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 companion/carer discount.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets, an accessible toilet solely for the use of disabled people and a Changing Places facility.
- There is a Changing Place which can be found accessed with a radar key and located on the ground floor of Ilam Hall, next to the archway.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 80m from the car park.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the stableyard.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All except parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: Parking .
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest bus stop is 2 miles away.
- The nearest train station is Matlock or Uttoxeter.
- Both Matlock and Uttoxeter train stations are 11 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.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac 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 4 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 360cm x 455cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 100m from the bookshop entrance in the main courtyard.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps, bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band and a squeeze or offset gap.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- At the time of survey the payment machine was out of order.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Changing Places
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Location and Access
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- The facility is additional to standard and accessible toilets, and is not located close to other managed facilities.
- There is a sign at the entrance to the Changing Places facility indicating the location of the nearest toilets and baby changing facilities.
- There is step-free level access into the facility.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- A RADAR key is required for access to this facility.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 86cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The door has a horizontal grab rail.
- The dimensions of the facility are 480cm x 316cm.
- The ceiling height is at a minimum height of 2.4m and there is a clear 200cm x 180cm manoeuvring space in the facility.
- The facility has a non-slip floor.
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Toilet Details
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- There are lateral transfer spaces on both sides of the seat but they are obstructed.
- The transfer space on the right as you face the toilet is 305cm.
- The transfer space on the left as you face the toilet is 130cm.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, vertical grab rails on both sides of the toilet and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on both sides of the seat.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor, all grab rails, the toilet seat, the internal door and all dropdown rails.
- The toilet seat is 49cm above the floor.
- There is a push button flush on top of the cistern.
- There is pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from floor).
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 87cm.
- The toilet has a cistern.
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Changing Bench and Hoist Details
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- The facility changing bench is free standing and height-adjustable.
- The length of the facility changing bench is 195cm.
- The changing places hoist is powered overhead and covers the changing bench and the toilet.
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Other Facilities
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- There is a fixed height wash basin not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The wash basin is 78cm from the floor.
- The soap dispenser is 100cm from the floor.
- The towel dispenser is 100cm from the floor.
- The facility has: a full length mirror, a waste bin with lid, a sanitary bin and a privacy screen.
- There is not a shelf.
- Wide tear off paper roll is available.
- The height of the wide paper roll dispenser is 100cm.
- There is not a visual fire alarm beacon within the toilet.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Transfer Both Sides)
- This toilet is located in the courtyard.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 80m from the car park.
- There is pictorial 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 88cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 220cm x 165cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There are lateral transfer spaces on both sides of the seat.
- The transfer space on the left as you face the toilet is 94cm.
- The transfer space on the right as you face the toilet is 94cm.
- There is a spatula flush on the right transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door.
- There is a dropdown rail on both sides of the seat.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 74cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 88cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 97cm.
- The height of the baby change is 97cm.
- 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 nappy/incontinence items bin, a sanitary bin and a clinical waste bin.
- The cubicle does not have coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the internal door and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all dropdown rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 117cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 55cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The standard toilets have an external door then internal doors to the separate male and female toilets.