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The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and a gate.
This entrance is at the front of the gardens.
There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is to the left as you enter the visitor centre. View information about this toilet (new tab).

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 visitor reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
There are two wheelchairs available to borrow with no charge.
Please call 01730 811 960 to reserve.

Exit the visitor centre via the café and follow the signs to the right.
Go through the gate directly ahead and the formal garden rooms are on the right.
The route to the area is step-free level.
Path surfaces along the route are gravel, cobbles and bonded gravel.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no accessible shuttle to this area.

This information is for the access point located at the front of the Formal Garden Rooms.
There is step-free level access into the area.
There is a gate at the surveyed access point which is permanently held open.
The gate is not self-closing.
The width of the gap is 137cm.
The following outdoor facilities are available: formal gardens.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, block paving and gravel.
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 and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
There is a slight slope with no handrails and 4 unmarked steps with no handrails as you enter the formal garden rooms on the right.
There are 3 unmarked steps with no handrails down into the fountain garden.
From the fountain garden, there are two unmarked steps with no handrails up into the vegetable garden.
There are 3 unmarked steps with no handrails leading to the well garden.
There is one unmarked step with no handrails to access the orangery from the vegetable garden.
There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.

The entrance surveyed is located to either side of the Orangery.
There is stepped access at the entrance.
There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
The width of the opening is 83cm.
There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of less than 1.5cm.
There are two identical entrances either end of the Orangery.