Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is to the right of the visitor office.
- There is not 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 facilities for assistance dogs.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: standard toilets and a toilet with some adaptations.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found midway along the upper level of the garden.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 24m from the upper level pathway.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found midway along the upper level of the garden.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Route to (the Riverside Garden)
- From the visitor office, the entrance to the area is on the right via a gate.
- The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located to the right of the visitor office.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which is permanently held open.
- The width of the gap is 118cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: a playground with play equipment and open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel, bonded gravel, compact earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- 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 without handrails, more than 3 steps with handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas .
- The lower level has both upward and downward slopes along the walk.
There are steep steps midway that can take the you from the lower level to the upper level. - There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
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Playground
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- There is a route around the play equipment which is firm and even, and is at least 150cm wide.
- The play equipment is not in easy reach for a range of users.
- The following play experiences are available: swinging, climbing, balancing and crawling.
Toilet with Adaptations (Riverside Garden - Ambulant - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located up a slope (to the top) from the upper level of the garden. Turn right and the facility is located on the left.
- 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 24m from the upper level of the garden.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 106cm.
- The door has a hook lock.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 175cm x 225cm 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 94cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the non transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the non 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, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 72cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 71cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 104cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 81cm.
- The height of the baby change is 82cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- There are coat hooks in the toilet at 108cm and 158cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the internal door, the toilet seat and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- Internally the door has a high 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 73cm.
- The wash basin tap type is twist/turn.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.