Access Guide
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- The following information describes the route from the car park at the front of Avery Hill Campus to the Dome, via the Grey, Fry, David Fussey and Mary Seacole Buildings. The approximate distance of this route is 350m. The route takes approximately 5 minutes to walk. The majority of paths along the route have a block paving, tarmac or paving slab surface. A few access roads for parking are crossed along this route. The potential hazards on this route include; uneven paving, slight and steep slopes, bollards or objects which narrow the pavement and crossing the access roads.
Front of Campus Car Park (Car Park 1) – Information for Vehicle Users
- The car park at the front of the campus has a surface comprised of block paving and tarmac.
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The Blue Badge bays are located to the rear left as you enter the car park, adjacent to Cleves Court. There are three Blue Badge bays, which are clearly marked, with dimensions of 251cm x 480cm, and a hatched zone on one side only with a width of 120cm. From the Blue Badge Bays, head left back towards the main roadway, and then turn right, where there is a dropped kerb with a slight gradient (but no tactile paving) leading onto the route.
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If parking in standard parking bays, the car park covers a large area, with various sections where you can park.
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Where you park/enter within Car Park 1 will define the start of your route. The pavements within the car park join and start to lead towards the campus. There are no steep ramps/slopes apart from the speed humps in the roadways, and at dropped kerbs.
- From some spaces the road will have to be used to gain access to the pavement as there are only a few dropped kerbs by crossings.
Route Guide: Front of campus Car Park to Catherine Parr Court
- As you enter the campus, follow the pavement on the left-hand side for approximately 20m and cross the access road. This is opposite the security post in the centre of the road.
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There is a payment machine and bin on your left but the space on the pavement is still sufficiently wide (over 150cm).
- The crossing point has a dropped kerb with a steep gradient and tactile paving on the nearside, followed by a dropped kerb with a steep gradient and no tactile paving on the far side. Turn left and continue along the block-paved path running alongside the car park and Parr Court.
Catherine Parr Court to Grey Building
- Where the path forks by a signpost, turn left to follow the "accessible route to all buildings"
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The pavement is still even but a bin and payment machine narrow it to 154cm. Within 25m the pavement meets the access road and turns right.
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The pavement has a slight slope towards the roadway here before two further dropped kerbs with steep gradients on either side of the roadway accessing an area of parking spaces on your right. There are three Blue Badge bays in this area.
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Follow the pavement for approximately 34m as it curves towards the Grey Building. The pavement has an even block-paved surface, has a dropped kerb to the roadway on your left, and heads downhill. The gradient varies between slight and steep.
- You will pass a zebra crossing across the road before the pavement merges with another path. There is a bell-shaped bollard and bin ahead, which narrow the path but not to under 120cm. The Grey Building is on your right as the path brings you to a zebra crossing.
Grey Building to the Library and Wren Buildings
- Cross the access road in front of the Grey Building using the zebra crossing. There are dropped kerbs with slight gradients and no tactile paving on both the near and far side of the crossing.
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Go straight ahead along the tarmac path leading from the far side of the crossing. Follow it for approximately 30m, past a stepped entrance to the Grey Building, to a zebra crossing over the roadway in between the Grey and the Bronte Building.
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The crossing is raised to the level of the pavement, so there is no level change. The crossing has no tactile paving. Head across the zebra crossing and straight ahead along the tarmac path which has a very slight gradient.
- Head past the Library Health Sciences Building on your right and the Wren Building on your left.
Library and Wren Buildings to Mary Seacole
- Continue straight ahead along the path between the buildings, avoiding the steps up to the Library entrance on your right.
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As you approach the David Fussey Building (left) and Mary Seacole Building (right), there is a large wayfinding signpost, and the path surface changes to paving slabs.
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The path opens up here in between the buildings, with various benches and tables.
- Continue straight ahead through the gap between the David Fussey and Mary Seacole Buildings. The path here now has a slight uphill slope.
Mary Seacole to The Dome
- Once past the buildings, Seymour Court is in front of you. Turn right and continue up the path alongside the rear of the Mary Seacole Building for approximately 50m, which has a slight gradient.
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As you reach the end of the building, the surface becomes block paved. You can either turn immediately left up a steep slope with an uneven surface towards The Dome, or bypass this by turning right, left, and then left again, which brings you to the same place but avoids the steep gradient or uneven surfaces.
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The Dome is now straight ahead, approximately 50m away.
- Head in that direction, which has a very slight uphill slope, until you reach The Dome. There is a variety of seating near the end of the route outside The Dome, which may be covered by a large tent.