Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this building include: a café.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access, a narrow entrance opening and a manual door.
- This entrance is the entrance at the front of the building.
- There is step-free access once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: seating, a clearly signed hearing assistance system and facilities for assistance dogs.
- At the time of our visit the hearing assistance system was working.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and standard toilets.
- There are 1 toilets with adaptations for disabled people.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block behind the café.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 60m from the café entrance.
- The standard toilet surveyed can be found in the toilet block behind the café.
Route to (Central Bark)
- The café is on the north side of the visitor complex area of the park and can be reached from the access road at the rear of the car park.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth and tarmac.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no accessible shuttle to this area.
Entrance
- The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the café.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There are double manual doors (with one door locked) which open away from you.
- The width of the opening is 73cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of less than 1.5cm
Eating and Drinking
- This is a café which serves hot and cold meals and snacks.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Staff can provide assistance and offer service to tables.
- Menu types include: counter menus and written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: drinking straws, takeaway cups and a portable card machine for payment.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
- 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 sofas, room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) and chairs without armrests available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: a priority table and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests.
- Tables are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- Some flooring in the area is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
Exit (to Rear Outdoor Seating Area)
- The exit is located at the rear right of the café, next to the counter.
- There is not step-free access at the exit.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 70cm.
Picnic Area (Central Bark Outdoor Seating)
- The following information describes the picnic area located in front, and at the rear right, of the café.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are not available.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 72cm.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs and all of the tables.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- The surface in the picnic area is not smooth and even.
- The seating area is for customers of the café only and has water bowls at most of the picnic tables for dogs.
The front seating area has step-free level access, the rear seating area is reached through the café.
The rear seating area has a dog shower, which has a gate and step to enter.
Route to (Central Bark Toilet Block)
- The toilet block is in a building between the rear of the café, and the walled kitchen garden.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth and paving stones.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
Toilet with Adaptations (Central Bark Toilet Block - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block between the rear of the café and the walled kitchen garden.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 60m from the café 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 77cm.
- The door has a sliding bolt lock.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 195cm x 168cm 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 127cm 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 vertical rail on the right side of the wash basin, a vertical grab rail on the transfer side, a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and a horizontal grab rail on the door.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, toilet roll holder and soap dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 46cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 101cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 48cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 98cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 96cm.
- The height of the baby change is 82cm.
- 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 nappy/incontinence items bin.
- 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 and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the dropdown rail and all grab rails.
Standard Toilet (Central Bark Toilet Block)
- Access into the toilet is via a step.
- There is 1 step, which is unmarked, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The female toilet was surveyed.
- There is also a male toilet in the same location.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- There are hand dryers.