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Argyll - Cruachan Power Station
Cruachan Visitor Centre is disabled friendly, the centre is on one levelNotes: At present the tour into the mountain is unsuitable for disabled visitors but that is in the process of being rectified
As you can imagine a power station inside the mountain Ben Cruachan is difficult to make disabled friendly but new coaches and lifts are being introduced to make this possible for 2005.
Cruachan Power Station was the first high head reversible pump storage station to be built in the world. It is operated by Scottishpower. The station is situated on the North bank of Lochawe, 19 miles east of Oban on the A85.
Aviemore - The Strathspey Railway
All the Railway Stations are accessible - there is level access at both Boat of Garten and Broomhill while at Aviemore there is ramped access from the car park/drop off point. Space is limited - at present 4 Wheelchair passengers can be accommodated in the up-graded the Guards Van at any one time and a window space cannot be guaranteed. It is adviseable to contact us in advance for directions and confirmation that there is space available. Berkshire - Wellington Country Park
Disabled friendly but we do have gravel paths around the Park.Disabled Toilets
Fishing Platform
Nature Trail for the Disabled
Only an hour from London, and near to Reading and Basingstoke, Wellington Country Park is a perfect choice for the whole family.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses
Excellent wheelchair access throughout the Gardens and GlasshousesThe Birmingham Botanical Gardens were opened in 1832. They were designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher.
Today the gardens offer a superb opportunity for recreation and relaxation close to the centre of Birmingham. With our excellent visitor facilities, we hope you will visit us soon. Buckinghamshire - Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
Full accessible Model Village.
Wheelchair friendly, Disabled Facilities.
Wheelchairs available (please book in advance).
Fun for ALL the Family
An unforgettable experience for everyone, this unique piece of our heritage is just waiting to be explored by children and adults alike. Intriguing and original, the world-famous Bekonscot Model Village continues to delight and fascinate our visitors - there is so much to see!
Buckinghamshire - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
A working steam railway centre recreating the golden age of steam travel.
The Centre boasts one of the largest private railway collections in the country with many steam locomotives from express passenger types to the humble shunting engine, as well as numerous interesting items of rolling stock. These include a coach from the Royal Train of 1901 and another used by Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower for wartime planning meetings in 1944.
Cornwall - Crealy Great Adventure Park
Cornwalls Crealy Great Adventure Park, (formerly Shires Family Adventure Park), near Newquay, is officially Cornwalls Top Tourist Attraction, according to the Cornish Tourist Board. All of the rides and attractions are accessible for most visitors*. Cornwall - Newquay Zoo
Disabled facilities
Easy car parking
Disabled Toilets
Free wheel chair (Please book in advance)
Fairly level site, assistance available if required.
Around 85% of the Zoo is fully accessible
We do arrange special tours for groups of 10 or more
There is always something new at Newquay Zoo. Explore the new rainforest exhibit in the zoos tropical house where you will discover a whole world of exotic animals. Water cascades down the ancient temple walls to the pools filled with tropical fish. Spot the iguanas, sloths and flying fox bats and explore the mini beasts room featuring a new Arrow Poison Frog enclosure. Amongst the sub-tropical lakeside gardens live hundreds of animals from all around the world ranging from small rare monkeys to shy red pandas. Look out for meerkats on sentry duty, penguins playing in their pool and glimpse the strange and endangered lemurs and fossa. Other highlights of the day include feeding time talks and the animal encounters where you can meet keepers and some of the animals.
Cumbria - The Dock Museum
Free Admission for All
Barrow`s flagship attraction, The Dock Museum, is housed in a stunning Victorian dry dock and traces the history of Barrow`s growth from a tiny nineteenth century hamlet to a major industrial town. The displays look at the maritime, industrial and social history of the town, with multi-media interactives for all the family to enjoy. Cumbria - West Cumbria Online Local Community and Events Information Portal
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The Original Crealy Adventure Park, near Exeter and Cornwalls Crealy Great Adventure Park are the South Wests favourite family attractions, with all of the rides and attractions accessible for most visitors*.
