Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- 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.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people, step free standard toilets and a parent and baby room.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found off the shop.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 5m from the shop entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block to the right of the café.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: café, shop, toilets, beach and coastline.
- Parking is free for National Trust members but chargeable for all other visitors.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Eastbourne.
- Eastbourne Station is approximately 5.5 miles away, with direct buses running.
- Bus frequency varies throughout the year. Please check before travel.
- 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, loose chippings and compacted earth surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 7 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 230cm x 470cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides and to the rear.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 5m from the the shop entrance.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is a designated drop-off point which is flush to the footpath.
- Two Blue Badge bays have a hatched zone to the rear and one side only.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Shop
- There is step-free level access into the shop.
- The door is automatic, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 116cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- All flooring in the shop is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access around the shop.
- There is background noise here which varies, depending on the time of day.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 76cm.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- 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 in the shop include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is a handrail to the left of the path leading to the shop entrance.
Toilet with Adaptations (Shop - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the left from the shop entrance, through a push-button operated door on the left as you enter, then ahead.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 5m from the shop entrance.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 85cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 150cm x 315cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 80cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a push button flush on the wall above the toilet.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and vertical grab rails on both sides of the wash basin.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder, wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 52cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 98cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- The height of the wash basin is 71cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 97cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 94cm.
- The height of the baby change is 100cm.
- 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 full length mirror, a waste bin without lid, a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The height of the coat hook is 133cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the dropdown rail and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Entrance (Café)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the building.
- There is stepped access at the entrance.
- There are 2 steps, which are unmarked, with a handrail on the right going down.
- The handrail covers all steps.
- Some of the steps are not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm) .
- There are double manual doors which are permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 145cm.
- There is a second set of manual doors which are permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 122cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The steps and manual doors can be bypassed by entering via the shop.
Eating and Drinking
- This is a café which serves hot and cold meals and snacks.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: drinking straws, takeaway cups, two handled cups, easy grip cutlery, takeaway cutlery, a portable card machine for payment, large-handled mugs and large-handled cutlery.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is background noise here which varies, depending on the time of day.
- There is a hearing assistance system which is not signed.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There is a counter over 85cm high with a tray rail.
- The counter is 87cm high.
- There is not a section of the counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- There is step-free level access around the seating area.
- There are tables, bench seats and chairs without armrests available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: a priority table and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests.
- Tables are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The surface height of the tables is 75cm.
- All flooring in the area is smooth and even.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located to the left of the building.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are bench seats and picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 85cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.
Ramp or Slope (to Toilet Block)
- The slope is slight and over 150cm wide.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room (Toilet Block)
- There is step-free level access into the room.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 86cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The height of the baby change table is 78cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- There is no seating available in the room.
- There is a toilet in the parent and baby room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin.
Standard Toilet (Toilet Block)
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 55cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.