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Greenwich Students' Union is located in the rear half of the Dreadnought Building on the ground floor, ahead as you enter via the front entrance on College Way.
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The most accessible route has step-free level access and shiny flooring.
There is step-free level access to enter Greenwich Students' Union.
Greenwich Students' Union is located in the main circulation area of the Dreadnought Building, and as such has no entrance, it has open plan access,.

The reception is located ahead and to the right as you enter the Dreadnought Building via the front entrance on College Way, just beyond the Dreadnought Building west lift.
The distance from the Dreadnought Building front entrance is 33m.
There is step-free level access to reception.
The height of the reception desk is 98cm.
There is a lowered section at the desk.
The height of the lowered section is 76cm.
The reception has a television and patterned/distracting backgrounds.
There is not a hearing assistance system.
There is background noise in this area.
The flooring is shiny.
Lighting levels were uneven at the time of the survey, with pools of light and shade and unshaded light sources.
There is some room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre in the seating area (150cm x 150cm).
There is space for an assistance dog to rest in the seating area.
Seating available in this area includes: chairs with armrests, chairs without armrests, sofas, benches, stools and high stools.
Furniture available in this area includes: tables, coffee tables, high tables and long tables.
Some tables are fixed.

There is step-free level access throughout Greenwich Students' Union, which is on one level, occupying an area of the ground floor of the Dreadnought Building.
Floor surfaces along circulation routes are comprised of a mixture of shiny vinyl flooring, shiny wooden flooring, and low pile carpet.
There are resting areas in some circulation and lobby areas with a mixture of seating.
Wall-mounted wayfinding signage is provided throughout the Greenwich Students' Union area, and additionally each room is numbered and signed with written text.
There are manual doors along circulation routes throughout the Greenwich Students' Union area.
Greenwich Students Union houses a variety of services. The east wing contains a student advice service (with a meeting room and counselling room), a liberation lounge, radio studio, postgraduate space, and 4 student group rooms.
The west wing contains the Greenwich Students' Union staff offices.
There is also a student discussion room (D026) located between the first and second sets of doors at the Dreadnought Building rear entrance on Romney Road.
Please note that the doors to the student advice service counselling room (D011), student group room 3 (D019a), student group room 4 (D019b), postgraduate space (D017a), radio studio (D017b and D017c), and liberation lounge (D016) are all narrow, with an opening width of 73cm.

The counter is located inside the Greenwich Lookbook Merch Shop, located between the first and second sets of doors at the Dreadnought Building rear entrance on Romney Road.
The distance from the Dreadnought Building rear entrance is 7m.
The most accessible route to the counter has doors permanently held open and narrow walkways.
There is step-free level access to the counter.
The height of the counter is 90cm.
There is not a lowered section at the counter.
The counter has patterned/distracting backgrounds.
There is not a hearing assistance system.
There is background noise in this area.
Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey, with unshaded light sources.
This is a University of Greenwich merchandise shop operated by Greenwich Students' Union.
A portable card reader is available for payment.
The door into the shop is permanently held open to a width of 85cm.