Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a door permanently held open.
- This entrance is at the front of the building.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located in the walled garden. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (Al's Coffee Bar)
- Head to the far end of the Lion's Gate Car Park.
Al's Coffee Bar is ahead on the left. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel.
- 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 level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 180cm.
Eating and Drinking
- This is a kiosk which serves snacks.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff cannot provide assistance or offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: drinking straws and takeaway cups.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is background noise here.
- There is not a hearing assistance system.
- There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
- The counter is 144cm 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 high tables and high stools available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: a priority table and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests.
- There are no tables which are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The surface height of the tables is 92cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the tables.
- Flooring in the area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located by the coffee bar.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- There are bench seats and picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 72cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and some 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 gravel.