Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- The following are also available: maps, an accessible route map and an information board in the car park.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a parent and baby room, standard toilets and accessible toilets.
- There are 2 toilets with adaptations for disabled people.
- The toilets with adaptations for disabled people surveyed can be found in the toilet block, to the right from the Visitor Centre exit..
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 20m from the Visitor Centre exit.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found in the toilet block, to the right from the Visitor Centre exit.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: parking, Coach House Café, shop, second hand bookshop, and parkland.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: the Landscape Garden and Walk Wood.
- This site offers companion or carer discounts.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Uckfield.
- Uckfield Station is approximately 8 miles from Sheffield Park.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: potholes and speed bumps.
- This is an open air car park with a tarmac, loose chippings and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- 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 430cm x 460cm.
- There is no hatched zone.
- The nearest Blue Badge bay is 10m from the Visitor Centre entrance.
- Obstacles from the car park include: loose chippings 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.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: ear defenders, fidget toys, binoculars, magnifying glass, accessible maps and sensory maps.
- You can borrow these from the counter staff at Visitor Reception. 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 Reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Visitor Centre
- Access into the area is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens both ways and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 146cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access around the visitor centre.
- The majority of aisle widths are over 150cm.
- There is room for wheelchair users to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm) throughout the visitor centre.
- All flooring is smooth and even.
- There is step-free level access to the counter.
- The height of the counter is 82cm.
- There is not a low level section at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The counter is placed in front of a patterned background.
- The counter does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are tables and chairs with armrests available in the visitor centre.
- Services/facilities available include: a portable card machine for payment and a member of staff to provide assistance.
- There is background noise here.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- The exit door is manual, opens both ways and has a medium colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the exit door opening is 140cm.
Ramp or Slope (To Toilet Block)
- The slope is steep.
- The slope does not have handrails.
Parent and Baby Room / Baby Feeding Room
- Access into the room is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 79cm.
- Internally the door has a medium colour contrast.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of less than 1.5cm.
- The height of the baby change table is 91cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- There is a toilet in the parent and baby room.
- Waste bins include: a nappy bin.
Toilet with Adaptations (Toilet Block - Accessible - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located around to the right from the Visitor Centre exit, up the sloped pavement, at the side of the toilet block.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 20m from the Visitor Centre exit.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a medium 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 213cm x 195cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 118cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a lever 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 101cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 72cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 99cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 92cm.
- 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 sanitary bin and a pedal bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 142cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, some grab rails, the dropdown rail and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the toilet seat and some grab rails.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Toilet with Adaptations (Toilet Block - Accessible - Left Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located around to the right from the Visitor Centre exit, up the sloped pavement, at the side of the toilet block.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 20m from the Visitor Centre exit.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a locking handle.
- Internally the door has a medium 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 214cm x 194cm and it has a turning space of at least 150cm x 150cm.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the seat but it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 126cm 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 103cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 73cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 99cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 87cm.
- 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 sanitary bin and a pedal bin.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror.
- The height of the coat hook is 142cm from the floor.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door, the dropdown rail, the floor and some grab rails.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: some grab rails and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a steep 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 73cm.
- Internally the door has a high 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 72cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are hand dryers.