Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a steep ramp/slope and a door permanently held open.
- This entrance is in the stableyard.
- 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 on site-transport.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone, an ambulant cubicle, a step free standard toilet and a standard toilet.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found on the path at the rear of the second-hand bookshop building.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found to the left of the second-hand bookshop building.
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.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys, magnifying glass 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: trampers. 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.
Route to (the Second-hand Bookshop)
- From the visitor reception exit, follow the path ahead.
Keep following the path which turns right.
Go through the gate at the rear right of the house and take the path to the right.
The bookshop is located just past the standard toilets on the right. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope and is step-free via a steep ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are concrete, paving stones and bonded gravel.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is an accessible shuttle which can take visitors to this area.
Toilet with Adaptations (Stable Block - Accessible - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the stable block, on the path to the rear of the second-hand bookshop, on the left.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- There is tactile, pictorial, written text and ‘Not All Disabilities Are Visible’ signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 90cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 154cm x 222cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 104cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a wall sensor flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 51cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 90cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 83cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 100cm.
- The height of the baby change is 78cm.
- 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 without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have coat hooks.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat, the dropdown rail, the internal door, all grab rails and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Stable Block - Male)
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 75cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 60cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with horizontal grab rails on both sides and a vertical grab rail on the right.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Standard Toilet (Stable Block - Female)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 75cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 60cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with horizontal grab rails on both sides and a vertical grab rail on the right.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Shop
- Access into the shop is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, 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 96cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- All flooring in the shop is smooth and even.
- 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 75cm.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a member of staff to provide assistance.
Eating and Drinking (Stableyard Kiosk)
- This is a kiosk which serves hot and cold meals 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: menu boards.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
- The counter is 132cm 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.
- Tables 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.