Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and manual doors.
- This entrance is the Visitor Reception entrance.
- The following are also available: seating, large print information, a clearly signed hearing assistance system, a companion/carer discount and an information board in the car park.
- The sensory pack includes: ear defenders, fidget toys, binoculars and magnifying glass. For more information about reserving a pack, and any charges, please contact the venue before your visit.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- 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 toilet block in the car park.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block in the car park.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Crawley.
- Crawley Station is approximately 5 miles away, with regular buses to the Red Lion Stop (350m from Nymans).
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- 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 more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 207cm x 440cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
- The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the Visitor Reception entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking, and the woods.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the house and grounds.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Picnic Area (Car Park)
- The following information describes the picnic area located at the far side of the car park from Visitor Reception.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 65cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 68cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is no step-free level access around 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 grass.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs and mountain trikes. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys, binoculars, magnifying glass and torch.
- You can borrow these from Visitor Reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 150cm.
- Internally the door has a high 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 area.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 88cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has windows, TVs, glazed screens or mirrors which could adversely affect the ability of someone to lip read.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are tables and chairs without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the tables.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 87cm.
Ramp or Slope (Car Park Toilet Block)
- The slope is steep and over 150cm wide.
- The slope does not have handrails.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park Toilet Block - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block in the car park, at the end closest to Visitor Reception.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is pictorial and written text 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 85cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 151cm x 210cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 72cm 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 and a vertical rail on the left side 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: towel dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 42cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 105cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 71cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 90cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 132cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 101cm.
- The height of the baby change is 89cm.
- 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 full length mirror, a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The height of the coat hook is 163cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, the toilet seat and some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Car Park Toilet Block)
- Access into the toilet is via a step and a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 63cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.