Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: picnic benches.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is adjacent to the visitor centre. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Parking (Monument Café)
- 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 tarmac surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- There are 6 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 340cm x 405cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 14m from the café entrance gate.
- Obstacles from the car park include: 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair and a running buggy. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- There are 2 x two seater buggies and a 1 x four seater buggy for hire. Visitors can enquire at the visitor centre. They are stored in the buggy shed which is located opposite the Monument Café parking area. .
Route to (Monument Café)
- From the visitor centre turn right and follow the path around to the left into the Monument Café outside seating area.
The café counter is located on the left. - The route to the area is step-free level.
- Path surfaces along the route are paving stones.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Eating and Drinking
- This is a café which serves hot and cold snacks.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: menu boards.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: drinking straws, takeaway cups, takeaway cutlery and a portable card machine for payment.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is not a hearing assistance system.
- There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
- The counter is 98cm high.
- There is not a section of the counter at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- There is step-free level access around the seating area.
- There are priority tables, chairs with armrests, adapted picnic tables and picnic tables available in the seating area.
- There are some tables which are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The surface height of the tables is 75cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs and all of the tables.
- Some flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to uneven paving/tiles.
- Adapted cutlery, two-handed feeder mugs with spouts, two handled mugs, and a dignity saucer are available and on-display behind the counter.
