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Amenities in this area include: open countryside.
The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
This entrance is from the car park.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating and maps.
This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is in the block at the side of the building at Lodge Park. View information about this toilet (new tab).

There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the building.
The nearest train station is Stroud.
Stroud train station is approximately 26.3 miles from Lodge Park.
There is not a bus service from the station to Lodge Park.
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This site has a car park.
The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces.
This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel 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 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 347cm x 390cm.
There is no hatched zone.
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 15m from the estate entrance.
Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.

At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All.
This site offers companion or carer discounts.

The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the barn.
There is step-free level access at the entrance.
There are double manual doors which are permanently open.
The width of the opening is 350cm.
There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of more than 1.5cm.

This information is for the access point located from the car park.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There is open access at the surveyed access point.
The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel and compact earth.
Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is step-free level access around some of the area.
There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
At various points throughout the outside spaces.
There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

The following information describes the picnic area located in the corner of the car park adjacent to the barn.
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 67cm.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 70cm.
The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 74cm.
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 grass and gravel.

The walk is approximately 1 mile.
The route is circular leading from the car park.
Going anti-clockwise, the route takes a path towards the access road before turning left onto a path through woodland.
The path is undulating with occasional short steep slopes.
At the end of the woodland, the path turns back towards the car park circling open fields.
As the path approaches the car park, there is a further short steep downhill section.
The walk is open 24 hours.
None of the paths are lit at night.
The route includes the following surfaces: grass and compacted gravel.
Some of the route contains steep gradients.
These are found in the following areas: early in the woodland and on the pathway leading back to the car park.
There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
The route is clearly signposted.
The route has information boards with large maps and handheld maps.
Seating is available on the route.
There are no toilet facilities along the route.