Devon - Living Coasts
Inclusion for all is a key policy at Living Coasts and we welcome visits from all sectors including specialist schools and groups. We offer reduced prices to registered disabled visitors and carers are admitted free.
Living Coasts is a unique, world class aquatic visitor attraction, focusing on the conservation of coastal and marine life around the globe. It has been developed by Paignton Zoo, with financial support from the South West Regional Development Agency and the European Regional Development fund.
Take a fantastic journey around the coastlines of the world without leaving Torquay! Living Coasts features a range of fascinating coastal creatures from loud and loveable penguins to playful fur seals, colourful puffins to waders and sea ducks - they`re all at home in this amazing new environment.
Dorset - Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden
Welcome to the historic and peaceful atmosphere of this ancient religious
Dumfries & Galloway - Cream of Galloway
Rainton Farm has been managed by the Finlay Family since 1927 and in 1999 began conversion to organic status.
East Yorkshire - Fort Paull Museum
Suitable for Wheelchair Users
A visit to this great fort is the complete day out for all members of the family as it takes you through the ages of its remarkable and unparalleled history in British warfare.
From its time as a fortress of coastal defence built by the illustrious and equally robust King Henry VIII in the mid-sixteenth century, to the Anti-Aircraft defence visited by Sir Winston Churchill during World War 2.
Now it is also the only remaining Napoleonic fort left in Yorkshire.
Edinburgh - Royal Yacht Britannia
Full wheelchair access-lift to all areas and ramps on decks
Fife - Scottish Vintage Bus Museum
The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a build-up of vehicles for preservation in Scotland and these were stored in farms, bus depots, etc. An initial approach to preservationists about a combined storage/museum set-up was met with a favourable response - until then they had been working in small groups or on their own - and the hunt was on for suitable premises. Gloucestershire - Dean Heritage Museum
24 Hour Information: 01594 824024
Recently re-opened after major refurbishment, now features a lift to all floors and fully accessible toilets to accompany the existing ramp to the first floor.
This woodland trail has recently been made fully accessible to wheelchair users. Ideal for a family day.
The Dean Heritage Museum Trust is a charity active in safeguarding the heritage and culture of the Forest of Dean for the enjoyment and education of the community; now and for the future.
Hampshire - Breamore Manor House & Museum
Disabled facilities:
The film set of Children of the New Forest was here.
The Manor House
The magnificent Manor House is set above the picturesque village of Breamore, overlooking the avon Valley on the edge of the New Forest just north of Fordingbridge.
Hampshire - Milestones - Living History Museum
Access
Two lifts and a staircase offer easy access from the reception area down to the displays, which are 8 metres below ground level. Although some of the streets are cobbled, there are no steps to climb and plenty of seats throughout the museum. All video screens have subtitles.
Free Audio Guide Tours, with a commentary by Rory Bremner
Facilities
Toilets available in reception area and display arena. Baby care room, first aid room available in reception.
Gift Shop - Fully Accessible,
Souvenirs of every kind, also gift vouchers which can be used for admission tickets
A trip to Milestones is an ideal family visit with lots to see and do in a safe, warm, child-friendly environment. Explore the cobbled streets and old fashioned shops, with a surprise around every corner!
Hertfordshire - Hatfield House
Visitors with disabilities are most welcome to Hatfield House and to its Great Park and famous formal gardens.
The great hall of the old Royal Palace, which is close to the present house, is now the prestigious venue for weddings, private functions and banquets. Hatfield House was built by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury & Chief Minister to King James 1, in 1611. This celebrated Jacobean house has been in the Cecil Family ever since and is the home of the 7th Marquess of Salisbury.
Isle of Wight - Robin Hill Countryside Adventue Park
Wheel chair users are recommended to be accompanied by carers as some of the paths are sloping.
Robin Hill, situated about 2 miles outside Newport, in the centre of the Isle of Wight is designated as An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 80 acres of rolling downs, beautiful woodland and peaceful valleys make an ideal place to relax and unwind. Lanarkshire - New Lanark World Heritage Site
Disabled Facilities and Special Concessions
Leeds - Thackray Museum
Provision for Disabled Visitors
The Thackray Museum strongly believes in access for all and was designed to ensure that disabled visitors were catered for.
