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Introduction

Services / facilities within the building include Council services and enquiries from the public on services such as planning, environment, neighbourhood watch, allotments, volunteering and complaints. There are occasional meetings for public and councillors in the meeting room.

Public Car Parks View
- There is a car park for public use within 200m (approx).
- The name of the car park is The Grove.
- The car park is located on Grove Road to the rear of the venue.
- There is not a/are not Blue Badge parking bay(s) available within the car park.
On Street Blue Badge Parking View
- On street marked Blue Badge bays are not available.
On Street Standard Parking View
- Clearly signed and / or standard marked parking bays are not available.
Drop-off Point View
- There is not a designated drop off point.

Entrance View
- This information is for the entrance located at the front of Baildon Library.
- There is stepped access at this entrance.
- There is not a bell/buzzer.
- There is not an intercom.
- The main door(s) open(s) away from you (push).
- The door(s) may be difficult to open.
- The door(s) is/are single width with a locked extension leaf.
- The width of the door opening is 85cm.
- There is a second set of doors.
- The door(s) open(s) away from you (push).
- The door(s) is/are single width.
- The door(s) is/are permanently held open.
- The width of the door opening is 72cm.
Step(s) View
- The step(s) is/are located to the front of the building at the library door.
- There is/are 1 step(s).
- The step(s) is/are not clearly marked.
- The height of the step(s) is/are not between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the step(s) is/are 8cm.
Comments View
- This entrance is only open between the hours of 10:00 to 17:00 Monday - Tuesday and 10:00 to 14:00 Wednesday - Thursday.
- Visitors can enter via the library and report to the librarian who will inform the council team.

Entrance View
- This information is for the entrance located to the side of the building on The Grove.
- There is stepped access at this entrance.
- There is not a bell/buzzer.
- There is not an intercom.
- The main door(s) open(s) away from you (push).
- The door(s) may be difficult to open.
- The door(s) is/are single width.
- The width of the door opening is 75cm.
Step(s) View
- The step(s) is/are located to the front left of the entrance.
- There is/are 11 step(s).
- The step(s) is/are not clearly marked.
- The height of the step(s) is/are not between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the step(s) is/are 19cm.
- There is a/are handrail(s) at the step(s).
- The handrail(s) is/are on the right going up.
- Handrails are not at the recommended height (90cm-100cm).
- Handrails do cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- Handrails are easy to grip.
- Handrails do extend horizontally beyond the first and last steps.
Comments View
- At the entrance door there is a step at a height of 8cm.
- This door is locked and only opened by a member of the council team.

Entrance View
- This information is for the entrance located to the rear of the building on The Grove.
- There is stepped access at this entrance.
- There is a bell/buzzer.
- The height of the bell/buzzer is 155cm (5ft 1in).
- There is not an intercom.
- The main door(s) open(s) away from you (push).
- The door(s) is/are easy to open.
- The door(s) is/are single width.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
Step(s) View
- The step(s) is/are located at the entrance door.
- There is/are 1 step(s).
- The step(s) is/are not clearly marked.
- The height of the step(s) is/are between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the step(s) is/are 15cm.
Comments View
- After the step there is a lip in the doorway at a height of 7cm.

This information is for the entrance located on the first floor of the building.

Entrance View
- There is stepped access at this entrance.
- There is not a bell/buzzer.
- There is not an intercom.
- The main door(s) open(s) away from you (push).
- The door(s) is/are single width.
- The door(s) may be difficult to open.
- The width of the door opening is 61cm.
- There is a second set of doors.
- The door(s) open(s) towards you (pull).
- The door(s) is/are single width.
- The door(s) may be difficult to open.
- The width of the door opening is 69cm.
Step(s) View
- The step(s) is/are located from the library on ground floor.
- There is/are 17 step(s).
- The step(s) is/are clearly marked.
- The height of the step(s) is/are not between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the step(s) is/are 19cm.
- There is a/are handrail(s) at the step(s).
- The handrail(s) is/are on the left going up.
- Handrails are not at the recommended height (90cm-100cm).
- Handrails do cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- Handrails are not easy to grip.
- Handrails do not extend horizontally beyond the first and last steps.
- The lighting levels at the step(s) are moderate to good.
Comments View
- Although the offices are on the first floor, meetings can be held downstairs in the library. Please speak to a member of the library staff.

The meeting room is occasionally used by the public for formal pre-arranged meetings.
It has a single door which opens away (push) is easy to open and has an opening width of 70cm.

Availability and Location of Standard Toilets View
- Standard toilet facilities are available.
Access to Standard Shared Toilet(s) View
- The shared toilets that were surveyed are located to the rear of the office.
- The shared toilet(s) is/are approximately 8m (8yd 2ft) from the The Grove side entrance.
- Inside the venue, there is level access to the shared toilet(s).
- Lighting levels in the shared toilets are moderate to good.