Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this property include: a reception.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and doors permanently held open.
- This entrance is the main reception entrance located to the left of the building.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: a virtual tour, maps, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone and a standard toilet.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found is located to the right of the footpath as you head towards the visitor reception.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 5m from the car park.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found is located to the right of the footpath as you head towards the visitor reception.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the property.
- The nearest train station is Aylesbury Parkway train station.
- Aylesbury Parkway train station is 13 miles away from Claydon House.
- 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 gravel and cobbled surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 11m from the Visitor reception.
- Obstacles from the car park include: cobbles.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is a designated drop-off point without a dropped kerb.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking is free for all users.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the house is free for all National Trust members.
- This site does not offer companion or carer discounts.
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.
- You can borrow these from Visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (Visitor Reception)
- On leaving the car park, turn left and continue following the path around to the visitor reception.
- The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel and paving stones.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 71cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a male toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 75cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist turn mixer.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
Toilet with Adaptations (Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right of the footpath as you head towards the visitor reception.
- 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 5m from the car park.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 86cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 168cm x 164cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 101cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a pull chain flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: 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 towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 104cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 103cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 99cm.
- The height of the baby change is 86cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror and a full length mirror.
- There are coat hooks in the toilet at 164cm and 172cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, all grab rails, the toilet seat, the internal door and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 99cm.
- 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.
- 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.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 92cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are high tables and chairs 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.