Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this building include: exhibition rooms, a museum and historic interiors.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope (which bypasses any steps), manual doors and a door permanently held open.
- This entrance is the main entrance on the ground floor.
- There are 4 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: standard lift, stair lift and stairs.
- There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
- 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 BSL interpreter, a companion/carer discount, facilities for assistance dogs, a virtual tour, on site-transport, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a Changing Places facility, a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people, ambulant cubicles and step free standard toilets.
- There is a Changing Place which can be found on the eastern side of the Manor.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found at the rear left corner of Waddesdon Manor.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 46m from the Manor entrance.
- The standard toilets can be found on the lower ground level referred to as the cellar.
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.
Route to (the House)
- The fastest and most accessible route to the House is via the estate's shuttlebus.
The pick up point is next to the visitor car park at the Welcome Pavilion.
Board the bus for the short journey to The North Fountain drop off point.
Head down the gravel drive until you reach the House. - The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are gravel and bonded gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is an accessible shuttle which can take visitors to this area.
Entrance
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of Waddesdon - House.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The slight ramp is between 75cm and 150cm 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.
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 124cm.
- There is a second set of manual doors (with one door locked) which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 81cm.
- There is a steep ramp between 75cm and 150cm wide beyond the entrance, with no handrails.
- The ramp overcomes the steps.
- Please contact a member of staff for use of the portable ramp.
- There are 3 steps beyond the entrance, which are unmarked, with no handrails.
Tour
- The tour is self-guided but volunteers/staff are available to provide additional information.
- The tour takes approximately 60 minutes.
- There is step-free access via lift throughout the tour.
- The majority of walkway widths are between 120cm and 180cm.
- There is no (or very little) background noise along the tour route.
- Tour information includes the following formats: information booklets and information board.
- Floor plans/maps are available for the tour route.
- The tour does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are bench seats and chairs with armrests at regular intervals along the tour.
- Some flooring along the tour route is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
- Lighting levels are varied throughout the tour route.
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Lift
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- This lift is a stair lift (staff assistance required).
Lift
- A member of staff needs to be notified for use of the lift.
- The floors which are accessible by this lift are the cellar (lower G), G and 1.
- Externally the lift has: a door with a low colour contrast to the surroundings, buttons with a low colour contrast to the surroundings and controls at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The lift does not have a recommended turning space (150cm x 150cm) in front of it.
- The lift door opening width is 76cm.
- The dimensions of the lift are 112cm x 132cm.
- Internally the lift has: controls at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- Lighting levels are low.
Stairs (Main House Stairs)
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are Ground floor, 1 and 2.
- There are more than 20 steps between floors.
- The steps are not clearly marked with no handrails.
- The highest step is 17cm high.
- This is a spiral staircase and will be narrower in some areas.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Stairs (Wine Cellar - Basement)
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are Ground Floor and Wine Cellar.
- There are 16 steps between floors.
- The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail on the right going down.
- The highest step is 14cm high.
- Lighting levels are low.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 83cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The height of the baby change table is 95cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- There is a chair without armrests available in the room.
- There is a toilet in the parent and baby room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin and a general waste bin without lid.
Changing Places
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Location and Access
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- The facility is additional to standard and accessible toilets, and is located close to other managed facilities.
- There is step-free level access into the facility.
- There is pictorial, written text, ‘Not All Disabilities Are Visible’ and ‘Stoma Friendly’ signage on or near the door.
- A RADAR key is required for access to this facility.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 83cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The door has a horizontal grab rail.
- The dimensions of the facility are 290cm x 277cm.
- The ceiling height is at a minimum height of 2.4m and there is a clear 200cm x 180cm manoeuvring space in the facility.
- The facility has not got a non-slip floor.
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Toilet Details
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- There are lateral transfer spaces on both sides of the seat.
- The transfer space on the right as you face the toilet is 95cm.
- The transfer space on the left as you face the toilet is 83cm.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, vertical grab rails on both sides of the toilet and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on both sides of the seat.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor, the toilet seat and some grab rails.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all dropdown rails, some grab rails and the internal door.
- The toilet seat is 43cm above the floor.
- There is a spatula flush on the right transfer side.
- There a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from floor).
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 58cm.
- The toilet has a cistern.
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Changing Bench and Hoist Details
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- The facility changing bench is wall mounted and height-adjustable.
- The length of the facility changing bench is 180cm.
- The changing places hoist is powered overhead and covers all areas in the cubicle.
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Other Facilities
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- There is a height adjustable wash basin.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- The towel dispenser is 100cm from the floor.
- The facility has: a full length mirror, a waste bin with lid, a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin, a pedal bin and a privacy screen.
- There is a shelf located where it is reachable for seated and standing users.
- The shelf does meet the criteria for Stoma Friendly Toilets. For the Stoma Friendly Toilets criteria click here and scroll to the Stoma Friendly tab in the right hand pane.
- The coat hooks are 104cm and 138cm from the floor.
- Wide tear off paper roll is available.
- The height of the wide paper roll dispenser is 106cm.
- There is not a visual fire alarm beacon within the toilet.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located at the rear left of Waddesdon Manor.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 192m from the Manor entrance.
- There is pictorial, written text and ‘Not All Disabilities Are Visible’ signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 92cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 269cm x 144cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 142cm 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 door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 45cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 89cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 81cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 105cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 109cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 106cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, all grab rails and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are low.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 76cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 59cm.
- There is an ambulant cubicle available with horizontal grab rails on both sides.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The baby change table is only available in the female toilets.