Travel
The museum has a car park with spaces reserved for orange badge holders and the car park is situated next to the museum entrance. There is a dropped kerb and the approach to the museum is level.
The bus stop is situated approximately 100 yards from the museum.
Admission
Normal admission charges apply, but essential carers are admitted free of charge.
In the Museum
The museum exhibitions are spread over 2,500m2 on two floors. There is a lift to all floors, and seating throughout the galleries.
All areas of the museum are accessible to wheelchair users and space for wheelchair users can be reserved in the conference centre auditorium.
There are two wheelchairs available for loan for any person who may require the use of one. This includes the elderly and those visitors with walking difficulties.
Audio tapes are held at reception and can be used by the visually impaired to assist in their visit. The tapes play an audible version of the text, which is displayed in all the ground floor galleries. The tapes are re-charged regularly and are always re-wound ready for use.
Text sheets are also available from reception for people with hearing difficulties. The sheets correspond to any part of the visitor tour which contains audible materials, for example Interactive TV screens and videos.
Many areas of the museum also contain objects, displays and activities which can be touched and handled to enhance the visitor experience.
Toilets
Fully accessible toilets are located on the ground floor next to the lift, and on the first floor in the entrance to the conference centre.
Cafe and Catering
The cafe is accessible to all disabled visitors and an at table waitress service can be offered to disabled visitors if they require this facility. We are also able to cater for special dietary requirements if visitors contact us in advance.
Lincoln - Doddington Hall
Comprehensive Information on Facilities for Disabled Visitors
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Lincolnshire - Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary
Natureland Seal Sanctuary is a compact site with gentle gradients and alternative routes are available for the less mobile. Thus making it ideal for older visitors as well as those with mobility problems.
Natureland first opened it`s doors in 1965 and attracts thousands of visitors every year, many of whom return time and time again.
London - Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is FREE to enter and has easy access for all visitors, with lifts, wide spaced walkways and wheelchairs which can be booked in advance. Helpful staff are also available on hand to assist with almost anything.
Take off to the Royal Air Force Museum and soar through the history of aviation from the earliest balloon flights to the latest Eurofighter. Gaze at a world-class collection of over 100 aircraft, aviation/wartime memorabilia and artefacts together with an awe inspiring sound and light show that takes you back in time to the Battle of Britain. London - United Kingdom Parliament
The Tour is wheelchair accessible; one carer is admitted for free.
Middlesex - Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Information for wheelchair users
Approximately 80% of the museum is accessible to wheelchair users via ramped flooring or a lift.
There is level access from the car park to the museum shop and reception area.
Access to the 90" Cornish Beam Engine house is difficult, with two flights of steps.
Our railway carriage now has a wheelchair accessible compartment, enabling rides on our railway.
There is a wheelchair accessible toilet adjacent to the museum car park, which requires a Radar key which is held at the museum reception.
Two manual wheelchairs are available for loan to visitors, during their visit. These can be pre-booked by contacting the museum, giving your name and date of visit.
The Museum is planning to upgrade our facilities still further for the disabled during this year.
Information for visually impaired visitors
A large print brief guide to the museum is available, priced 50 pence. Guide dogs are welcome throughout the museum.
Pre-booked touch tours can be arranged but require two weeks notice to ensure one of our specially trained volunteers is available.
Midlothian - The Scottish Mining Museum
The Scottish Mining Museum, since its establishment in 1984, has provided a great day out for all the family. Open all year, it is a nationally registered independent museum which was founded to preserve and present Scotland`s mining heritage. Norfolk - Fairhaven Garden Trust
The Trust comprises of 180 acreas of woodland, water garden and our private broad, South Walsham Inner Broad. Norfolk - Pensthorpe Nature Park
Pensthorpe is accessible to wheelchair users in the shop, cafe, toilets
For years the wetland habitats of Britain have been decimated by pollution and over-exploitation by man. Pensthorpe was born as a part of a visionary plan to reverse this decline.
