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The most accessible entrance has steep ramps/slopes, very steep ramp/slopes and a gate.
This entrance is the access point located at the rear of the car park.
There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.

At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: Ditchling Beacon.
At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the car park.
Parking is free for National Trust members but chargeable for all other visitors.

There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
The nearest train station is Hassocks.
Hassocks Station sis approximately 3.2 miles away.
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This site has a car park.
The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: speed bumps.
This is an open air car park with a tarmac and loose chippings 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings, slopes/ramps, bollards with high colour contrast but no visual identification band, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park, uneven surfaces and bollards with low colour contrast and a visual identification band.
There are not parent and child parking bays available.
There is not a designated drop-off point.

This information is for the access point located at the rear of the car park.
Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes, steep ramps/slopes and a very steep ramp/slope.
The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
There is an easy open gate at the surveyed access point which opens away from you (push).
The gate is not self-closing.
The gate has a latch lock.
The width of the gap is 153cm.
There are bollards at the access point which have a minimum width of 150cm and are 45cm high.
The bollards contrast visually with the paving.
The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, compact earth and loose stones.
Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no step-free level access around the area.
There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas .
There are a number of slight and steep pathways with uneven surfaces to reach the hilltop.
There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
The paths have gates which may create obstacles for some users.
There are gates with a width of 167cm to access public bridleways off South Downs Way.