Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The following are also available: seating and a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: toilets with some adaptations and a standard toilet.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found straight ahead from the visitor reception desk.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 15m from the visitor reception entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found to the left of the visitor reception desk.
- There is a separate exit.
- The exit has a step and a manual door.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: Parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: The tour.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The Devonshire Inn bus stop is within 150m of Finch Foundry. The 6A, 178, 670 and 671 stop here.
- The nearest train station is Okehampton.
- Okehampton train station is approximately 4 miles from Finch Foundry.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- The property has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 70m from the visitor centre.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
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.
Visitor Centre
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 138cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access around some of the visitor centre.
- The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of 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 access to the counter via slope.
- The height of the counter is 92cm.
- The counter has windows, TVs, glazed screens or mirrors which could adversely affect the ability of someone to lip read.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are chairs without armrests available in the visitor centre.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 73cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (Ambulant - No Lateral Transfer - Visitor Centre)
- This toilet is located in the visitor centre.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 15m from the visitor reception entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 79cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 115cm x 230cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is not a lateral transfer space next to the seat.
- There is a spatula flush on the right, but there is no transfer space.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the right as you face the toilet, a vertical grab rail on the left as you face the toilet and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the left as you face the seat.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 46cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 85cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 80cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 101cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 135cm.
- The height of the baby change is 87cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and select the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor, the dropdown rail, all grab rails and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is clearly marked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 66cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.