Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a manual door.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a Changing Places facility, an accessible toilet solely for the use of disabled people, ambulant cubicles, standard toilets and a parent and baby room.
- There is a Changing Place which can be found in Park Farm.
- The toilets with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in The Plant Centre, Park Farm and in the Midden Yard.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 45m from the Visitor Centre.
Route to (Bookshop)
- With the visitor reception building to your right, head to the pathway crossroads. The walled garden is straight ahead. Turn left at this junction and continue until you get to the fork in the path. At the fork take the left hand path and continue until you get to Park Farm on your right. Go past the farm and there is a small gate and metal fence. The gate opens away from you and has a width of 105cm. Open the gate and continue. The path bends to the right. You will pass a monument tower (the tower of the winds) on your right. Continue on the path and in the distance you will see the Hall. Before the Hall there is another fork in the path. Straight on takes you to the Hall and the left hand fork takes you to an archway. Go through the archway and you will be in the Midden Yard. The bookshop is on your left.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel and bonded gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is an accessible shuttle which can take visitors to this area.
Shop
- Access into the shop is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 88cm.
- 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 majority of aisle widths are under 150cm.
- All flooring in the shop is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access around the shop.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 84cm.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- Services/facilities available in the shop include: a portable card machine for payment.
Toilet with Adaptations (Midden Yard - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located within the Midden Yard, next to the bookshop.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the bookshop entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 90cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 195cm x 345cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 123cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the wall above the toilet.
- The following grab rails are available: 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 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 84cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 120cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 86cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not 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 internal door.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat, all grab rails, the dropdown rail and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Female)
- 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 90cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 60cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist turn mixer.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
Standard Toilet (Male)
- 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 89cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 60cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist turn mixer.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are hand dryers.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 89cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The height of the baby change table is 88cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist turn mixer.
- There is a chair with armrests available in the room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin.