Awful for wheelchair users.
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0.5
Date of visit: September 2018
I have experience of challenges around: dexterity or coordination and moving around.
Overall Rating
Bad
We travellled here with my children and grandchildren after reading that the ground floor of the castle was wheelchair accessible. I was fully aware that I couldnt get upstairs but (mistakenly) thought there’d be enough to keep me occupied whilst everyone else explored the upper floors. Wrong! The ground floor basically consisted of tea room gift shop and entrance hall. Even then the tea room was difficult to access with a powered wheelchair as it was so cramped and narrow. I ended up sitting outside in the courtyard (with one tiny, rickety metal table!) waiting for everyone else; the access of which was over gravel (any wheelchair user will tell you how awful gravel is to traverse) Both bookshops were innaccesible too. It was a nightmare for me, and I felt was very misrepresented in the NTS brochure.
Parking & Transport
0Parking was good, close to the grounds, but gravelled and the paths were uneven.
