Access Guide
Parking (Blue Badge Parking - Car Park 15)
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Car Park
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- The car park is located to the right of the Main Entrance.
- The car park is open air/surface.
- The car park surface consists of tarmac.
- There are 11 designated Blue Badge parking bays available.
- The Blue Badge bays are clearly marked and signposted.
- The surveyed Blue Badge parking bay dimensions are 225cm (width) x 477cm (depth).
- The dimensions of the designated Blue Badge parking bays vary in size.
- There is a marked zone to both sides and rear.
- The width of the marked zone is 131cm.
- The nearest designated bay is 64m from the Main Entrance.
- The most accessible route from the Blue Badge parking has steep slopes.
- This route has uneven surfaces.
- There is a dropped kerb with tactile paving from the designated Blue Badge parking.
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Charges and Restrictions
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- This car park is for Blue Badge holders only.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Blue Badge holders can enter their Blue Badge serial number at a payment machine to receive free parking.
- Payment machines are located at the side of the car park and inside the main building.
- There is not a payment machine with controls at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- Payment can also be made online or using an app.
Car Park 15
- Car Park 15 is a car park for Blue Badge holders only.
- The car park is located off the main access road through the hospital grounds, opposite the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, and is accessed off the access route signposted for Greenoaks.
- There is an automatic barrier at the car park entrance which was not in use at the time of the survey.
- The car park is signed, but the signage is not visible from the main access road through the hospital grounds.
- For more information about the car park please see the Car Parking guide.
Car Park 15 to Main Car Park Entrance
- From the car park head towards the yellow bollards which run along the far edge of the car park.
- The car park surface is uneven in places (shown in photograph 2).
- In front of the yellow bollards is a pedestrian walkway.
- The pedestrian walkway is clearly marked and has a width of 127cm.
- The surface of the pedestrian walkway and car park is tarmac.
- After joining the pedestrian walkway turn right and proceed towards the hospital building.
- Proceed past the zebra crossing on the left.
- Just beyond the zebra crossing is a dropped kerb with tactile paving (shown in photograph 6).
- Proceed up the dropped kerb and at the fork just ahead bear left.
- Continue to the crossing point for the main car park entrance.
- There is a slight downhill slope leading to the crossing point (shown in photographs 9 and 10).
Crossing Main Car Park Entrance
- There is a designated crossing point over the entrance to the main car park.
- The crossing point has dropped kerbs with tactile paving on both sides.
- There are no markings on the road at the crossing point.
- There is a speed bump just to the right of the crossing point on the road.
- The road is busy with traffic travelling from right to left.
Main Car Park Entrance to Main Crossing Point
- After crossing the main car park entrance proceed along the footpath ahead.
- The footpath is tarmac.
- There is a yellow bollard in the middle of the footpath.
- The bollard reduces the width of the footpath to a minimum of 156cm.
- Beyond the bollard there is a slight downhill gradient (3.9 degrees) (shown in photographs 3 and 4).
- Continue along the footpath and follow it around a slight right hand bend.
- As the footpath bends there is tactile paving at the left hand side for the dropped kerb of the drop off point. There is also a camber from right to left along this section of the footpath, created by the dropped kerb.
- Continue along the footpath towards the end of the tactile paved area.
- Turn right onto a block paved area and continue towards the hospital building and the main crossing point.
- There is a slight downhill slope leading to the main crossing point (shown in photograph 10).
Main Crossing Point
- The main crossing point has dropped kerbs with tactile paving on both sides.
- There are bollards on the footpath side of the tactile paving on both sides.
- The bollards do not contrast visually with the paving, but they do have a visual identification band at the top.
- The minimum width between the bollards on both sides is 155cm.
- The crossing is marked in black and white.
- Some of the white markings are faded.
- The surface of the crossing is tarmac.
- The road is busy with traffic travelling in both directions.
- There is a very slight slope from right to left on the crossing point.
Main Crossing Point to Main Hospital Entrance
- The surface of the pavement leading to the main hospital entrance is block paved.
- There is a slight uphill slope (shown in photograph 2).
- The gradient slightly increases downhill just before the entrance (shown in photograph 3).
- For information about the main entrance please see the Rotherham Hospital guide.
Entrance (Main Entrance)
- This entrance is located at the front of the hospital.
- The approach to the entrance has uneven surfaces.
- The entrance area is not clearly signed.
- There is not a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is step-free access via a slope at the entrance.
- The slope has a slight gradient.
- There are double automatic doors.
- The doors are permanently held open.
- The width of the opening is 153cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the opening.
- The doors have a medium colour contrast.
- There is a second set of double automatic doors.
- The doors open by sliding.
- The width of the opening is 158cm.
- The doors have a high colour contrast.