Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: a reception.
- The most accessible entrance has a narrow entrance opening and a gate.
- This entrance is located at the top of the car park and to the right.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating, facilities for assistance dogs, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and a step free standard toilet.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block, by the reception counter.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 40m from the car park entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block, by the reception counter.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Whitehaven.
- The station is approximately 21 miles away from this venue.
- 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 gravel 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 3 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 340cm x 480cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 5m from the reception counter entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings and slopes/ramps.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
- The blue badge bays do not have markings, and so dimensions are approximate.
Standard parking bays are marked with raised timber, which may present a hazard to some people.
Admissions
- Parking is free for National Trust members but chargeable for all other visitors.
Visitor Reception
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 90cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access around the area.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) within the majority of the area.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 105cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter has a hearing assistance system which is not signed.
- The hearing assistance system could not be tested at the time of the survey.
- There are tables and chairs without armrests available in the visitor reception.
- Services/facilities available include: a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a self-serve coffee machine at a height of 124cm.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the top of the car park and to the right.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- There is a kissing gate 15 metres after this access point, along the main path.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: grass, gravel, compact earth, uncompacted earth, shingle and loose stones.
- 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 slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- The slopes are located along the main trails in this area, with very steep slopes on the main trail to Scafell Pike.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have gates and kissing gates which may create obstacles for some users.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right-Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block, which is at the front left of the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 35m from the car park entrance.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 89cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 147cm x 215cm 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 68cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is no flush .
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side, a vertical grab rail on the non 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 82cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 90cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 108cm.
- The height of the baby change is 101cm.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it is not at a recommended height (within 10cm from the floor).
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid and a padded back rest for seat.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the internal door, the floor and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 89cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a female toilet in the same location.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 96cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are low.
- There are hand dryers.