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The Beatles' Childhood Homes - 20 Forthlin Road

Speke Hall, The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, L24 1XD

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Summary

  • View information about opening hours.
  • Amenities in this building include: exhibition rooms and historic interiors.
  • The most accessible entrance has a step, a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps) and a manual door.
  • This entrance is the tour start entrance at the rear of the building.
  • There are 2 floors once inside.
  • Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
  • There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
  • 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: seating and a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
  • At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
  • This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
  • Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations.
  • The toilets with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the rear garden of 20 Forthlin Road.
  • This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 5m from the rear entrance of 20 Forthlin Road.
  • There is a separate exit.
  • The exit has steps, a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps) and a manual door.
  • There is an adapted toilet, standard toilets and a parent and baby room at Speke Hall.

Admissions

  • At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): The Tour.
  • This site offers companion or carer discounts.
  • Visitors must book in advance via the National Trust online booking system or by calling 0344 249 1895.

Public Transport

Parking (Main Car Park - Speke Hall)

  • This site has a car park.
  • This is an open air car park with a tarmac, grass, loose chippings and gravel surface.
  • Parking is free for all users.
  • Maps and information boards are not available.
  • There are more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
  • The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 340cm x 450cm.
  • There is no hatched zone.
  • The nearest Blue Badge bay is 36m from the Visitor Reception entrance.
  • Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings, bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band 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.

Route to (The Beatles' Childhood Homes - 20 Forthlin Street from Speke Hall Car Park)

  • Visitors to The Beatles' Childhood Homes use the Visitor Reception at Speke Hall to check-in prior to departing for the tours.
    Visitors will then take the shuttle minibus to 20 Forthlin Road or Mendips.
    The shuttle minibus is not adapted for wheelchair users.
    If your pre-booked tour departs from Liverpool South Parkway, please wait at bus stand 2 around 10 minutes before your scheduled tour start time.
  • There is a shuttle which can take visitors to this area, but wheelchair users will need to transfer into it.

Public Transport (for 20 Forthlin Road)

Parking (for 20 Forthlin Road)

  • This building does not have a car park.
  • Visitors to The Beatles' Childhood Homes Tour are requested to park at Speke Hall or Liverpool South Parkway.
    Speke Hall has standard and Blue Badge parking spaces available.
    Speke Hall offers a shuttle minibus service.
    Visitors who visit 20 Forthlin Road can park at the top of Forthlin Road and on Mather Avenue.

Toilet with Adaptations (Rear Garden - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)

  • This toilet is located at the rear of the property in the garden.
  • Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
  • The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
  • This toilet is approximately 5m from the rear entrance.
  • There is no signage on or near the door.
  • The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
  • The width of the toilet door opening is 68cm.
  • The door has a locking handle.
  • The dimensions of the cubicle are 232cm x 238cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
  • There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
  • The lateral transfer space is 160cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
  • There is a lever flush on the non transfer side.
  • 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 on the dropdown rail, wash basin and soap dispenser.
  • The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: towel dispenser.
  • The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 47cm.
  • The wash basin tap type is push.
  • The height of the wash basin is 76cm.
  • The height of the soap dispenser is 92cm.
  • The height of the towel dispenser is 100cm.
  • There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
  • There is not a shelf.
  • The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid.
  • The cubicle does not have a mirror and coat hooks.
  • The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the floor.
  • The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, all grab rails and the toilet seat.
  • Lighting levels are moderate to good.

Entrance (Tour Start - Rear)

  • The entrance surveyed is located at the rear of the building.
  • There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
  • The slight portable ramp is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
  • The ramp overcomes the step.
  • Please contact a member of staff for use of the portable ramp.
  • There is 1 step, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
  • The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
  • There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
  • The width of the opening is 78cm.
  • The pathway at the side of the house leading to the entrance door is 120cm wide.

Tour

  • The tour is guided.
  • The tour takes approximately 1 hour.
  • There is stepped access along the tour route.
  • There are doorways or openings used on the tour which are under 75cm wide.
  • The majority of walkway widths are under 120cm.
  • The tour can not be adapted to avoid inaccessible areas.
  • Areas with stepped access only can be experienced by visitors via an information booklet.
  • There is background noise along the tour route.
  • Tour information includes the following formats: information booklets and pictorial.
  • The tour has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
  • The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
  • There are a mixture of chairs with and without armrests at regular intervals along the tour.
  • The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
  • Some flooring along the tour route is smooth and even.
  • Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
  • The majority of the flooring includes large repeating patterns in bold colours, which may look like steps or holes to some people.
  • Lighting levels are varied throughout the tour route.

Stairs

  • The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
  • There are 13 steps between floors.
  • The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail on the left going up.
  • The highest step is 18cm high.
  • Lighting levels are moderate to good.

Exit (Tour Finish - Front)

  • The exit is located at the front of the building.
  • There is step-free access via ramp at the exit.
  • The steep ramp is under 75cm wide, with no handrails.
  • The ramp overcomes the steps.
  • Please contact a member of staff for use of the portable ramp.
  • There are 2 steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
  • Some of the steps are not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm) .
  • There is a single manual door which opens towards you.
  • The width of the opening is 78cm.