Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is on the car park side of the walled garden.
- 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 an accessible route map.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is located adjacent to the tea room. View information about this toilet (new tab)
- Additional toilet facilities with adaptations for disabled people are located in a toilet block off the pathway from the car park / visitor reception. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. 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 Vyne House. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
- There is a Bus shuttle available to for visitors. This can be found at the visitor's reception.
Route to (the Walled Garden)
- Following the pathway from visitor reception will lead to the walled garden.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, gravel and muddy.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is a shuttle which can take visitors to this area, but wheelchair users will need to transfer into it.
Outdoor Spaces
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- The access points to the area are located on opposite sides of the walled garden along the pathway from the car park to the house.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: formal gardens.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel and compact earth.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas .
- Grassed pathways lead off from the main accessible pathway. Some of these pathways have a slight slope.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.