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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.
This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located within the plant centre courtyard area, to the right. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Additional toilet facilities with adaptations for disabled people are located in the toilet block opposite Winthrop's Café. View information about this toilet (new tab).

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: all areas of the site.
At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): special events.
This site offers companion or carer discounts.

There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Honeybourne.
Honeybourne Station is approximately 5.2 miles away.
There is not a regular bus service from the station to the nearest bus stop for the site.
For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).

This site has a car park.
The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: speed bumps.
This is an open air car park with a concrete and gravel surface.
Parking is free for all users.
Maps and information boards are not available.
There are more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 330cm x 570cm.
There is no hatched zone.
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 25m from the visitor reception entrance.
Obstacles from the car park include: slopes/ramps, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.
The Blue Badge dimensions are for the bays on the concrete surface. The other Blue Badge bays on the gravel surface do not have markings.

The following information describes the picnic area located off the overflow and coach car park.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There are picnic tables.
No chairs have armrests on both sides.
Adapted picnic tables are available.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 66cm.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 67cm.
The surface height of the lowest table is 70cm.
The surface height of the highest table is 73cm.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
There is step-free level access around some of 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 grass.
There is an open access point with a width of 117cm to enter the picnic area.

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 and accessible maps.
You can borrow these from visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. 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 visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.

Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
All flooring is smooth and even.
There is step-free level access to the counter.
The height of the counter is 105cm.
There is not 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 bench seats available in the visitor reception.
The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs.
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 reception area is open and has 2 reception counters.

The following information describes the picnic area located to the side of the visitor reception.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There are picnic tables.
No chairs have armrests on both sides.
Adapted picnic tables are available.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 66cm.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 66cm.
The standard height for the underside of picnic tables 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 gravel.