Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: parkland.
- Additional amenities in this area include: countryside consisting of woodland and parkland with panoramic views.
There is one signposted walking trail available, along with several other public rights of way throughout the area. - The most accessible entrance has steep ramps/slopes and bollards.
- The following are also available: seating, facilities for assistance dogs, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- There is a food kiosk and standard and accessible toilets in the car park, however, neither are owned or managed by the National Trust.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Reigate.
- Reigate Railway Station is located approximately 1.3 miles away.
There is no regular bus service from the train station to the site. - 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 loose chippings surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings, dropped kerbs, slopes/ramps, a road crossing and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- 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 250cm x 502cm.
- There is no electric vehicle charging point designated for Blue Badge holders.
- An app is required for electric vehicle charging, Payment is via tap and pay (contactless payment) and An online account is required for electric vehicle charging.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located on the opposite side of Wray Lane to the car park.
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The access points to the area are located on the opposite side of Wray Lane to the car park
off Gatton Bottom
off Rocky Lane and through the grounds of the Royal Alexandra and Albert School
off Gatton Park Road. - This is an open gap at the surveyed access point.
- The width of the gap is 155cm.
- There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 122cm and are 56cm high.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the ground.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a playground, parkland and woodland.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: loose chippings, grass, gravel, compact earth, uncompacted earth, shingle and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There are slight and steep slopes located throughout the site.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates and stiles which may create obstacles for some users.
- There is 1 gate located along the Gatton Park Past and Present Walk which may be difficult to open due to it getting stuck on the ground.
There is one stile, however, this is not on the Gatton Park Past and Present Walk.
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Playground
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- There are no firm and even routes over 150cm wide round the play equipment.
- The play equipment is not in easy reach for a range of users.
- The following play experiences are available: social play.
Hikes and Trails (Gatton Park Past and Present Walk)
- The walk is approximately 2 miles.
- To enter Gatton Park use the path marked with the National Trust sign, located opposite the Wray Lane car park entrance.
At the first Discover Gatton waymarker post, head down the gentle slope: the park's original carriage drive.
At the second post take the left fork in the track.
Very shortly after the second post you will find the third post situated above a viewpoint, giving you a first glimpse of the historic parkland.
Continue along the old carriage road to the fourth post, situated by a lone yew tree, and follow the arrow.
At the end of this section of track you will see Tower Lodge on the left marking another of the entrances into the park: it is made from Gatton stone. Turn right at the fifth post.
Keep an eye out for views across the parkland and, a little further on, the stone circle. Within a few minutes of leaving the stone circle you will find the sixth post, pointing you to the right, down the hill towards Hop Garden Pond and through the open parkland.
Once you've crossed the open parkland, you will re-enter the woodland fringe to post seven.
Take a sharp right up the steep bank into Nut Wood. As you reach the top of this track you will be rewarded with perhaps the best view of the main lake over the tops of the trees bordering the serpentine. Once the track levels out, continue until you arrive at a junction of paths.
Take a right at this junction, past the highest point in the park. Continue, passing Wingate Hill which offers a last opportunity to look back on the parkland.
This is also a good place to try and spot the spire of St Andrew's church nestling in the trees.
Turn right and head back to post three and the first viewpoint. At post three follow the arrow left taking you the short distance back to Wray Lane Car Park. - The walk is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: loose chippings, compacted gravel and mud.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: all.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards with large maps, information boards without maps and online maps.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.