Cobbled but compact
3.5
3.5
Date of visit: September 2020
I have experience of challenges around: moving around
Overall Rating
Good
My husband and I. Working cider farm with shop, restaurant, museum and small collection of farm animals. Also tractor ride around orchards and distillery tour. We knew before we went that we wouldn't be able to do the distillery tour because it involved stairs. He started out on his mobility scooter but all of the visitor areas are based around a cobb!ed yard. The scooter coped although the ramp up from the central courtyard to the shop and bar is quite narrow and the turns are tight requiring careful negotiating. The scooter was also too wide for the museum area so we had to back out. However everything was very close together and before the tractor tour we took the scooter back to the car and he managed the rest of the visit on foot. The cobbles are very uneven underfoot in places and particularly in the first part of the museum which is not brightly lit. We ducked out of the museum for the second time at the earliest exit because he felt too uncertain to continue. The ramp from the central courtyard up to the shop and bar is quite narrow and the turns are right requiring careful negotiating.
Disabled Access In and Around
Average
Cobbled surfaces didn't make for the easiest of visits. There may have been level access to the restaurant but we didn't find it. Signage wasn't abundant or clear
Parking & Transport
Average
We travelled by private car. There are some disabled spaces but they are not particularly wide.
Accessible Toilets
Good
Staff
Good
Friendly enough, helpful enough
Additional Information
Covid measures were in place but people (visitors) were milling about in different directions, some with masks and some without. Condiments in the restaurant were in single serve sachets but you had to help yourself.