Originally flooded gravel pits until the early eighties, Pensthorpe has been carefully restored as a safe haven for wildlife including the creation of islands for safe nesting areas, shallow scrapes for waders and other species and dragonfly-haunted dykes crossing wild fen meadows.
Norfolk - Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum
Winner of Best Attraction in the Eastern Region 2001 & 2002 - As seen on TV Winner 2003 Berry Savory Tourist Award - Finest Small Visitor Attraction in Norfolk .
Enter the atmospheric `Cold War` operations room. During the 1970`s it would have housed seventy operational personnel. Norfolk - Sandringham House
Wheelchair access throughout - helpers admitted free.
Wheelchairs are available by prior arrangement
Dogs except guide dogs are NOT admitted in the Gardens but welcome in the Country Park
Sandringham House is the charming country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen hidden in the heart of sixty acres of beautiful wooded gardens. Still maintained in the style of Edward and Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra), all the main ground floor rooms used by The Royal Family, full of their treasured ornaments, portraits and furniture, are open to the public.
North Berwick - The Scottish Seabird Centre
The Scottish Seabird Centre is an award winning wildlife visitor centre and one of Scotland`s five star attractions. From its stunning location overlooking the sea and islands of the Forth, visitors enjoy a close encounter with nature to remember. Shropshire - National Cold War Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum offers free admission and parking, along with easy access for all visitors.
RAF Museum Cosford is one day out that everyone from small children upwards will enjoy whatever the weather. It is the only National Museum in the West Midlands and has 70 aircraft in three wartime hangars.
A unique and fascinating collection and display of aircraft integrated with special exhibitions, films, interactives, artwork, engines, missiles, photographs, uniforms, medals and research and education facilities.
Shropshire - Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
The Royal Air Force Museum offers free admission and parking, along with easy access for all visitors.
RAF Museum Cosford is one day out that everyone from small children upwards will enjoy whatever the weather. It is the only National Museum in the West Midlands and has 70 aircraft in three wartime hangars.
A unique and fascinating collection and display of aircraft integrated with special exhibitions, films, interactives, artwork, engines, missiles, photographs, uniforms, medals and research and education facilities.
Somerset - Fleet Air Arm Museum
The main entrance to the museum is up a flight of stairs. We realise that not everyone will be able to use this entrance, so there is a ground floor entrance to the left of the main staircase for visitors in wheelchairs or any others who have limited mobility/disability, and for families with young children in pushchairs.
95% of the museum is accessible to people in wheelchairs. The exceptions being the interior of Concorde 002, the `Brush with War` and Merlin Experience Gallery in Hall 2.
The museum has several wheelchairs for visitors to use - free of charge. Please contact the Information Centre
History of Aviation in the Royal Navy
In 1912 a Royal Navy aircraft took off from a platform built for the purpose over the forecastle of HMS HIBERNIA in Weymouth Bay, the first time an aircraft had ever taken off from a ship under way at sea.
Somerset - Sanders Garden World
The garden centre prides itself on having excellent access to facilities for the less able Visitor and sympathetic staff.
Sanders GardenWorld is the South West`s largest purpose-built garden centre offering to the visitor everything from gifts to house plants to furniture to outdoor plant.
It is an all-weather destination garden centre with an undercover outdoor walkway and a large retail shop area. The Lemon Grove Restaurant, with its spacious and heated undercover terrace area and Mediterranean theme decor, serves breakfasts, midday morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas daily.
South Lanarkshire - New Lanark World Heritage Site
Disabled Facilities and Special Concessions
Surrounded by native woodlands and close to the famous Falls of Clyde, New Lanark is less than an hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow. This beautiful 200 year-old conservation village has been beautifully restored as a living community and is one of the most popular attractions in Scotland. Staffordshire - Blackbrook Zoological Park
Disabled facilities - most areas and building are accessible.
Toilets situated behind the shop.
Baby changing facilities situated behind the shop
Zoological Park has developed into a large and varied collection of some of the most rare and endangered species to be found in the world. Stranraer - Glenwhan Gardens
Disabled person admitted Free
Described as one of the best newly created gardens in recent times situated in a commanding position with spectacular views over Luce Bay and The Mull Of Galloway. The focal point of the garden centres around two small lakes where there is a collection of wild fowl to be discovered. Peacocks, red squirrels, and many birds live in the garden.
