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Summary

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The most accessible entrance has a very steep ramp/slope and a door permanently held open.
This entrance is located at the front of the East Pavilion.
There is step-free access once inside.
There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
The following are also available: facilities for assistance dogs.
This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.

You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
Sensory packs can be borrowed which include: accessible maps.
You can borrow these from visitor recepetion. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.

From the visitor reception, turn right and go straight ahead along the path leading away from the car park.
Cross the service road and enter the garden through the gate.
Continue straight ahead along the main tree-lined pathway as it slopes downhill.
Turn left up the slope as you approach the house, then bear left towards the East Pavilion building.
The entrance to the café is then straight ahead of you.
The route to the area is step-free via a steep ramp/slope and is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
Path surfaces along the route are gravel, bonded gravel and tarmac.
The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
There is no accessible shuttle to this area.

The entrance surveyed is located at the front of the East Pavilion.
There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
The steep ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide, with no handrails.
There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
The width of the opening is 101cm.
There is a small lip on the threshold of the entrance with a height of more than 1.5cm.

Location and Access View
- The café seating area is located immediately inside the building from the café entrance.
- The most accessible route has step-free level access.
- There is step-free level access into this area.
Seating Area View
- There is step-free level access throughout the seating area.
- There is some room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is space for an assistance dog to rest.
- The walls and floor visual contrast varies between low and high.
- The flooring is shiny.
- Seating available in this area includes: chairs without armrests.
- Furniture available in this area includes: tables.
- The surface height of the tables is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear height under the tables is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- There may be background noise in this area.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.