Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this building include: exhibition rooms.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope, manual doors, doors permanently held open and a narrow entrance opening.
- This entrance is at the front of the building.
- There are 2 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
- There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
- The following are also available: seating and a hearing assistance system which is not signed.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was not working.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found to the right as you face the entrance.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 1m from the entrance.
- The standard toilets can be found on the ground floor.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found along the corridor to the right of the entrance.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. 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 the garden centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (the Snuff Mill Children and Young People Hub)
- From the car park, cross the wooden bridge directly ahead, go straight on, through the gate, and turn right. The Snuff Mill Children and Young People Hub is directly ahead.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are tarmac, gravel, paving stones, bonded gravel and wood.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Entrance
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the building.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The slight slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This entrance has an intercom and a key fob reader.
- Features not positioned at a suitable height for a wheelchair user include: the intercom and the key fob reader.
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which open towards you.
- The width of the opening is 79cm.
- There is a second set of manual doors (with one door locked) which open away from you.
- The width of the opening is 77cm.
- There are white gates at the entrance to the mill which are permanently held open during opening times and have a width of 200cm.
This area may only be accessed by pre-booked groups.
Attraction / Exhibit
- The majority of walkway widths are between 120cm and 180cm.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Exhibit information includes the following formats: information board.
- The exhibits do not have hearing assistance systems.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There are bench seats and chairs without armrests available in the area.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- All flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- General visitors can only access the small exhibition (Kiln Room) shown in the fourth photo.
The other three show a room that only pre-booked groups (usually schools) can visit.
Stairs (Pre-Booked Activity Access Only)
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
- There are 14 steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked with handrails on both sides.
- The highest step is 18cm high.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Snuff Mill - Accessible - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the right as you face the entrance.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 1m from the entrance.
- There is pictorial 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 83cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 174cm x 304cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 90cm 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 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, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 88cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 76cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 92cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 93cm.
- 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 waste bin with lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor and the internal door.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, all grab rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Snuff Mill - Pre-Booked Activity Access Only)
- 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 80cm.
- 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 62cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- These toilets are inside the mill and can only be accessed if a visitor is part of a pre-booked activity group, not by the general public.
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