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The most accessible entrance has steep ramps/slopes and an open entrance with no doors.
This entrance is to the right of the garden.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: seating.

At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site.
Parking is free for all visitors.

There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Balmoral.
Balmoral Station is approximately 2 miles away.
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This site has a car park.
This is an open air car park with a tarmac and compacted gravel surface.
Parking is free for all users.
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 230cm x 470cm.
There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 25m from the sloped riverside access point.
Obstacles from the car park include: a road crossing, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.

From the car park, cross over Edenderry Road to the path opposite and slightly to the left.
Follow the path alongside the river until you reach a right turn up a steep slope.
Follow this path up until you reach an open space.
Turn right and you will find the sloped access point.
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The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope and is step-free via a very steep ramp/slope.
Path surfaces along the route are tarmac and gravel.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.

This information is for the access point located to the right of the garden.
Access into the area is via steep ramps/slopes.
The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
There is open access at the surveyed access point.
The width of the gap is 110cm.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, block paving, gravel, compact earth and loose stones.
Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is step-free level access around the area.
There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

The following information describes the picnic area located outside of the garden.
Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
The slope is over 150cm wide.
There are picnic tables.
No chairs have armrests on both sides.
Adapted picnic tables are not available.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 71cm.
The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 71cm.
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 uneven paving/tiles and grass.
The surface height of the picnic table is 75cm.