Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a large map in the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: coastline.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: car park.
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): none.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Pwllhelli.
- Pwllheli railway station is 8 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.
- 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 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 20m from the visitor reception.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces and loose chippings.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is 1 electric vehicle charging point.
- The dimensions of the electric vehicle charging bay surveyed are 350cm x 470cm.
- There is no electric vehicle charging point designated for Blue Badge holders.
- Blue badge bays are not marked so dimensions could not be determined.
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 85cm.
- 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 110cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- 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.
- Staff are only on site for the peak season, usually between April and September.
Visitor reception is only open during these months.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located at the far end of the car park.
- 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 57cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 63cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is 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
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.