Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is to the right of the pavilion entrance. View information about this toilet (new tab).
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: access to the site.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The Gloucester Route 1 stops at the nearest bus stop.
- The nearest train station is Gloucester.
- Gloucester train station is approximately 10 miles away.
There is not a regular bus service from the station to the site. - 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair. 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 visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Visitor Reception (Admissions, Welcome Office, Food Kiosk and The Book Shed)
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the area.
- The flooring is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 93cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background, has windows, TVs and glazed screens or mirrors which could adversely affect the ability of someone to lip read.
- The counter has a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- 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.
- Since Covid, visitors are not permitted to enter the building. A member of staff will come out to take orders/payments.
Drinks are brought to the picnic area by a member of staff. The book shed in located to the right of visitor reception.