Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: open countryside and woodlands.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is off the car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and an information board in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all of the site.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Dean.
- Dean train station is approximately 9 miles away from the car park.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Hale Purlieu Common Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located off the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 150cm and are 35cm high.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not 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.
- The slight and steep slopes are located at various points along the pathways.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.