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Introduction

Copenhagen Street is located near the City Centre.
Copenhagen Street is not pedestrianised, until the last 40m before arriving at The Tourist Information Centre, the High Street is pedestrianised.
The nearest railway station is Worcester Foregate Street.
There are no taxi ranks along this route; the nearest taxi rank is located on The Cross, at the north end of High Street.

This guide is based in Worcester City Centre
This route runs from The Copenhagen Street Public Car Park, across Deansway, via Copenhagen Street and High Street
This route is not pedestrianised throughout.
The total length of this route is approximately 160m (0.10 miles).
The average width of the pedestrianised section of this route is approximately 11m.
This route is divided into 3 sections in this guide:-
Section 1. Copenhagen Street, to Deansway.
Section 2. Copenhagen Street, to High Street.
Section 3. High Street to Tourist Information Centre
The route has some slight and steep slopes along the way.
Pathway surfaces are concrete paving slabs and block paving.
The pathways have some uneven sections, which include some raised manhole covers.
The road surfaces are tarmac, with dropped kerbs and tactile paving at most crossing points.
There are opportunities to sit and rest.

The length of this section is approximately 90m.
This section is not a pedestrianised area.
This section has an uphill gradient.
There are several crossing points over Deansway to the continuation of Copenhagen Street.
These crossing points have dropped kerbs but no tactile paving.
The pathways are tarmac and block paving.
The surface of the road at all crossings is tarmac.
The pathways are fairly narrow and are uneven in places.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as, railings, cycle racks, bus stops, bins and signboards.

There are several crossings at this junction to cross Deansway.
The crossings have dropped kerbs on both sides and tactile paving on both sides.
The crossings are push button controlled with visual, audible and tactile signals.
The pathways are tarmac and block paving.
The surface of the road at all crossings is tarmac.
The pathways are uneven in places.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as, railings, bollards, cycle racks, bus stops, bins and signboards.
There is a slight uphill slope running across Deansway.

The length of this section is approximately 120m.
The road is a two -way road.
This section is partially a pedestrianised area, from approximately 60m.
The surface of the road at all crossings is tarmac.
The pathways in this section are formed of tarmac/block paving.
The pathways on both sides are narrow in places.
There is a slight uphill slope running from Copenhagen Street towards High Street.
There are some uneven areas on the pathways throughout this section.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as, cycle racks, bins, street furniture and signboards.
There are some side entrances to cross along the section, most have dropped kerbs, but most don’t have tactile paving.
The Tourist information Centre is located on the left, at the junction of Copenhagen Street and The High Street, the route is pedestrianised at this point.