Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a step and a steep ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps).
- This entrance is at the side of the café.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- 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.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the ground floor of the house, bookshop, garden and café.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: guided tours.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Worcester Foregate Street.
- Worcester Foregate Street Station is approximately 0.5 miles away.
There is no 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 does not have a car park.
- Nearby parking includes: Blue Badge on-street parking (within 50m) and standard on-street parking.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Entrance (Stepped)
- The entrance surveyed is located on the garden side of the café.
- There is stepped access at the entrance.
- There are 2 steps, which are unmarkedno handrails.
- Some of the steps are not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 73cm.
Entrance (Ramped)
- The entrance surveyed is located opposite the house.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The steep portable ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The ramp overcomes the step.
- Please contact a member of staff for use of the portable ramp.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarkedno handrails.
- The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 87cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of more than 1.5cm.
Eating and Drinking
- This is a café which serves sandwiches and snacks.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: takeaway cups.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There is a counter over 85cm high with a tray rail.
- The counter is 90cm high.
- There is not a section of the counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- There is step-free level access around the seating area.
- There are tables and chairs without armrests available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: a priority table and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests.
- There are no tables which are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The surface height of the tables is 75cm.
- All flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- Some of the flooring includes large repeating patterns in bold colours, which may look like steps or holes to some people.