Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this building include: a reception and a café.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps) and a manual door.
- 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.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and standard toilets.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 10m from the visitor centre entrance.
- Assistance dogs only are allowed at this property.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the shop and the café.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the grounds, Roman Villa and museum.
- 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 Cheltenham Spa.
- Cheltenham Spa train station is approximately 12 miles from Chedworth Roman Villa.
- 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.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 4 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 267cm x 460cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides and to the rear.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the visitor centre entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. 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 and fidget toys.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Visitor Reception
- Access into the area is via steps and a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with handrails on both sides.
- There are 4 steps, which are unmarked, 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 103cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- 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.
- The flooring is not 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 75cm.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- 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 and chairs without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and 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 inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 83cm.
Entrance (To Toilets)
- The entrance surveyed is located to the right of the visitor centre counter.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual door which opens towards you.
- The width of the opening is 79cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (Visitor Centre - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right of the counter in the visitor centre.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the visitor centre entrance.
- There is pictorial 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 77cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 153cm x 228cm 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 85cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door 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, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 44cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 96cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 69cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 96cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 83cm.
- The height of the baby change is 82cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm 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 full length mirror and coat hooks.
- 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.
Standard Toilet
- 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 70cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 59cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.