Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a step and a narrow entrance opening.
- This entrance is to the right after the gatehouse archway.
- There is stepped access once inside.
- There is one step to a small room of non-fiction books.
- 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 on the right of the shop and 17th century stables. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. 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.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: trampers. 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.
- The trampers need to be booked prior to visiting.
Route to (the Bookshop)
- Go up the hill from the visitor reception.
Turn right and then left past the ticket office.
Take the steep path on the right through the archway.
The bookshop will be on the right. - The route to the area is step-free via a very steep ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are tarmac.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Shop
- Access into the shop is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, 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 majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- Flooring in the shop 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 around some of the shop.
- Access around the shop is via a step.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is 1 step to access a small room of non-fiction books.