Surrey - Rural Life Centre - Old Kiln Museum
Wheelchair Friendly
Visit one of the biggest private collections of village and rural life
Ample Free Parking and Facilities for the Disabled
Pre-booked Schools, Groups and Coach Parties Welcome, Shop, Cafe and Picnic Areas, Arboretum and Woodland Walk
Train Rides on Sundays - Children`s Playground Surrey - The Bird Park and Gardens
In addition to a walk around 26 acres of aviaries and beautiful landscaped gardens you can enjoy lots more including special events and activities throughout the year. Sussex - Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
A special comprehensive Vistors Guide for Wheelchair Users is available which also gives information on the various access routes available.
The site is set on sloping ground, with steep slopes in places. Access around the site is on rural surfaces, mainly rolled or loose chippings, in keeping with the nature of the site and buildings. Some roads and paths are cobbled and their surfaces may cause some difficulty for visitors who use a wheelchair or have impaired mobility
We suggest that, if possible, visitors using wheelchairs should use those with wide tyres as this makes access easier and smoother. The use of a powered wheelchair or four-wheeled mobility scooter allows access to the majority of the open areas of the site.
A number (but not all) of the main buildings are accessible to wheelchair users as ramps are available for people to get inside the houses.
The Museum has lots of seats around the site, which cater for visitors who tire easily or need to take things more slowly to enjoy the Museum at a more leisurely pace.
Set in 50 acres of beautiful Sussex countryside is a very special place to wander amongst a fascinating collection of nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the 13th to the 19th century, many with period gardens, together with farm animals, woodland walks and a picturesque lake.
Wales - Ceredigion -The Animalarium
Wheelchair Friendly
Easy access to all displays
Disabled Facilities
Disabled Toilets
The Animalarium at Borth is a collection of unusual and interesting animals to amuse and delight you
We have domestic and farm animals which you can pet and feed in the petting barn
Warwickshire - Ragley Hall
Disabled Facilities available
Disabled Toilets
Access to the Shops/Tea Rooms
Lifts to First Floor
Set in 400 acres of parkland, woodland and gardens, Ragley is much more than just a stately home. Family home of the Hertford (Conway Seymour) family since it was built in 1680. Ragley is surrounded by 27 acres of delightful ever-changing gardens, while the parkland contains the exciting Childrens Adventure Wood, 3D Maze, Stables, Carriage Collection, Woodland Walk and Lakeside Picnic Area.
Warwickshire - The Stratford Butterfly Farm
Disabled Facilities Available
Disabled Toilets
Accessible Shop
On site parking facilities are for disabled only.
Whatever the weather stroll through the wonderful world of an exotic rainforest: a lush landscape of tropical blossom surrounding splashing waterfalls and fish-filled pools.
West Sussex - Tangmere Air Museum
There is disabled free parking
Facilities for the disabled
Disabled Toilets
Wheelchairs are available on request. These are subject to availability.
Museum is disabled friendly
The Museum was opened in 1982 with exhibits depicting 70 years of military aviation in Sussex, with special emphasis on the RAF at Tangmere and the air war over southern England from 1939 to 1945. The Museum has an intimate atmosphere lacking in many other museums of this kind; perhaps this is due to the enthusiasm of the volunteers who run the museum - many of whom were wartime RAF pilots, navigators and groundcrew.
Yorkshire - Newby Hall & Gardens
Access - allocated spaces in car park for disabled adjacent to entrance pavilion on natural hard-core surface.
Newby Hall, the family home of Mr & Mrs Richard Compton, is one of England`s renowned Adam houses,an exceptional example of 18th century interior decoration, recently restored to its original beauty.
Yorkshire Air Museum
Wheelchair access to all displays except the top floor of the Control Tower.
Wheelchairs available on request.
Disabled toilet.
The longest runway in the North of England
The only French heavy bomber base in WWII
One of the last Luftwaffe intruder attacks of the War
The highest number of post war speed record attempts
One of the few authentic RAF bomber bases open to the public.
