Posts Tagged ‘Level Access’
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Park House Hotel in Sandringham is operated by the Charity Leonard Cheshire Disability and has a high standard of access for those with reduced mobility. The hotel is located in the Sandringham Royal Estate surrounded by beautiful gardens and trees. It is also conveniently located close to the market town of King’s Lynn.
Park House has a total of 16 bedrooms for guests with disabilities, 8 of which are single and the other 8 are twins. All of the bedrooms are accessible (furniture may be moved for specific requirements), some rooms have overhead tracking hoist, while other mobile hoists also available, all beds have electric raising and lowering. The main hotel rooms are all ensuite, either wet room or bath with shower over. Toilet raisers, portable rails and commodes are also available.
The Access Statement gives a summary of the hotel’s provision and further details can be found on OpenBritain, on page 198 of the OpenBritain 2010 Guide and on the Park House Hotel Website.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Disability, Hotel, Level Access, Norfolk, OpenBritain, Tourism, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Double-Gate Farm is a lovely Georgian farmhouse on a working farm in Somerset. The Riverside Suites are large, luxury ground floor suites unique, adaptable and yet retaining comfort at the Gold Award standard associated with Double-Gate Farm. Designed for able and disabled, families and groups.
Three suites have a double and single bed and one has a double and two single beds. All beds have pocket sprung mattresses for comfort and are on gliders to enable access from any side. Ceiling fans, mood lighting and touch lighting, colour TV/DVD, and silent running fridge. Ample turning space for wheelchairs. Each suite has a river side patio area with table and chairs, access by large glass, patio doors. Watch the fish in the river or birds in the meadow.
Every suite has a wet room. In other words a very large en-suite bathroom! Comprising power shower, two wash basins at different levels, choice of shower seating if required, perching stool and WC. Just to make life a bit more interesting there are sensory mirrors which light up and demist by the movement of a hand and very funky striped grab rails. Who say’s accessibility can’t be fun . . . . . .
If you would prefer self catering accommodation, Double-Gate Farm also provide the Swallow Barn which sleeps up to 8 people. Breakfast can be ordered on a day to day basis at £10 per person. Attractive beamed lounge, with inglenook fireplace and log burner, has a colour TV and DVD.
There is a dining room, handsomely furnished in a Jacobean oak style, and for self-catering guests, an attractive and extremely functional kitchen.
The Riverside Suites and Swallow Barn have been assessed under the National Accessible Scheme and have an Access Statement. More information about these properties can be found on OpenBritain, on page 119 of the OpenBritain 2010 Guide and on the Double-Gate Farm website.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Bed and Breakfast, England, Level Access, OpenBritain, Self Catering, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Set in the Chew Valley close to Bristol Airport, Winford Manor offers accommodation to suit every budget. Fabulous, accessible services, complimented by friendly professional service. The hotel’s Labyrinth restaurant caters for all dietary requirements with delicious simplicity. The hotel offers two rooms with facilities for disabled people, the Copper Beach and Beech.
Copper Beach
A family friendly ground floor room for a maximum of six people, offering a master twin bedroom, a twin bedroom and a double sofa bed. With its ground floor location this room type provides excellent disabled access and facilities.
Beech
A four-bed family friendly room with a twin bedroom and double bed settee. Also located on the ground floor location this room type provides excellent disabled access and facilities.
Both rooms are available from £67.50 per person per night based on two people sharing – extra person charged at £25 PPPN (subject to availability).
The hotel has an Access Statement and has also been assessed under the National Accessible Scheme (NAS). Further information about Winford Manor can be found on the OpenBritain site, page 113 of the OpenBritain 2010 Guide and on the proprietors website.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Bristol, Disabled, England, Level Access, OpenBritain, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Based in Torquay, Torbay, the Crown Lodge Hotel offers modern bed and breakfast accommodation to visitors who are looking for English Riviera accommodation of the highest standard.
The Crown Lodge has been assessed under the National Accessible Scheme (NAS) and has an entrance with ramp access. Once inside, there are no steps to the dining room, nor to either of the ground floor bedrooms.
The ground floor twin bedded room is most suited to guests with restricted walking ability, or who may need a wheelchair some of the time, and who would benefit from some support when using the en-suite. The en-suite is a wet room with conveniently positioned grab bars and a shower seat.
