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The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and a gate.
This entrance is off the car park access road.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating.
This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is in the toilet block at the top of the main car park. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Additional toilet facilities with adaptations for disabled people are in the visitor centre. View information about this toilet (new tab).

At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all of the site.
This site offers companion or carer discounts.

There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Newry.
Newry Station is approximately 54 miles away.
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This site has a car park.
The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: speed bumps.
This is an open air car park with a gravel and resin bound gravel surface.
Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
There are not clearly presented payment signs.
Maps and information boards are not available.
There are 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 231cm x 475cm.
There is a hatched zone on one side but not to the rear.
The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 2m from the visitor centre rear entrance.
Obstacles from the car park include: a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.

This site has a car park.
The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: speed bumps.
This is an open air car park with a grass and gravel surface.
Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
There are clearly presented payment signs.
Maps and information boards are available.
There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.

You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair 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 and soft toy.
You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
There are charges to borrow the cycles.
You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: a mobility scooter and a tramper. 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 visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.

Leave the accessible parking area by the archway, then turn left.
Continue along the road and the entrance to the play area is on the right.
The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
Path surfaces along the route are tarmac and gravel.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no accessible shuttle to this area.

This information is for the access point located off the road from the accessible parking area.
Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
There is a kissing gate at the surveyed access point.
The gate is not self-closing.
The width of the gap is 114cm.
The following outdoor facilities are available: a playground with play equipment.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, wood bark, grass and gravel.
Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
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 initial path into the play area has a slightly sloped gradient.
There are steep slopes up the grassed area towards the rear of the play area.
There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

Playground View
- There is a route around the play equipment which is not firm and even, but is over 150cm wide.
- The play equipment is not in easy reach for a range of users.
- The following play experiences are available: swinging, sliding, climbing and balancing.

The following information describes the picnic area located in the play area.
Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
The slope is over 150cm wide.
There are picnic tables.
No chairs have armrests on both sides.
Adapted picnic tables are not available.
The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 71cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
There is no 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 grass.