Access Guide
Summary
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- Amenities in this area include: open countryside.
- The most accessible entrance has a slight ramp/slope and a gate.
- This entrance is across the road from the car park.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: a large map in the car park.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations and step free standard toilets.
- The toilet with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block off the car park.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 10m from the coastline walk entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block off the car park.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All aspects.
- Parking is free for National Trust members 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 St Erth.
- St Erth train station is approximately 16 miles from Gunwalloe coastline.
- 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 surface.
- Parking is free for National Trust members, but charges apply for all other visitors.
- There are clearly presented payment signs.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are 2 Blue Badge parking bays.
- There is no hatched zone.
- 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.
Route to (Outdoor Space)
- From the car park, turn left and head down the road, where the access point is on the right.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, tarmac and gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located across the road from the car park.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There is a gate at the surveyed access point which is permanently held open.
- The width of the gap is 105cm.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: concrete or tarmac, grass, compact earth, uncompacted earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in all of the outdoor space.
- The majority of the paths are not wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is no step-free level access around the area.
- There are steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- There are steep slopes along the entirety of the walk.
- There are bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
Route to (Food Kiosk)
- From the car park, turn left and head down the road where the food kiosk is on the left.
- The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are compact earth, tarmac and gravel.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
Eating and Drinking (Food Kiosk)
- This is a kiosk which serves hot and cold snacks.
- Access into the area is via a slight ramp/slope.
- The slope is between 75cm and 150cm wide.
- There is a counter where food and drink can be ordered.
- Menu types include: written wall menus.
- Menus are easy to read (large clear font with contrasting colours).
- The following are available here: takeaway cups and a portable card machine for payment.
- There is no (or very little) background noise here.
- There is a clearly signed hearing assistance system.
- The hearing assistance system was tested and working at the time of the survey.
- There is a counter over 85cm high without a tray rail.
- The counter is 95cm 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 bench seats available in the seating area.
- The seating area does not have: room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm), a priority table and a mixture of chairs with and without armrests.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: all of the chairs.
- Flooring in the area is not smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to gravel.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block next to the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- This toilet is approximately 10m from the coastline walk entrance.
- 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 85cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 172cm x 198cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 84cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the non 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 a vertical rail on the left side of the wash basin.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin and soap dispenser.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 45cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 94cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 95cm.
- The height of the baby change is 80cm.
- 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 waste bin without lid and a sanitary bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 156cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat, all grab rails and the internal door.
- Lighting levels are varied.
Standard Toilet
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- The door is manual, permanently held open and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 61cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- 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 80cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are varied.
- There are no hand dryers.