Access Guide
Overview
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About
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- The Reid Concert Hall is a small building with 2 floors.
- There is 1 staircase 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.
- There is on-street Blue Badge Bay parking.
- The nearest train station is Edinburgh Waverley.
- The nearest bus station is Edinburgh Bus Station.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Google Maps (opens new tab).
- There is signage in and around the building for the Museum of Instruments. The museum is however no longer present within the Reid Concert Hall Building.
Getting Inside
- There is a slight slope on approach to the building from Bristo Square.
- There are 2 entrances into the building.
The accessible entrance into the building is via a manual door and slight ramp that overcomes steps. - The accessible entrance is signed as the 'Museum of Instruments Entrance'.
The stepped entrance is signed as 'Reid Concert Hall'. - The accessible entrance provides step-free access to the ground floor.
- The stepped entrance is located at the front of the building and provides stepped access into the ground floor of the building via 7 steps.
This entrance has manual doors.
Getting Around
- There is step-free access throughout the ground floor.
- The basement floor has stepped access only.
The standard toilets are on the basement floor and all other facilities are on the ground floor. - Floor surfaces around the majority of the ground floor are hard and smooth with a shiny finish. Floor surfaces on the basement floor are carpeted.
- There are resting areas around the ground floor of the building.
- There is limited signage within the building.
- There are manual doors to enter the area of the building that used to contain the Museum of Instruments.
Emergency Egress for Building
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General Building Information
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- Please note the fire evacuation strategy from the upper floors of this building relies on the ability to self-transfer into an evacuation chair.
Toilet and Changing Facilities
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Toilet Facilities
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- There is 1 toilet with adaptations.
- Toilets with adaptations are located on the ground floor to your right as you enter via the accessible entrance.
- All toilets with adaptations have a left hand transfer space.
- The male and female toilet facilities are located on the basement floor. .
Entrance (Accessible Entrance)
- This entrance is located towards the rear of building off Bristo Square.
- The entrance area is clearly signed.
- There is a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is step-free access via ramp at the entrance.
- The ramp has a slight gradient.
- The ramp is over 150cm wide with handrails on both sides.
- The ramp bypasses the steps.
- There are 3 steps with handrails on both sides.
- The handrails are easy to grip.
- The handrails cover the flight of stairs throughout its length.
- The handrails extend horizontally beyond the first and last step.
- The step markings are not clearly visible.
- The height of the steps is between 15cm and 18cm.
- The height of the highest step is 15cm.
- The depth of the steps is not between 30cm and 45cm.
- The handrails only cover the second part of the ramp.
- There is a single manual door at this entrance.
- The door opens towards you.
- The width of the opening is 81cm.
- The door has a high visual contrast.
Access To (Auditorium)
- The Auditorium is located on the ground floor of the building and takes up the majority of space within the Reid Concert Hall Building.
- The step-free entrance to the Auditorium is located to the rear of the building in the stairwell next to the accessible entrance.
There is a stepped entrance to the Auditorium located just inside the stepped entrance into the building. - The most accessible route has step-free level access and narrow walkways.
- There is written text signage on or near the entrance.
- There is step-free access via ramp into the Auditorium.
- The ramp has a steep gradient.
- The ramp is between 75cm and 150cm wide with no handrails.
- There are double manual doors which open towards you.
- The door has a locked extension leaf.
- The width of the opening is 80cm.
- The doors have a high visual contrast.
Seating Area (Auditorium)
- The following areas have stepped access: the seating area is mostly tiered.
There is also stepped access to the stage. - There is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is space for an assistance dog to rest.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Some flooring is shiny.
- Seating available in this area includes: chairs with armrests and chairs without armrests.
- Furniture available in this area includes: tables.
- Some chairs are fixed.
- The surface height of the tables is suitable for wheelchair users.
- The clear height under the tables is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- There is no (or very little) background noise in this area.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.
- There is a speaker's desk at a height of 95cm in the auditorium.
The wiring for the speaker's desk may serve as a trip hazard.
Stairs
- The stairs surveyed are located just inside the accessible entrance to the concert hall building.
- The basement and ground floors can be accessed by these stairs.
- There are 16 steps between floors.
- The steps are clearly marked and have a handrail on the right going up.
- The handrail is 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.
Toilet with Adaptations (Ground Floor - Left Hand Transfer)
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Location and Access
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- The toilet surveyed is located in the stairwell on the ground floor next to the accessible entrance to the concert hall.
- The distance from the accessible entrance is 5m.
- The most accessible route to the toilet has step-free level access.
- There is step-free level access into the facility.
- There is pictorial signage on or near the door.
- The door opens outwards and has a high visual contrast.
- The width of the door opening is 84cm.
- The door has a sliding bolt lock.
- Internally the door has a high visual contrast.
- There is a grab rail on the internal door with a high visual contrast.
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Dimensions and Features
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- The dimensions of the cubicle are 160cm (width) x 264cm (depth) and there is room for a wheelchair user to manoeuvre (150cm x 150cm).
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left as you face the toilet.
- The lateral transfer space is 80cm (from the side of the toilet pan).
- There is a spatula flush on the transfer side.
- There is a horizontal grab rail on the non-transfer side.
- The horizontal grab rail has a high visual contrast.
- There is a vertical grab rail on the transfer side.
- The vertical grab rail has a high visual contrast.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The dropdown rail has a high visual contrast.
- The toilet seat is 48cm from the floor.
- The toilet seat has a high visual contrast.
- 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 90cm from the floor.
- The wash basin and taps cannot 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 high visual contrast.
- There is a wall mounted soap dispenser which cannot be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The soap dispenser has a high visual contrast.
- The soap dispenser is 90cm from the floor.
- There is not a towel dispenser.
- There is a wall mounted hand dryer.
- The hand dryer has a high visual contrast.
- The hand dryer is 90cm from the floor.
- There is a pull cord emergency alarm, however it is not within 10cm from the floor.
- There is a mirror.
- There is no shelf.
- The cubicle has a sanitary bin.
- There is one coat hook.
- The coat hook is 120cm from the floor.
- The walls and floor have a high visual contrast.
- Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.