Access Guide
Overview
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About
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- Canalside is a small building with one floor.
- There are no lifts and no staircases within the building.
- The floors are not signed.
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Parking and Public Transport
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- The venue does not have its own car park.
- The nearest parking is located in the Staff Car Park.
- The nearest train station is Limehouse.
- The nearest underground station is Mile End.
- The nearest bus station is Stratford Bus Station.
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https://www.qmul.ac.uk/security/parking/ for the full parking policy at QMUL.
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Getting Inside
- The approach to the building is step-free and level.
- The step-free approach to the building is from the campus side.
There is stepped access on the approach from the canal. - Canalside has one entrance. The entrance provides step-free level access to the ground floor.
There are key card activated, double automatic doors available at the entrance. - The entrance is not signed.
- The entrance provides step-free level access to the study spaces on the ground floor.
Getting Around
- There is step-free level access throughout the building.
- Floor surfaces along all circulation routes are hard and smooth or carpeted and smooth.
- There are study/resting areas in the study area.
- Wall mounted wayfinding signage is provided throughout the building.
- There are no manual doors in any circulation corridors.
Toilet and Changing Facilities
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Toilet Facilities
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- There is 1 toilet with adaptations.
- The toilet with adaptations is located ahead as you enter, to the rear of the building.
- The toilet with adaptations has a left hand transfer space.
- The male and female step-free toilet facilities are located ahead as you enter, to the rear of the building.
Entrance
- This entrance is located on the canalside of the building.
- The entrance area is not clearly signed.
- There is not a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a key fob/card reader at a height of 90cm.
- There are double automatic doors at this entrance.
- The doors open towards you.
- The width of the opening is 142cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the opening.
- The doors have a low visual contrast.
- There is a push pad or push button to exit at a height of 104cm.
Toilet with Adaptations (Left Hand Transfer)
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Location and Access
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- The toilet surveyed is located ahead as you enter and to the rear of the building.
- The distance from the entrance is 18m.
- The most accessible route to the toilet has step-free level access and automatic doors.
- There is step-free level access into the facility.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door opens outwards automatically and has a low visual contrast.
- The width of the door opening is 85cm.
- The door has a push pad lock.
- Internally the door has a low visual contrast.
- There is a grab rail on the internal door with a low visual contrast.
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Dimensions and Features
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- The dimensions of the cubicle are 143cm (width) x 197cm (depth) and there is not room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left as you face the toilet, however it is obstructed.
- The lateral transfer space is 76cm (from the side of the toilet pan).
- There is a lever flush on the non-transfer side.
- There is a horizontal grab rail on the non-transfer side.
- The horizontal grab rail has a low visual contrast.
- There is a vertical grab rail on the transfer side.
- The vertical grab rail has a low visual contrast.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The dropdown rail has a low visual contrast.
- The toilet seat is 48cm from the floor.
- The toilet seat has a low visual contrast.
- The toilet has a padded backrest.
- There is a wall mounted toilet roll holder which can be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The toilet roll holder has a high visual contrast.
- The toilet roll holder is 105cm from the floor.
- The wash basin and taps can be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The wash basin is 73cm from the floor.
- The wash basin has a lever mixer tap.
- The vertical grab rails are on both sides of the wash basin.
- The wash basin grab rails have a low visual contrast.
- There is a wall mounted soap dispenser which can be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The soap dispenser has a high visual contrast.
- The soap dispenser is 91cm from the floor.
- There is a wall mounted towel dispenser which cannot be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The towel dispenser has a high visual contrast.
- The towel dispenser is 132cm from the floor.
- There is not a hand dryer.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm but it was tied up at the time of the survey.
- There is a mirror.
- There is no shelf.
- The cubicle has a waste bin and a sanitary bin.
- There are no coat hooks.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey, with unshaded light sources.
- There is a push pad to enter and exit the toilet via the automatic door.
The push pad to enter the toilet is at a height of 98cm.
The push pad to exit the toilet is at a height of 102cm.