Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: a visitor centre.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a steep ramp/slope.
- This entrance is located to the right of the Woodcroft car park, at the front of the Moorland Discovery Centre.
- 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 facilities for assistance dogs.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the Moorland Discovery Centre, ahead as you enter.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 5m from the Moorland Discovery Centre main entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found in the Moorland Discovery Centre, to the left as you enter.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Parking (Woodcroft Car Park)
- 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 tarmac and 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 more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 252cm x 600cm.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the Longshaw Visitor Reception building.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and slopes/ramps.
- There are parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- The blue badge bays are separated by 105cm gaps. These gaps are marked with raised white bumps, but there are no hatched markings in these gaps.
Route to (Moorland Discovery Centre)
- This path runs from the Longshaw main reception car park towards the Moorland Discovery Centre.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel and paving stones.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Visitor Centre
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope and a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 85cm.
- 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.
- There is step-free level access around the visitor centre.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the visitor centre.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There are tables, bench seats and chairs without armrests available in the visitor centre.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the tables.
- There may be background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 85cm.
- The Moorland Discovery Centre is primarily used for pre-booked events, or seasonal events during the summer months.
There is a small kitchenette area with a counter height of 87cm.
The rear exit door is sometimes used to access the woodland to the rear of the building.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right-Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the Moorland Discovery Centre.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 5m from the Moorland Discovery Centre main entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 82cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 175cm x 210cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 105cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the 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 wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 99cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 69cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 95cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 87cm.
- The height of the baby change is 90cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it was tied up at the time of the survey.
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does not meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and select the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The cubicle has: a full length mirror, a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a padded back rest for seat.
- The height of the coat hook is 164cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the dropdown rail, the internal door 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 low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 67cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The shared standard toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 67cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There are 2 similar cubicles in the Moorland Discovery Centre.