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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.
This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located at the rear of the barge building shed. View information about this toilet (new tab).

At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: entry to Dapdune Wharf.
At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking.
At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): all boat trips, except for carers or companions.
This site offers companion or carer discounts.

There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Guildford.
Guildford Station is approximately 0.5 miles away.
For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).

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 grass and gravel surface.
Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
There are not clearly presented payment signs.
Maps and information boards are not available.
There are 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings, slopes/ramps, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.
There is a grass overflow parking area to the left of visitor reception.

You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. 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 visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.

There is step-free level access into the area.
The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
The width of the door opening is 115cm.
There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
There is step-free level access around the area.
The majority of aisle widths are under 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 gravel.
There is step-free level access to the counter.
The height of the counter is 75cm.
The counter has windows, TVs, glazed screens or mirrors which could adversely affect the ability of someone to lip read.
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 no (or very little) background noise here.
There is no access into the Visitor Centre. There is a slight change in surface level between the car park gravel and the block paving surrounding the visitor centre.