Access Guide
Overview
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About
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- The Department of Veterinary Medicine (Equine Diagnostic Centre) is a small building with 2 floors.
- There is 1 staircase within the building.
- The floors are not signed.
- There is not a toilet with adaptations available.
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Parking and Public Transport
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- The venue does not have its own car park.
- The name of the nearest car park is Department of Veterinary Medicine Car Park.
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- The nearest train station is Cambridge.
- The nearest bus station is Cambridge Bus Station.
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Getting Inside
- The approach to the building is step-free via a slight slope.
- The Department of Veterinary Medicine (Equine Diagnostic Centre) has one entrance with manual doors. The entrance provides step-free access to the ground floor.
- The entrance is signed as Pathology Bacterial Infection Group Teaching Laboratory.
- The main entrance provides step-free access via a slight slope.
Getting Around
- There is step-free level access on the ground floor.
- Access to Seminar Rooms 2 and 3 on the first floor are via the staircase.
- Floor surfaces along circulation routes are carpeted, hard and smooth with some having a shiny finish.
- There are no resting areas.
- There is some wall mounted wayfinding signage.
- There are no manual doors in any circulation corridors.
Toilet and Changing Facilities
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Toilet Facilities
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- The male and female toilet facilities are located on the ground floor.
Rooms and Services in the Building
Entrance
- This entrance is located at the front of the building.
- The approach to the entrance has uneven surfaces.
- The entrance area is clearly signed.
- There is not a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is step-free access via slope at the entrance.
- The slope has a slight gradient.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide with no handrails.
- There is a key fob/card reader at a height of 110cm.
- There is a bell at a height of 135cm.
- There are double manual doors at this entrance, however one door is locked.
- The doors open towards you.
- The width of the opening is 66cm.
- The doors have a high colour contrast.
- There is a push pad or push button to exit at a height of 116cm.
- There is a second set of double manual doors .
- The second set of doors are permanently held open.
- The width of the opening is 136cm.
- The second set of doors have a high colour contrast.
- There is step-free level access as you enter.
Stairs
- The stairs surveyed are located at the rear of the building.
- The ground floor and floor 1 can be accessed by these stairs.
- There are 19 steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked and have handrails on both sides.
- The handrails are easy to grip.
- The handrails cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- The handrails do not extend horizontally beyond the first and last step.
- The height of the steps is between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the highest step is 18cm.
- The depth of the steps is not between 30cm and 45cm.
- The steps have open risers.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey, with unshaded light sources.