Collective Gallery

Collective Gallery is on Calton Hill, this can be accessed on foot by steep steps from Waterloo Place or by a long steep gradient with drainage channels from Royal Terrace, which is accessible by wheelchair but may require some assistance. There is an access road up the hill from Regent road, taxis can drop-off and pick up at the top of the hill and parking is available for blue badge holders (during opening hours).

The access road described above is available for wheelchair access to Calton Hill. The paths around Collective Gallery are wheelchair and mobility scooter accessible. Many of the buildings within the grounds are hundreds of years old. Most parts of the interiors are now wheelchair accessible and all of our new buildings, like the Hillside Gallery, are fully wheelchair accessible. The City Observatory has a 10cm step at the entrance which will require assistance from our team or a friend/carer to push a wheelchair over.

There is seating throughout the grounds of Collective Gallery for you to enjoy the views from and limited seating available inside the City Observatory. Folding stools are available in all of our exhibition spaces, and chairs with backs and arms are available on request.

Collective Gallery has commissioned a number of 'Observers' Walks' - artist-led audio guides to Calton Hill - which can be accessed on Collective Gallery's website, offering an alternative experience for the visually impaired. Observers' Walks can be enjoyed on-site or at home. A new Observers' Walk released later in 2017 has been developed in collaboration with the Royal National Institute for the Blind.