However, the ground floor double bedroom has been designed with wheelchair users in mind. The room has been furnished to a high standard, and has an adjustamatic double bed. The wet-room en-suite is spacious and accessible to wheelchairs. A shower seat and several grab rails are provided to aid mobility.
The hotel also the following mobility aids free of charge to guests:
- Manual/Self Propelled Wheelchair
- Tri-Walker
- Shower Wheelchair
- Bed Guard
- Bed Raisers
- Toilet Seat Raiser
- Cushion for Shower Seat
The Crown Lodge also has an Access Statement, further details of this property can be found on the OpenBritain site and on page 108 of the OpenBritain 2010 Guide.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Bed & Breakfast, Devon, Disability, Disabled, Hotel, Level Access, OpenBritain, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Hartswheal Stables at Hartswheal Farm is self catering accommodation at a Cornish working farm where the stables is the lower floor of an old granary which has been converted for wheelchair access. The accommodation has a profiling electric bed and ceiling hoist with tracking into the bathroom.
The property is located just off the A390 one mile east of Lostwithiel, Cornwall and 5 miles from Fowey, the Eden Project and Bodmin.
A full Access Statement is available in PDF format on the OpenBritain website, just click on the blue AS symbol in the accommodation description for further details.
Further details can also be found in the OpenBritain 2010 Guide on page 95.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Cornwall, Hoist, Level Access, OpenBritain, Shower, Travel, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Manaros purpose built luxury accommodation sleeps up to 8 people and is located in the beautiful Welsh village of Aberdaron on the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd. The village boasts a glorious sandy beach, known as “The Land’s End of Wales” and the Llŷn Peninsula is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Seals and dolphins and all manner of bird life are plentiful.
Manaros is an accessible, single-storey, luxury accommodation purpose built for letting to groups of friends and families that wish to enjoy all the benefits of a spacious and comfortable open plan living area together with the privacy of a secluded position and 4 en suite double bedrooms.
The Manaros website gives lots of vital and useful information for disbaled people and includes a full access statement which includes relevant information such as:
Manaros was built on one level in 2008 to the highest possible access standards.
The property has been designed to comply with the Disabilities Discrimination Act and Part M of Building Regulations to enable people, regardless of disability, to have access to and use the relevant areas of the building.
-There is ample car parking with a spot reserved for the Disabled right by the front door with external lighted area to the front door.
-There is no significant step or sill on internal or external doors -with the exception of (a) an internal door into the garage/utility room. Wheel chairs can still access this from the front garage door which is wide and on the level. (b) the conservatory door onto the patio which has a 63mm sill. The patio can still be reached by wheelchair from the adjacent lounge and by a level path around the property from the front door.
-Main external doors are double doors min 1.8 metres overall. Two escape doors are 820mm wide. Entry doors into the bedrooms and a Disabled Shower room and WC are a minimum of 830mm. Bedroom One has a 860mm wide door into the en suite. Bedrooms 2, 3, and 4 doors into their en suites are .750mm wide.
-All bedrooms and have laminate floor covering and no carpets or rugs.
-Bedroom en-suites have Marley non-slip safety flooring.
-There are two shower rooms/WC which are specially equipped for wheelchair users – Bedroom 1 and the communal Disabled Shower/WC/wash room off the hall. Both are designed to Part M of the Building Regulations.
It’s great to see that individual accommodation providers are beginning to supply such information for disabled people and you can also read the full access statement on the OpenBritain website.
For further information please contact Peter or Simon on 01758 760 652 or email them at: enquiries@aberdaronbandb.co.uk
Tags: Aberdaron, Access Statement, Accommodation, Disability, Disabled, Gwynedd, Level Access, Llŷn Peninsula, Self Catering, Travel, United Kingdom, Visual Impairment, Wales, Wheelchair
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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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.
OpenLondon Media Pack
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Attraction, Disability, Disabled, England, Hearing Impairment, Hotel, Level Access, London, News, OpenLondon, Tourism, Travel, United Kingdom
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
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The Copthorne Tara Hotel in London has recently published new information about it’s adapted rooms which includes basic information such as:
Larger bedrooms featuring adapted facilities throughout. Double and twin beds are available and most of them offer the option of an interconnecting room.
All of the adapted bedroom doors open and close electronically, allowing ample time for a wheelchair user to pass through. Door locks are electronically actuated by a key card and the bedside control panels allow operation of the radio, TV and room lights.
