Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There are members of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating, a clearly signed hearing assistance system, maps, on site-transport, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- 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: an accessible toilet solely for the use of disabled people, ambulant cubicles and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found along the central corridor of the Welcome Pavilion.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 12m from the Welcome Pavilion Counter.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found along the central corridor of the Welcome Pavilion.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: Bag drop and Summer scheme.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: Grounds and the Manor House.
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): Special Events.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the property.
- The nearest train station is Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
- Aylesbury Vale Parkway is 4.1 miles from Waddesdon Manor.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 20 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 258cm x 520cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides but not to the rear.
- The hatched zone is under 120cm wide.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 18m from the Welcome Pavilion entrance.
- There are parent and child parking bays available.
- There are 4 electric vehicle charging points.
- The dimensions of the electric vehicle charging bay surveyed are 240cm x 390cm.
- There is no electric vehicle charging point designated for Blue Badge holders.
- There is a designated drop-off point with a dropped kerb which does not have tactile paving.
- Electrical charging points are free for all visitors.
Once plugged in, a member of staff must be informed at the Welcome Pavilion.
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 the Welcome Pavilion, North Fountain Shuttlebus drop-off and the Manor House. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
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.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 112cm.
- There is a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There are bench seats available in the visitor reception.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the central walkway of the Welcome Pavilion.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the Welcome Pavilion.
- There is tactile, pictorial, written text, ‘Not All Disabilities Are Visible’ and ‘Stoma Friendly’ signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 82cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 197cm x 222cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 134cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, 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 and wash basin.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 76cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 71cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 121cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 102cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does not meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and select the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The cubicle has: a full length mirror, a waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The height of the coat hook is 104cm 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: the dropdown rail, the internal door, the toilet seat and all grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 108cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 78cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with horizontal grab rails on both sides.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.