Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- 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: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is to the right of the café and bookshop. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site, except for parking.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest bus stop is The Pines on Three Horse Shoes Hill, approximately 1.3 miles from Fyne Court.
- The nearest train station is Taunton.
- Taunton Station is approximately 4.7 miles from Fyne Court.
There are no direct bus services from the station to Fyne Court, however, there are buses from the station to Bull Meadow bus stop and then on to The Pines bus stop. - For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 240cm x 480cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 50m from the visitor reception trailer.
- Obstacles from the car park include: cobbles, slopes/ramps 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: a tramper. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance.
- You can borrow these from the visitor reception trailer. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- There are charges to borrow a tramper.
Visitor Reception (Trailer)
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- The flooring is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are varied.