Access Guide
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.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys and soft toy.
- You can borrow these from the visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Additional amenities in this area include: Picnic area.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is across the main entrance road from the visitor centre.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- 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 visitor centre. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Route to (the Garden)
- From the visitor centre, turn left out of the entrance and cross the road to the garden.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are tarmac and rubber matting.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located across the road from the visitor centre.
- 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: grass.
- Footpaths are available in all 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 less than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There are steps into the centre of the garden.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located in the garden.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 65cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 68cm.
- 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.