Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Additional amenities in this area include: Conservation, Wildlife and Marshland Walks.
- Staff/volunteers cannot describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park.
- Dogs must be kept on a lead.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Equipment cannot be borrowed or hired.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All areas.
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): None.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the.
- The nearest train station is Wivenhoe.
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac and gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, grass and slopes/ramps.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the side of the car park.
- 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 access point in the car park leads directly onto National Trust land and working farmland. It is approximately a half a mile walk to the sea/marshes wall from this access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth and uncompacted earth.
- 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 steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps with handrails in the main areas .
- Slopes are located throughout the area. The steps are utilised to get to the higher points of the sea/marsh wall pathways.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Steps (Access to the Upper Sea/Marshes Pathway)
- There are 10 or more steps.
- The steps are clearly marked with a handrail on the left going up.
- There are 3 sets of these steps, some with a handrail on the right when ascending and others with handrail on the left.
Hikes and Trails
- The walk is approximately 1 mile.
- The route is from the car park to the sea/marshes wall and back to the car park.
- The hike is not open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: grass and compacted gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients, steps and very uneven surfaces.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is not clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards with large maps.
- Seating is not available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.