Access Guide
Overview
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About
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- Lincoln Chambers is a small building with 5 floors .
- There is one main staircase within the building.
- The floors are signed as Ground, 1, 2 and 3.
- There is an internal stepped entrance between Lincoln Chambers and Kings Chambers.
- 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.
- There is on-street Blue Badge Bay parking and on-street standard parking.
- The nearest underground station is Holborn.
- The nearest step-free train station is Charing Cross.
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Getting Inside
- The approach to the building is step-free via slight slopes.
- Lincoln Chambers has one entrance. The entrance is stepped and has a single manual door.
- The entrance is signed as Lincoln Chambers 3 Portsmouth Street.
- The Accessible Entrance provides stepped access to the entrance foyer on the ground floor.
Getting Around
- There is stepped access to all floors.
- There are two clearly marked steps with no handrails on level 2 leading to a narrow sky bridge between this building and Kings Chambers.
- There is one clearly marked step with no handrails on level 3 leading to a narrow sky bridge between this building and Kings Chambers.
- Floor surfaces along all circulation routes are hard and smooth.
- There are no resting / seating areas.
- Wall mounted wayfinding signage is provided throughout the building.
- There are manual doors in circulation corridors throughout the building.
Parking
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Drop-off Point
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- There is not a designated drop-off point available.
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On-street Parking
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- On-street designated Blue Badge parking and standard parking is available .
- The on-street designated Blue Badge parking bays are located on Portugal Street and Aldwych.
- The Blue Badge bays are signposted and have markings which are faded.
- The designated Blue Badge bay is located on Portugal Street and the standard bays are located on Aldwych.
Entrance
- This entrance is located at the front of the building .
- The entrance area is clearly signed.
- There is a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is stepped access at the entrance.
- There is 1 step with no handrails.
- The step is unmarked.
- The height of the step is not between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the highest step is 6cm.
- There is a bell at a height of 100cm.
- There is a key fob/card reader at a height of 100cm.
- There is a single manual door at this entrance.
- The door opens away from you.
- The width of the opening is 99cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the opening.
- The door has a high visual contrast.
- There is a push pad or push button to exit at a height of 106cm.
- There is step-free level access as you enter.
Stairs
- The stairs surveyed are located directly beyond the entrance.
- B, G, 1, 2 and 3 can be accessed by these stairs.
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked and have a handrail on the right going up.
- The handrail is not easy to grip.
- The handrail covers the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- The handrail does 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.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.