0.5
Painful visit to Durham city
Arrived in Durham at an open air car park with 2 disabled spaces. Area around passport office only area with smooth area for wheelchair users. Rest of city a minefield of uneven surfaces and steps or slopes that could not be navigated resulting in a lot of unnecessary wheeling about to no avail. I made it along the river in my electric wheelchair from the passport office end. However there is a very steep slope to get up onto Prebends bridge at the end, this gives access to the Cathedral. I do not recommend visiting this city at all for wheelchair users. Also would be a terrible experience for blind/partially sighted individuals.
The radar key toilet by the Cathedral is spacious but poorly lit and with minimal aids and not very clean. Any ramps that I saw around the Cathedral grounds area
were of an unsafe nature and did not afford appropriate wheelchair access. One at the University police office was a ramp that sat in front of a step that would have to be navigated over, I should of taken a photo! The 2 ramps I used inside the Cathedral were of a safe and appropriate type however not all of the Cathedral is made accessible. I came away feeling rubbish and in extreme pain which is still troubling me a fortnight later.
Arrived in Durham at an open air car park with 2 disabled spaces. Area around passport office only area with smooth area for wheelchair users. Rest of city a minefield of uneven surfaces and steps or slopes that could not be navigated resulting in a lot of unnecessary wheeling about to no avail. I made it along the river in my electric wheelchair from the passport office end. However there is a very steep slope to get up onto Prebends bridge at the end, this gives access to the Cathedral. I do not recommend visiting this city at all for wheelchair users. Also would be a terrible experience for blind/partially sighted individuals.
The radar key toilet by the Cathedral is spacious but poorly lit and with minimal aids and not very clean. Any ramps that I saw around the Cathedral grounds area
were of an unsafe nature and did not afford appropriate wheelchair access. One at the University police office was a ramp that sat in front of a step that would have to be navigated over, I should of taken a photo! The 2 ramps I used inside the Cathedral were of a safe and appropriate type however not all of the Cathedral is made accessible. I came away feeling rubbish and in extreme pain which is still troubling me a fortnight later.
