Access Guide
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: formal gardens and historic interiors.
- The most accessible entrance has steps and steep ramps/slopes.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets.
Landing
- There are two different landing spots the boat can use which will vary upon the service, but both lead to stepped access onto the standing, which has no handrails.
- Staff can provide assistance to passengers.
- The landing is level at first, but transitions into an uneven surface due to rock tiling, and then ends in a steep slope up uneven wooden planks.
Boat
- Access onto the boat can range from 1 - 3 unmarked steps depending on the sea level.
- Once on the boat, there is level access throughout, with aisle widths under 80cm and seat levels at 48cm high.
Visitor Centre
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope 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 142cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access around the visitor centre.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the visitor centre.
- 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 91cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are bench seats available in the visitor centre.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are low.
Outdoor Spaces
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: gardens.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: compact earth and wood.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are 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.
- There are slight slopes throughout the paths.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- 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.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 69cm.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
Chapel
- There is step free level access to the Chapel.
- The entrance is open access with a hanging bead curtain in the opening.
- The entrance width is 97cm.
- The Chapel has aisle widths under 80cm.
- There are bench seats within the Chapel.
- The lighting levels are low.