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The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and an open entrance with no doors.
This entrance is the access point at the rear of the car park, leading into Glenmona House grounds.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating.

At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking, and all outside spaces, including Glenmona House grounds (the house itself is not open to the public).
Parking is free for all visitors.

There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Ballymena.
Ballymena Station is approximately 23 miles away.
There is a regular bus service from the station to the Cushenden Car Park bus stop.
For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Translink (opens new tab).

This site has a car park.
This is an open air car park with a tarmac and loose chippings surface.
Parking is free for all users.
Maps and information boards are available.
There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, 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.

The following information describes the picnic area located at the rear of the car park.
Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
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 75cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
There is 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.

This information is for the access point located at the rear of the car park.
Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
There is open access at the surveyed access point.
The width of the gap is 135cm.
The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass, block paving, compact earth and uncompacted earth.
Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
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 slight and steep slopes are in the woodland areas to both sides of the house.
There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

This information is for the access point located by the front of the car park.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There is open access at the surveyed access point.
The width of the gap is 120cm.
There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 120cm and are 60cm high.
The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass and compact earth.
Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no step-free level access around the area.
There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
The path leading through the area has a slight slope.
There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
The equipment is designed for specific exercises, which are described on information posts.

The walk is approximately 1 mile long.
Enter the grounds of Glenmona House at the rear of the car park.
Go around the near side of the house, then turn into the woodland.
Follow the path out of the grounds, then turn right.
The path turns and then comes to Riverview Crescent.
Follow Riverview Crescent to the village.
Cross the road and go down the side of the Corner House into Beach Car Park.
Take the upper path at the left side of the car park.
Follow this path above the beach back to the starting car park.
The hike is open 24 hours.
None of the paths are lit at night.
The route includes the following surfaces: tarmac, grass, paving slabs and mud.
Some of the route contains steep gradients.
These are found in the following areas: at the access point into Glenmona House grounds, and along the path from the Beach Car Park.
There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
The route is clearly signposted.
Seating is available on the route.
There are standard and accessible toilet facilities along the route.