Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Additional amenities in this area include: Formby sand dunes, the beach, and woodland.
- Amenities in this area include: Formby sand dunes, the beach, and woodland.
- The most accessible entrance has slight ramps/slopes and steep ramps/slopes.
- This entrance is the Cornerstone Trail, the Squirrel Walk, and the Asparagus Trail.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating, maps, a large map in the car park and an information board in the car park.
- This site is not part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found adjacent to the Blue Badge bays in the car park, reachable via the surfaced pathway.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found near the car park.
- Staff members and colleagues are available at the National Trust in the car park, and on access to the beach.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All areas.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All areas.
- Parking charges apply to all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Freshfield.
- The distance from Formby Station is approximately 0.7 miles.
- 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 tarmac and compacted gravel surface.
- There are parking charges for all users.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are more than 10 Blue Badge parking bays.
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bay(s) surveyed are 230cm x 470cm.
- There is a hatched zone on both sides and to the rear.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 8m from the the National Trust visitor tent.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings, dropped kerbs and a road crossing.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
- There is a sand wheelchair that can be borrowed, which needs to be booked in advance.
You can borrow this from the kiosk in the car park. View more information about booking and collection of equipment..
Hikes and Trails (Cornerstone Walk)
- The walk is approximately 1 mile.
- The route is from the car park, through the woodlands and leads down to the beach area.
- The walk is open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: mud.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: The route is very uneven due to tree roots and steep slopes approximately 600m into the walk.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards without maps and online maps.
- Seating is available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.
- Surfaces on the trail include loose pine needles.
Hikes and Trails (Squirrel Walk)
- The trail is approximately 0.5 miles.
- The route is circular from the car park and through the woods.
- The trail is not open 24 hours.
- None of the paths are lit at night.
- The route includes the following surfaces: mud.
- Some of the route contains steep gradients and very uneven surfaces.
- These are found in the following areas: The woodlands.
- There are no alternative routes to avoid these areas.
- The route is not clearly signposted.
- The route has information boards with large maps and online maps.
- Seating is not available on the route.
- There are no toilet facilities along the route.
- Surfaces along the route include compacted earth with fallen pine needles.
The ground is very uneven in places due to exposed tree roots.
Family Picnic Areas
- The following information describes the picnic area located within Victoria Wood and near the car park.
- Access into the area is via slight ramps/slopes.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- There are picnic tables.
- No chairs have armrests on both sides.
- Adapted picnic tables are available.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the lowest picnic table is 74cm.
- The distance between the floor and the underside of the highest picnic table is 90cm.
- The standard height for the underside of picnic tables is 74cm.
- The surface height of the lowest table is 76cm.
- The surface height of the highest table is 92cm.
- 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 compacted earth.
- There may be food and refreshment trucks near the car park area at peak times.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located adjacent to the Blue Badge bays in the car park, reachable via the surfaced pathway.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 20m from the car park.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 148cm x 258cm 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 77cm 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 47cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 90cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 76cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 102cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 105cm.
- The height of the baby change is 92cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a nappy/incontinence items bin and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a mirror.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails, the dropdown rail and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails and the floor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet (Male)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 77cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male standard toilet was surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 77cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
Standard Toilet (Female)
- Access into the toilet is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 78cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 77cm.
- The wash basin tap type is sensor.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.