Access Guide
Accommodation Overview
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About
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- Lindop House is located on Mile End Road, across the road from the main Mile End campus at Queen Mary University of London.
- It is an accommodation made up of self-catered flats across seven floors.
- The floors are signed as G, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
- Lindop House has 74 rooms.
- There are no rooms with adaptations.
- Standard accommodation has shared bathrooms with baths and showers combined.
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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 on Bancroft Road.
- The nearest train station is Limehouse.
- The nearest underground station is Mile End.
- The nearest bus station is Stratford Bus Station.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Google Maps (opens new tab).
- View information on getting here (opens new tab) .
- Please visit:
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/security/parking/ for the full parking policy at QMUL.
Getting Inside
- The approach to the building is step-free and level.
- Lindop House has one entrance which provides step-free level access to the ground floor.
There is a single manual door available at the entrance. - The entrance is signed as Lindop House.
Getting Around
- There is step-free level access throughout the majority of the building on all floors.
- Floor 6 is not accessible by lift but by stairs only.
- Floor surfaces along all circulation routes are hard and smooth, with some having a shiny finish, or carpeted and smooth.
- There are no resting areas in circulation or lobby areas.
- Overhead and wall mounted wayfinding signage is provided throughout the building.
- There are manual doors in corridor and lobby areas.
Entrance
- This entrance is located on Mile End Road.
- The entrance area is not clearly signed.
- There is 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 137cm.
- There is an intercom at a height of 140cm.
- There is a single manual door at this entrance.
- The door opens towards you.
- The width of the opening is 75cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the opening.
- The door has a low visual contrast.
- There is a push pad or push button to exit at a height of 137cm.
Lift
- The lift surveyed is located to the left as you enter.
- The distance from the entrance is 1m.
- The most accessible route to the lift has step-free level access.
- G - 5 are accessed by this lift.
- The lift door has a high visual contrast.
- The lift does not have a level manoeuvring space in front of it for a wheelchair user (150cm x 150cm).
- The weight limit for the lift is 630kg.
- The external lift control buttons have tactile markings and a high visual contrast.
- All of the external lift controls are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- The lift door opening width is 80cm.
- The internal dimensions of the lift are 110cm (width) x 138cm (depth).
- The internal lift control buttons have tactile markings, Braille markings and a high visual contrast.
- Some of the internal lift controls are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user.
- Internally the lift has: a mirror to aid reversing, a visual floor indicator and an audible announcer.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey, with unshaded light sources.
Stairs
- The stairs surveyed are located ahead and to the right as you enter the building.
- G - 6 can be accessed by these stairs.
- There are 20+ steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked and have handrails on both sides.
- The handrails are easy to grip.
- The handrails cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- The handrails do 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 uneven at the time of the survey, with pools of light and shade.
Communal Facilities
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Laundry Room
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- The laundry room is located to the right as you enter.
- There is step-free level access into the laundry room.
- There is a single manual door with a high visual contrast.
- The door opens inwards.
- The width of the opening is 75cm.
- There is not room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- The flooring is shiny.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Facilities within the room include a washing machine and a tumble dryer.
- The following machines are at a suitable height for a wheelchair user: washing machine.
- Lighting levels were uneven at the time of the survey, with pools of light and shade and unshaded light sources.