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: large print information, a clearly signed hearing assistance system, a virtual tour, an accessible route map, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets and a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people.
Admissions
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All areas.
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): All.
- 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 Droitwich Spa.
- Droitwich Spa train station is approximately 4 miles away.
- 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 compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 20 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 250cm x 400cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 50m from the visitor reception entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces.
- 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: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: an off-road/all-terrain mobility scooter and a mobility scooter. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The door is manual, opens both ways and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 120cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of the area.
- Some of the flooring is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 91cm.
- There is a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- 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 tables, stools and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is background noise here which varies, depending on the time of day.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens both ways and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 128cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (No Transfer Space)
- This toilet is located at the back of the visitor reception building.
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which are unmarked.
- This toilet is approximately 12m from the visitor reception exit.
- There is written text 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 87cm.
- The door has a twist lock.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 138cm x 276cm 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 left, but there is no transfer space.
- The following grab rails are available: 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 right 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 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 73cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 69cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 90cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 90cm.
- 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 waste bin without lid 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 and the internal door.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, all grab rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 76cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist/turn.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.