Access Guide
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a compacted 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 6 Blue Badge parking bays.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, a road crossing, a lack of pedestrian walkways to cross the car park and bollards with low colour contrast and no visual identification band.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- There is not a designated drop-off point.
Toilet with Adaptations (Car Park - Ambulant - Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located in the toilet block next to the car park.
- There is step-free level access into the toilet.
- 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 82cm.
- The door has a twist lock.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the doorway with a height of more than 1.5cm.
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 180cm x 185cm 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 97cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a spatula flush on the right transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the door and a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and hand dryer.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 42cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 100cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever mixer.
- The height of the wash basin is 78cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 90cm.
- The height of the hand dryer is 90cm.
- 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 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 floor, all grab rails and the toilet seat.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the dropdown rail.
- Lighting levels are low.
- The toilet was out of use at the time of survey (20/11/2023) due to structural movement. The reopening date was unknown.
Standard Toilet (Car Park)
- 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 low colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 66cm.
- Internally the door has a low colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- 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.
- There is a baby change facility which is not at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.