Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a step and manual doors.
- This entrance is at the front of the building, within the graveyard.
- There are 2 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
- There is stepped access once inside.
- There is stepped access to the pulpit, pews, and the rear left and right rooms.
- There is restricted headroom and restricted room to manoeuvre at this property.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- The building is used twice a year by the local Kilmington Baptist Church and is available for prayer and burials.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all areas of the site.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Axminster.
- Axminster Station is approximately 3 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
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 grass and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are not available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings, slopes/ramps and a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Entrance (Picnic Area)
- The entrance surveyed is located to the left of the track to the car park.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual gate which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 200cm.
Picnic Area
- The following information describes the picnic area located to the left of the track to the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 66cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 66cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 69cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- 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 grass.
Outdoor Spaces (Graveyard)
- This information is for the access point located off of the track to the car park.
- Access into the area is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which opens both ways.
- The gate is not self-closing.
- The width of the gap is 96cm.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass and block paving.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor space.
- 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 more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas.
- There are 6 unmarked steps without handrails to the upper section of the graveyard.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Entrance (Meeting House)
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the building, within the graveyard.
- There is stepped access at the entrance.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The step is not at the recommended height (between 15cm - 18cm).
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 53cm.
Attraction / Exhibit (Meeting House)
- The majority of walkway widths are under 120cm.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- The exhibits do not have hearing assistance systems.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There is 1 step to access the ground floor pews.
There is 1 step to access the front of the chapel.
There are 5 steps to access the pulpit at the front of the chapel.
There are 2 steps to access the left and right rooms at the rear of the chapel.
There are 4 steps to access the pews on the first floor. - There are bench seats and chairs without armrests available in the area.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- Flooring in the area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
- Lighting levels are low in some areas.
Stairs (to First Floor Pews)
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
- There are 11 steps between floors.
- The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail on the right going up.
- The highest step is 21cm high.
- Lighting levels are varied.