Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a manual door.
- This entrance is the main entrance.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- 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: seating, a clearly signed hearing assistance system, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found through the doorway opposite the visitor centre desk.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 14m from the main entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found through the doorway opposite the visitor centre desk.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: the exhibit and toilets.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the car park.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest bus stop is approximately 50 metres away from the Porth y Swnt car park on the B4413 as it heads out of the village.
- The nearest train station is Pwllheli.
- Pwllheli station is approximately 16 miles away.
- 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, block paved, compacted gravel and compacted earth 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 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 226cm x 454cm.
- There is a hatched zone on one side but not to the rear.
- Obstacles from the car park include: slopes/ramps and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There are 2 electric vehicle charging points.
- There is no electric vehicle charging point designated for Blue Badge holders.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- The car park is covered by a type of vinyl matting which is in-filled by gravel. The unmarked electric charging points are free to use. Of the two, one is a fast charge point and the other is a slow charge point that uses a three-pin plug.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
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 100cm.
Visitor Centre
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is step-free level access around the visitor centre.
- The majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of the visitor centre.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- Some of the flooring has a very shiny finish, which could cause issues with glare or look slippery to some people.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 83cm.
- 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 bench seats and chairs without armrests available in the visitor centre.
- Services/facilities available include: 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.
Attraction / Exhibit (Exhibition within Visitor Centre)
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The majority of walkway widths are between 120cm and 180cm.
- There is background noise which varies, depending on the time of day.
- Exhibit information includes the following formats: information board, television/screen and audio guides.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are some slight slopes along the circular route through the exhibit.
- There are bench seats available in the area.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- Some flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to loose chippings.
- Some of the flooring has a very shiny finish, which could cause issues with glare or look slippery to some people.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- Some of the route through the exhibit also uses bonded gravel. Some of the route through the exhibit is outdoors and has wooden boards with occasional loose gravel.
Entrance (To outside area of exhibit)
- The entrance surveyed is located after passing the lighthouse mirror part of the exhibit.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The slight ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 83cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of more than 1.5cm.
Exit (From Exhibition)
- The exit is located at the end of the exhibition at the far end of the visitor centre.
- There is step-free level access at the exit.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 81cm.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located to the left as you face the visitor centre.
- 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 75cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 75cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 79cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- All of the surface in the picnic area is smooth and even.
Toilet with Adaptations (Visitor Centre - Ambulant - Left-Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located through the door on the right, opposite the counter.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 15m from the main 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 95cm.
- 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 more than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 138cm x 219cm 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 82cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula 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, 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: soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 101cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 74cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 101cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 83cm.
- The height of the baby change is 81cm.
- 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 nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor, the dropdown rail, some grab rails and the internal door.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat and some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- 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 79cm.
- 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 male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 65cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with horizontal grab rails on both sides.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.