Wheelchair accessibility is excellent. Vehicles can stop within feet of the main entrance which is level and has automatic sliding doors. The lobby area is completely level and there is a lower section at the front desk to facilitate wheelchair users.
Conference & Banqueting facilities are also accessible with assisted listening systems available for those with hearing impairments.
The hotel was chosen as the hotel with the best adapted facilities in the UK at the M&IT Awards 2006.
This hotel can be booked at a discounted rate through Tourism for All after registering with the website and the Copthorne Tara have also provided a more detailed 2 page PDF factsheet about facilities for disabled people at the hotel.
Tags: Access, Accommodation, Halloween, Hotel, Level Access, London, Tourism for All, United Kingdom, Wheelchair
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
BALTIC is housed in a landmark industrial building on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead and is the biggest gallery of its kind in the world.
BALTIC has no permanent collection, providing instead an ever-changing calendar of exhibitions and activities that give a unique and compelling insight into contemporary artistic practice. The BALTIC programme ranges from blockbuster exhibitions to innovative new work and projects created by artists working within the local community.
The centre currently has 3 exhibitions by Martin Parr, Malcolm McLaren and Kimsooja and they also give quite a lot of information regarding facilities for disabled people which includes:
“BALTIC is fully accessible with a range of free mobility, parking and general visitor facilities.
Parking (disabled)
There are seven reserved parking spaces for Blue Badge Holders situated to the rear of BALTIC with an access ramp on the riverside of the building which will direct you to the main entrance on BALTIC Square (approximately 180m away). A further five disabled parking bays are available adjacent to BALTIC on South Shore Road.
Toilets
Male, Female and unisex disabled toilets are available on all floors except Level 5.
Facilities for disabled visitors
Click here for a list of facilities available to use at BALTIC. Please contact us in advance to reserve a wheelchair, tri-wheel walker or scooter or to arrange personal guidance.
Guide and Hearing Dogs are welcome.
For information in Braille, large print or on audiotape, or to arrange a touch tour or sign language interpreted tour please call 0191 478 1810 or for textphone 0191 440 4944
BALTIC is part of the Gateshead Shopmobility Scheme. If you wish to book a scooter of wheelchair for your visit to the Gateshead Quayside, please call 0191 440 4960.”
Tags: Access, Art, Assistance Dogs, Attraction, Disability, England, Exhibition, Gateshead, Level Access, Shopmobility, Toilet, United Kingdom, Visual Impairment, Wheelchair
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
According to English Heritage Audley End House in Essex is one of England’s finest country houses, and a mansion with a difference:
“Following the restoration of its great Service Wing, visitors can now tour the ‘parallel world’ where armies of servants laboured to ensure the smooth running of this great mansion.
Audley End takes its name from Sir Thomas Audley, Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor who, after 1538, adapted the extensive buildings of suppressed Walden Abbey as his mansion. His grandson Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk, rebuilt the house on a massive scale between 1603 and 1614. Known as ‘the Palace of Audley End’, this Jacobean ‘prodigy house’ was three times its present size, and one of the largest mansions in England. But in 1618 Suffolk fell from favour and into massive debt, and his great house went into decline. More
Disabled people can find access and other useful information on Visitor Information page of Audley End House and Gardens where it states:
Facilities Details:
Wheelchairs: we have four wheelchairs, available on request; four motorised wheelchairs available in grounds, but must be booked in advance. Please ring 01799 522842.
Toilets: Adapted; level access.
Shop: Level access.
Tea rooms: Ramped access to the tea rooms. Please note there are 3 steps to the self-service cafe.
Access:
Access to house: Via loose gravel, tarmac, cobbles and smooth grass. Ground floor level apart from Butlers Pantry which has 4 steps.
Gardens: Access via tarmac and gravel paths and very smooth grass. Seats provided. A number of bridges either have a step or steep slope.
Parking:
200m from entrance, with reserved parking for disabled visitors. Please make arrangements in advance if possible.
Visually Impaired Visitors:
Fountain, wildfowl and bird song in grounds; flower and rose gardens
Please see the English Heritage site for further details.
Tags: Access, Architecture, Attraction, England, English Heritage, Essex, Gardens, Level Access, Tourism, United Kingdom, Visual Impairment
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