on busy days only.
Route to (the Grounds - West Park)
- From visitor reception, cross the picnic area and exit the stableyard.
Turn right and go through the accessible car park.
Take the path on the left down the slope.
Follow this path until you reach a narrower path turning left.
Go through the tunnel and come to Lime Tree Avenue.
The entrance to West Park is 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 compact earth and gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is a shuttle which can take visitors to this area, but wheelchair users will need to transfer into it.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located off Lime Tree Avenue.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The width of the gap is 117cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass.
- 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.
- The area has slight and steep slopes at various points.