Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: a shop.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a manual door.
- This entrance is the bookshop entrance.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: sensory packs.
- The sensory pack includes: ear defenders, fidget toys and magnifying glass. For more information about reserving a pack, and any charges, please contact the venue before your visit.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the courtyard to the left of the bookshop.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 18m from the courtyard entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the courtyard next to the bookshop.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: Parking, Gardens.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: The House.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Rose Grove.
- The station is approximately 2.1 miles from the venue.
There is not a regular bus service from the station to the site. - For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 45m from the entrance to the house.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps and bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is a designated drop-off point which is flush to the footpath.
- The blue badge bays have width markings only.
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 magnifying glass.
Shop (Book Shop)
- There is step-free level access into the shop.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 89cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- Some flooring in the shop is 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 the shop.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 102cm.
- There is not a low level counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a member of staff to provide assistance.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located to the left of the book shop.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are bench seats and picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 67cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 72cm.
- 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 uneven paving/tiles, grass and cobbles.
- There is an additional picnic area at the rear of the Estates Office.
There is stepped access to this area.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 79cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The door has a minimum height of 200cm.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 67cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
Toilet with Adaptations (No Transfer Space)
- This toilet is located next to the book shop.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 27m from the car park.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 120cm x 235cm 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 lever flush on the left, but there is no transfer space.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the left as you face the toilet and a vertical rail on the left side of the wash basin.
- There is no dropdown rail.
- 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: towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 43cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 100cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 102cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 88cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a full length mirror, a waste bin with lid, a waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The height of the coat hook is 167cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the toilet seat and all grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.