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- The Beyer Building is a large rectangular building with six floors.
- There is one main lift and one main staircase.
- The floors are signed as Basement, Ground, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
- There is not a toilet with adaptations available.
- View information on Beyer Building.
Parking and Public Transport View
- There is a campus car park, with Blue Badge parking available.
- View information on Campus Car Parks (opens new tab) .
- The nearest train station is Manchester Oxford Road.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Google Maps (opens new tab)
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- The Beyer Building is mostly staff areas.
  The Blue Badge bays for use by visitors to the Beyer Building was unavailable at the time of survey (June 2024).
  The nearest Blue Badge bays are located on Bridgeford Street.
Related Access Guides View
- The Beyer Building is linked to the John Owens Building via steps from the ground floor.
- View information on John Owens Building (opens new tab)
- The Beyer Building opens at 06.45 and closes at 17.30.

The approach to the building is step-free via a very slight slope.
Beyer Building has one main external entrance which provides step-free level access to the ground floor.
The main entrance is not named (signed as Beyer Building).
The main entrance provides step-free level access to the lift foyer on the ground floor.
Internal access from the John Owens Building is via three sets of steps and a manual door.

There is step-free level access on the ground floor,
There is step-free level access on the first and second floors via the lift.
There are split levels on all other floors which are accessed with between four and nine steps from the lift.
The rooms on the split levels are staff offices.
Floor surfaces are hard and smooth, with some having a shiny finish.
There are no resting areas in the any of the circulation or lobby areas.
There is wall mounted wayfinding signage throughout the building.
There are no manual doors in the circulation corridor, there are manual doors for access to the steps to the John Owen Building.

This entrance is located to the front of the Beyer Building.
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 very easy slope at the entrance.
There are double manual doors at this entrance, however one door is locked.
The doors open away from you.
The width of the opening is 87cm.
The doors have a high visual contrast.

The lift surveyed is located opposite the main entrance.
The distance from the main entrance is 5m.
The most accessible route to the lift has manual doors and step-free level access.
The Basement, Ground, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 floors are accessed by this lift.
The lift door has a low visual contrast.
The lift has a level manoeuvring space in front of it for a wheelchair user (150cm x 150cm).
The external lift control buttons have a medium visual contrast and tactile markings.
All of the external lift controls are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
The lift door opening width is 81cm.
The internal dimensions of the lift are 118cm (width) x 99cm (depth).
The internal lift control buttons have tactile markings and a high visual contrast.
All of the internal lift controls are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
Internally the lift has: a mirror to aid reversing, a visual floor indicator and an audible announcer.