Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone, step free standard toilets, a toilet designated as gender neutral and a parent and baby room.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block opposite the main car park visitor reception.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 10m from the main car park visitor reception.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block opposite the main car park visitor reception.
Admissions
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas of the site.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Pulborough.
- Pulborough Station is approximately 5 miles away. There is a regular bus service from the station to the bus stop on Park Road.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Main Visitor Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: speed bumps.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- 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 240cm x 460cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides and to the rear.
- The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 15m from the main car park visitor reception.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, slopes/ramps and 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. 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 Main Car Park Visitor Reception or Church Lodge Visitor Reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Visitor Reception (Main Car Park)
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 74cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- 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.
- Some of the flooring is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 92cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- 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 with armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is background noise here which varies, depending on the time of day.
- 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 74cm.
Entrance (Main Car Park Visitor Reception Toilet Block)
- The entrance surveyed is located opposite the main car park visitor reception.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The steep slope is over 150cm wide.
- There are double manual doors which are permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 187cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (Main Car Park Visitor Reception Toilet Block - Accessible - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the left at the end of the car park, opposite the main car park visitor reception.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the main car park visitor reception.
- There is Braille and pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 87cm.
- The door has a twist lock.
- 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.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 160cm x 225cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 94cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, 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 and wash basin.
- 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 45cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 104cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 68cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 112cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 88cm.
- 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 without lid, a sanitary bin and a padded back rest for seat.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 156cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, all grab rails, the dropdown rail, the floor and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Main Car Park Visitor Reception Toilet Block)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 82cm.
- Internally the door has a low 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 74cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room (Main Car Park Visitor Reception Toilet Block)
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 87cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The height of the baby change table is 100cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- There is no seating available in the room.
- There is a toilet in the parent and baby room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin and a general waste bin without lid.
Entrance (Church Lodge Visitor Reception)
- The entrance surveyed is located on Park Road.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The slight portable ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The ramp overcomes the step.
- Please contact visitor reception for use of the portable ramp.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- This entrance has a bell.
- Features at a suitable height for a wheelchair user include: the bell.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 128cm.
- There is a second manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 123cm.
Visitor Reception (Church Lodge)
- 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 78cm.
- There is a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- 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 armchairs available in the visitor reception.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the tables.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is background noise here which varies, depending on the time of day.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, permanently held open and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 86cm.
Standard Toilet (Church Lodge Visitor Reception)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 80cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The gender neutral toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 68cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.