Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: gardens, woodlands and open countryside.
- The most accessible entrance has steps, slight ramps/slopes, steep ramps/slopes and a gate.
- This entrance is located on the right along the road leading from Elterwater to YHA Langdale.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Windermere.
- Windermere station is approximately 9 miles away from the YHA Langdale overflow car park.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a shared car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel, compacted gravel and compacted earth surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
- This car park is shared with YHA Langdale and is an overflow car park.
The parking bays are marked widthways with raised timber, which may present a trip hazard.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located on the right along the road leading from Elterwater to YHA Langdale.
- Access into the area is via steps, slight ramps/slopes and steep ramps/slopes.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There are 10+ steps, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The gate has a latch lock.
- The width of the gap is 78cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland, gardens and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: cobbled, loose chippings, grass, gravel, bonded gravel, compact earth and uncompacted earth.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails, steep ramps/slopes without handrails, less than 3 steps without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- The slopes and steps are located on the main paths throughout the area.
- There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.
- Some walking routes make use of the public roads, on which there are cattle grids that may be difficult to traverse.