Both the South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh and the Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, have facilities for disabled people , the details of which cab be found on their respective websites as listed below:
All our stations are suitable for access by disabled people who are warmly welcomed.
There is plenty of car parking at Buckfastleigh. Our trains have disabled access and reserved spaces for wheelchair users.
Buckfastleigh station is the best starting point for your journey as we have easy, flat access and parking very close to the platform.
Our station at Totnes is only accessible via a footpath link and is some 464 yards from the nearest parking at Totnes National Rail station.
Please note that our dining trains do not have reserved spaces for wheelchair using passengers and the doors of the dining train carriages are narrower than the width of standard wheelchairs. However, we would urge you to contact us so we can help meet your specific requirements.
STEAM is fully accessible – with lifts and ramps giving wheelchair and pushchair access throughout the museum. Disabled toilet facilities are also available.
The displays have many features designed to meet the needs of people with special needs.
We are pleased to provide the following facilities and services:
An experience of sights, sounds, smell and touch
Free admission to carers or helpers assisting a disabled visitor
Free loan of wheelchair or motorised scooter
Fully accessible toilets, fitted with call point
Personal guiding scheme for unaccompanied disabled visitors (booking required)
Subtitled video and large print information panels throughout STEAM
Low-level counters at the Ticket Desk, Shop and Cafe
Induction loop system at the Ticket Desk
Easy to read signage
Guide, hearing and companion dogs welcome (dog bowls available)
Automatic entrance doors
Adult changing room
Free parking for disabled visitors is available within 25 metres of STEAM. Disabled visitors can be dropped off outside the museum entrance. There is level access to STEAM from all car parking areas.
The OpenBritain Guide is now available to order and comes packed full of useful tourist information for disabled people.
For the first time, the three leading travel and accommodation guides for disabled people have become one. Easy Access Britain (published by Tourism for All) and Where to Stay and There and Back (both published by RADAR publications) have now joined forces to create this new, all encompassing guide book.
The new OpenBritain Guide is now the definitive book for the traveller with access needs. The guide is packed with easy to use information – from where to stay, how to get there and what to see and do once your there.
The Open BritainGuide contains everything you need to explore and enjoy Britain to the full if you are disabled.
The book is designed to:
Help disabled people travel and book accommodation with access facilities that are suitable for their needs, by providing an easy to use, one stop solution.
Promote the range of suitable quality leisure activities.
Provide a platform for businesses wishing to promote accessible accommodation, travel, attractions, retail and leisure and sports facilities to people with disabilities.
Build a UK based travel community for people with disabilities so that they can share their experiences, views, suggestions and advice regarding tourism in the UK.
So what are you waiting for? Why not order you copy today!
The new OpenLondon guide is the definitive guide for visitors to London with access needs. The guide contains everything required to enjoy London to the full.
OpenLondon is packed with useful information on accommodation, places of interest, transport, theatres, restaurants and shopping.
Clear, attractive entries present the reader with facts at their fingertips and useful maps help find locations.
Inspirational information about places to visit and practical advice on getting around the city make this guide an invaluable holiday or business trip planning tool for anyone with access needs.
Why advertise in the OpenLondon guide?
If you want to promote your accessible services to an enormous, largely untapped market, this is the publication for you.
• The OpenLondon guide is a unique publication – a definitive travel guide for people with access needs. OpenLondon has everything needed to explore and enjoy London to the full
• Display advertisers also receive a free detailed listing including photographs and a link to your website on www.openbritain.net
• OpenLondon will be marketed through networks used by disabled people including RADAR and Tourism for All UK
• OpenLondon is available in newsagents, bookshops and Tourist Information Centres throughout the UK
• The OpenLondon guide is a full colour, high quality book
• This publication is the OFFICIAL guide which is supported by The Mayor of London, Visit London and the London Development Agency
For further information please download the OpenLondon Media Pack below.
Woodlands Country House is a comfortable, award winning, family run B&B guesthouse, standing in a rural setting with farmland views, sweeping down to Trevone Bay, just around the corner from Padstow, Cornwall. The accommodation has 1 adpated bedroom with facilities for disabled people including a roll in shower and also an Access Statement.
The Woodland’s website has an Out and About page for local actvities and they have indicated which attractions have facilities for disabled people.
Information regarding the Woodlands Country House can also be found on OpenBritain.
Wall Hill Farm is a 7 bedroomed grade 2 listed property in Action Bridge, Cheshire. The 250 year old brick built, traditional Cheshire barn was converted in 2009 and includes a bedroom which is adapted for disabled people.
Room 3 is “a twin room on the ground floor with two 900mm single beds and providing full disability access including wheelchair access to both the bedroom and en-suite bathroom, which contains open area shower, toilet and wash hand basin.”
The Wall Hill Farm website also gives a list of attractions in the area with relevant internet links. A full Access Statement for Wall Hill Farm is available on the OpenBritain Website.
When I think of the Tate Gallery I think of one gallery in London, maybe this is because I’m simply not in the know, the Tate Collection is actually 4 galleries across the UK and they provide quite a lot of information for disabled people on their website. I would recommend that you visit the website and have a look around for the information that you require but here’s a brief over view of the galleries and some of the available information.
The website is broken down into the 4 seperate gallaries, Tate Britain, Modern (both in London), Liverpool and St. Ives. In each section the format is the same.
On the Visiting pages there is general information regarding the specific gallery including the address, opening hours, admission prices and how to get there. This information is also available in British Sign Language (BSL) through RealPlayer and it also gives the Minicom number for deaf people.
Tate St. Ives
Each of the galleries has an Access and Facilities Page and a page relating to different programmes that the gallery runs for visitors with learning disabilities, blind and deaf people.
There is also the Tate Boat which runs between the Tate Britain and Tate Modern and the site states that:
The Tate Boat can accommodate wheelchair users.
However, exceptionally high tides mean that the Tate Boat cannot navigate certain Thames bridges and a replacement vessel may be used at these times. Some replacement vessels are not able to accommodate wheelchair users so we strongly recommend that customers call 020 7887 8888 on the day of travel for further details.
Guide and hearing dogs are welcome on the Tate Boat.
On Saturday 7th November there is a bonfire and firework display at Shugvorough Estate near Stafford. The event is one of the region’s biggest bonfire and firework displays superbly organised by Stafford Round Table. Plus family funfair. (Fair rides additional charge)
Times: Gates open 4:30pm – Bonfire Lit 6:30pm - Fireworks begin 7pm
Ticket prices: Over 12 £7.00, Child 12 and under £3.00, Under 3s FREE, Family (2A+2C) £15.00 (Family ticket only available in advance only. Other tickets available on the night).
Still need more ideas about what to do this Halloween?
Although the Haunted Attractions web site doesn’t have any specific information for disbaled people it is a great place to start the search for your perfect Halloween fun. You can serach their seasonal attraction listings as well as their year round listings. From there you can go through to the individual attractions websites to look for the relevant information and facilities that you require.
There’s inclusive entertaiment for all the family this Haloween at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey from the 21st October – 1st November.
“The whole family can enjoy spooky entertainment this Halloween as wicked witches and naughty Goblins take over the Park! New for 2009 ‘The Black Forest Haunt’, escape from Transylvania…if you dare!
Plus a mythical Fiery Faun will be weaving enchanting tales of his homeland using magic and fire to delight the younger members of your family.
With rides in the dark and the chance to get up close and personal with the Zoo’s spiders, snakes and glow-in-the-dark scorpions there’s so much fun to be had it’s scary!”
Chessington World of Adventures has a guide for disabled people on their site.
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