Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Additional amenities in this area include: Formby sand dunes, the beach, and woodland.
- Amenities in this area include: Formby sand dunes, the beach, and woodland.
- The most accessible entrance has slight ramps/slopes and steep ramps/slopes.
- This entrance is the Cornerstone Trail, the Squirrel Walk, and the Asparagus Trail.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating, maps, 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 and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found adjacent to the Blue Badge bays in the car park, reachable via the surfaced pathway.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found near the car park.
- Staff members and colleagues are available at the National Trust in the car park, and on access to the beach.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: outside areas.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: car parking.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.
- ANPR is in operation at this site.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Freshfield.
- The distance from Freshfield Station is approximately 0.7 miles.
- 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 and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 10 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 8m from the the National Trust visitor tent.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings, dropped kerbs and a road crossing.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Accessible Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located near the car park.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 74cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 90cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 74cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 76cm.
- The surface height of the highest table is 92cm.
- There is 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 compacted earth.
- There may be food and refreshment trucks near the car park area at peak times.
- There are other picnic areas that have sloped/and or stepped access at this site.
Hikes and Trails (Formby Asparagus Trail)
- The trail is approximately 1.75 miles.
- The route starts from the car park, around old asparagus fields, as well as highlighting the few fields left in cultivation.
- There are picnic tables along the way, as well as shorter and longer routes to extend your walk.
- The trail is not open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: tarmac, loose chippings, grass, concrete, compacted gravel, mud and sand.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: the trail.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards with large maps and online maps.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.
- The terrain of the asparagus trail varies greatly.
- The majority of the trail is surfaced with either compacted stone or tarmac.
- Some sections are covered with a green plastic mesh.
- The route is generally flat, though a few sections have gradients up to 1:8.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located adjacent to the Blue Badge bays in the car park, reachable via the surfaced pathway.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 20m from the car park.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 148cm x 258cm 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 77cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the 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 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 90cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 76cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 102cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 105cm.
- The height of the baby change is 92cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails, the dropdown rail and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Male)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 77cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 77cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
Standard Toilet (Female)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 77cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.