Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside and a beach.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating and a large map in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the car park.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the car park.
- Dogs are allowed at this property.
- Porthclais entrance has step-free level access from the car park.
There is a small kiosk at the car park open seasonally.
Please keep dogs under close control on the coast path.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- Porthclais Car Park bus stop is at the venue.
- The nearest train station is Harverford West.
- Harverford West train station is approximately 17 miles from the site. There are regular bus services that run from here to Porthclais Car Park bus stop.
- 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 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.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all of the outdoor space.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: parking.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.
- The price for parking varies dependant on whether the vehicle is a motorcycle, car or van.
Toilet with Adaptations (Ambulant - Right-Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located within Porthclais car park.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is pictorial and written text 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 81cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 136cm x 212cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 80cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a vertical grab rail on the transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 44cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 90cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 94cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 81cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 155cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the floor.
- Lighting levels are low.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a male toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 70cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are no hand dryers.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located left out of the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The access points to the area are located left out of the car park.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass and bonded gravel.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes with handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There is a steep ramp to overcome to access the small beach area. There is a slight ramp to overcome to access the picnic area.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located left after you exit the car park.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are bench seats and picnic tables.
- Some chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 70cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 72cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is step-free level access around some of 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 compacted earth and grass.