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The Brewery Shopping Centre

Waterloo Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 1AU

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Introduction

  • Services / facilities within the building include Pizza Express, Frankie & Benny's, Nandos, Mcdonald's, AJ Chocolate, Zizzi, Toby Carvery, Costa, Cosmo, Starbucks, Kidspace, Sainsbury's, Namco Bowling and Vue Cinema.
  • Services / facilities within the grounds include an outdoor retail park surrounding three sides of the car park.
  • Comments View
    • For toilet facilities within the mall, please see the individual access guides.

Location

  • The venue is situated within the centre of the town.
  • This venue is situated in Romford.
  • The venue is not situated on a road which has a steep gradient.
  • There is a bus stop within 150m (164yds) of the venue.
  • The nearest mainline station is Romford.
  • The venue is in a shopping mall.

Parking (Surface Open Air)

  • The venue does have its own car park.
  • Venue Car Park View
    • Parking is not free for all users.
    • The car park type is open air/surface.
    • Parking spaces for Blue Badge holders cannot booked in advance.
    • There are 10+ designated parking bay(s) within the car park.
    • The dimensions of the designated parking bay(s) are 250cm x 480cm (8ft 2in x 15ft 9in).
    • The route from the car park to the entrance is accessible to a wheelchair user unaided.
    • The car park surface is tarmac.
    • The patron does not have to cross a road.
    • The car park does not have a height restriction barrier.
  • Drop-off Point View
    • There is not a designated drop off point.
  • Comments View
    • There are 10+ wider Blue Badge bays measuring 360 x 470 cm.
    • There is a total of 53 Blue badge bays at surface level.
    • Including the multi storey car park there is a total of 1774 spaces.

Parking (Multi Storey)

  • The venue does have its own car park.
  • Venue Car Park View
    • Parking is not free for all users.
    • The car park type is multi storey.
    • Parking spaces for Blue Badge holders cannot booked in advance.
    • There are 10+ designated parking bay(s) within the car park.
    • The dimensions of the designated parking bay(s) are 370cm x 480cm (12ft x 15ft).
    • The nearest designated bay is 8m (8yd 2ft) from the car park entrance.
    • The furthest designated bay is 25m (27yd 13in) from the car park entrance.
    • The route from the car park to the entrance is accessible to a wheelchair user unaided.
    • The car park surface is concrete.
    • The patron does not have to cross a road.
    • The car park does have a height restriction barrier.
  • Drop-off Point View
    • There is not a designated drop off point.
  • Comments View
    • There are 17 Blue Badge bays at 1st floor level.
    • There are 15 Blue Badge bays at 2nd floor level.

Outside Access (Pedestrian Entrance -Exchange Street)

  • This information is for the entrance located on Exchange Street.
  • There is not level access into the venue.
  • The main doors open (no doors).
  • Comments View
    • There are bollards at the entrance.
    • The clear width between bollards is 254cm.

Level Change (Pedestrian Entrance -Exchange Street)

  • There is a ramp or slope to access this service.
  • The ramp or slope is located to the left of Starbucks.
  • The ramp or slope is permanent.

Outside Access (The Mall)

  • This information is for the entrance located at the front of the building.
  • There is level access into the venue.
  • The main doors open automatically.
  • The doors are double width.
  • The door opening is 165cm (5ft) wide.

Outside Access (Car Park Entrance)

  • This information is for the entrance located between the mall and the car park.
  • There is level access into the venue.
  • The main doors open automatically.
  • The doors are double width.
  • The door opening is 172cm (5ft) wide.

Inside Access (Mall)

  • There is level access to the service.
  • This venue does not play background music.
  • Motorised scooters are welcomed in public parts of the venue.
  • Lighting levels are bright.
  • Customers can charge scooters or wheelchairs at the venue.

Other Floors (Mall)

  • Escalators View
    • Escalator(s) can be used to access other floors.
    • The floors which are accessible by escalator are G-1-2.
    • The escalators steps are not clearly marked.
    • The head and foot of the escalators are not clearly marked.
  • Comments View
    • There is a travelator between the ground and 1st floor going up only.
    • The escalator is down only between 1st and ground floors.

Lift (Mall)

  • There is a lift for public use.
  • The lift is a standard lift.
  • The floors which are accessible by this lift are G-1-2-3-4.
  • Staff do not need to be notified for use of the lift.
  • The clear door width is 109cm (3ft 7in).
  • The dimensions of the lift are 175cm x 165cm (5ft 9in x 5ft 5in).
  • There are not separate entry and exit doors in the lift.
  • There is a mirror to aid reversing out of the lift.
  • The lift does not have a visual floor indicator.
  • The lift does not have an audible announcer.
  • The controls for the lift are within reach for a wheelchair user.
  • The lift controls do have Braille markings.
  • The lift controls do have tactile markings.
  • The lighting level in the lift is low.

Other Floors (Car Park)

  • Steps View
    • The floors which are accessible by stairs are G-1-2-3-4.
    • There are 15+ steps between floors.
    • The steps are clearly marked.
    • The steps are medium.
    • The steps do have handrails.
    • The steps have a handrail on both sides.
    • There is a landing.
    • The lighting level is bright.

Lift (Car Park)

  • There is a lift for public use.
  • The lift is located next to the car park entrance.
  • The lift is a standard lift.
  • The floors which are accessible by this lift are G-1-2-3-4.
  • The lift is 2m (6ft 7in) from car park entrance.
  • Staff do not need to be notified for use of the lift.
  • The clear door width is 110cm (3ft 7in).
  • The dimensions of the lift are 185cm x 165cm (6ft 1in x 5ft 5in).
  • There are not separate entry and exit doors in the lift.
  • There is a mirror to aid reversing out of the lift.
  • The lift does not have a visual floor indicator.
  • The lift does not have an audible announcer.
  • The controls for the lift are within reach for a wheelchair user.
  • The lift controls do have Braille markings.
  • The lift controls do have tactile markings.
  • The lighting level in the lift is low.

Accessible Toilet

  • There are not accessible toilets within this venue designated for public use.

Standard Toilet(s)

Additional Info

  • Staff do receive disability awareness / equality training.
  • A member of staff trained in BSL skills is not normally on duty.