Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: open countryside with stunning views and an abundance of wildlife.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access and an open entrance with no doors.
- This entrance is at the rear of Beacon Road car park.
- There is not a member of staff available for help and assistance.
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: a manual wheelchair and a running buggy. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: mobility scooters. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the visitor centre. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- There are 2 x two seater buggies and a 1 x four seater buggy for hire. Visitors can enquire at the visitor centre. They are stored in the buggy shed which is located opposite the Monument Café parking area.
Admissions
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is not a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest train station is Tring Station.
- The station is approximately 3 miles away.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- The vehicle route from the main road to the car park includes: uneven surfaces and potholes.
- This is an open air car park with a loose chippings and compacted gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- Maps and information boards are available.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: uneven surfaces, loose chippings and slopes/ramps.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
Access Point
- This access point is located at the rear of the car park on Beacon Road.
- The approach to the access point has uneven surfaces.
- The access point is not clearly signed.
- Assistance is not available at the access point.
- There is step-free level access.
- There is open access.
Outdoor Spaces
- This information is for the access point located at the rear of the car park on Beacon Road.
- There is step-free level access into the area.
- There is open access at the surveyed access point.
- The following outdoor facilities are available: open countryside.
- The outdoor spaces include the following surfaces: cobbled, grass, gravel, compact earth, uncompacted earth and loose stones.
- Footpaths are available in some of the outdoor spaces.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is step-free level access around some of the area.
- There are slight ramps/slopes without handrails and steep ramps/slopes without handrails in the main areas.
- Slopes are located throughout Ivinghoe Beacon.
- There are not any bench seats situated along the paths for people to rest.
- The paths have kissing gates which may create obstacles for some users.
- The kissing gates are for visitors that wish to leave the paths and see more natural and undisturbed areas of Ivinghoe Beacon.