Access Guide
Summary
- 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.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located in the courtyard next to the parlour rooms. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: all areas.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Bicester North.
- Bicester North Station is approximately 9 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- 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.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. 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.
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 227cm x 463cm.
- There is a hatched zone on one side but not to the rear.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 25m from the visitor information kiosk.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
Visitor Reception
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- The flooring is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel and loose chippings.
- The height of the counter is 105cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
Outdoor Spaces (Farmhouse Garden)
- This information is for the access point located to the left of the visitor information kiosk.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.