Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is located across the road from the top car park.
- The following are also available: seating, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: an accessible toilet for the use of everyone.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found opposite the top car park to the left.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 35m from the top car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: all of the site.
- Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders but chargeable for all other visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Truro.
- Truro Station is approximately 17 miles away.
There is not a bus which travels regularly from Truro Station to the nearest bus stop. - For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking (Top Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel and compacted earth 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
Toilet with Adaptations (Top Car Park - Accessible - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located opposite the top car park, to the left.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 35m from the top car park.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 89cm.
- The door has a lever twist lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 158cm x 227cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- 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 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 48cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 103cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 102cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 91cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a full length mirror and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the dropdown rail, the toilet seat and some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are bright.
- There is an outer door to access the building the toilet is in.
The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
The width of the door opening is 86cm.
Parking (Bottom Car Park)
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted gravel and compacted earth 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 no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: slopes/ramps, a road crossing 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.
Outdoor Spaces
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The access points to the area are located across the road from the top car park. You can turn right through a gate and up a slope to the beach or left down a slope to a wooded area.
- There is an easy open gate at the surveyed access point which opens towards you (pull).
- The gate is self-closing.
- The width of the gap is 85cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: woodland, farmland and open countryside.
- The outdoor facilities also include: a beach.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass, gravel, compact earth, sand and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails, steep ramps/slopes without handrails and more than 3 steps without handrails in the main areas .
- There are slight slopes from the top car park to the beach.
There are steps and steep slopes along all paths off the main track to the beach.
There are steep slopes along the tracks which run through woodland to the right from the bottom car park. - There are some bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have easy open gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Hikes and Trails
- The hike is approximately 7 kilometres long.
- The route is a circular walk which goes through farmland and along the coast path.
- The hike is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: tarmac, grass, gravel and compacted gravel.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients, steps and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: after the main track to the beach.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is not clearly signposted.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.