Access Guide
Access To
- PH253 - Teaching Room is located on level 2 of the Rochester building, in the annexe at the front right of the building.
- PH253 - Teaching Room is in a cluster of rooms only accessible via a staircase from level 1.
Exiting the lift on level 1, turn left and follow the corridor, turning left and then right along a corridor leading to a cluster of rooms and staircase to level 2, through double doors to where PH253 - Teaching Room is immediately ahead.
PH253 - Teaching Room is also accessible via the entrance to the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics - East, however, access is still reliant on use of the staircase to reach level 2 of the annexe. - View information on Rochester Building - Department of Physics (opens new tab) .
- View information on Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics (opens new tab) .
- The most accessible route has steps and manual doors.
- There are 20+ steps with handrails on both sides.
- The handrails are easy to grip.
- The handrails cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- The handrails extend horizontally beyond the first and last step.
- The steps are clearly marked.
- The height of the steps is between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the highest step is 17cm.
- The depth of the steps is not between 30cm and 45cm.
- The depth of all the steps is 26cm.
- There is written text and numbered signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free level access into PH253 - Teaching Room.
- There is a single manual door which opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 76cm.
- The door has a high visual contrast.
Teaching
- This is a teaching room.
- There is step-free level access throughout the room.
- There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is not a hearing assistance system.
- Floor coverings are not even and could potentially cause a trip hazard.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels were uneven at the time of the survey, with pools of light and shade.
- There are no designated spaces for wheelchair users.
- There is space for an assistance dog to rest.
- Seating available in the room includes: chairs without armrests.
- Furniture available in the room includes: tables.
- Some tables are fixed.
- The surface height of the tables is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear height under the tables is suitable for wheelchair users.
- This room has a television screen, a projector screen and a whiteboard.
- Trailing cables may present a trip hazard.