4.5
Fantastic Staff, Beautiful Place. Mainly wheelchair friendly - we will be returning.
Visited House of Dun today (2 July 2022).
There were 4 of us in the group - myself and my husband, my daughter and my mother-in-law.
My mother-in-law has severe mobility issues so now uses a 'Voyager All Terrain outdoor' Wheelchair which has large treaded pneumatic tyres; this meant it COPED WELL with the grass and most of the gravel paths. We all took turns pushing the chair as it is not self propelled.
The staff were EXCEEDLY HELPFUL checking whether there was any help we needed.
We entered via the stables exhibition which finished at the shop from there we went into the courtyard. The exhibition had a couple of relatively step slopes in it so had some difficulty pushing the chair up them .
The courtyard had a paved flagstone path around it which was easy to use with the wheelchair. I did have to go onto the surrounding gravel to get past the main door.
There were regular segregated toilets and a separate disabled toilet.
Surrounding the courtyard there were various terraced outbuildings with variable accessibility - about half had steps - with various exhibitions within.
The actual House itself was NOT fully accessible as it is on several floors however we were offered a MODIFIED TOUR taking in the lower floor (as you enter by the servants' entrance). The guide was well informed and at no time did we feel rushed.
The gardens were very well kept and there was a mixture of paved; gravel and grass paths. You had to PICK YOUR ROUTE to avoid steps but we were able to see most of the grounds close to the House itself. The gravel was not deep but I suspect a NHS small wheeled transit chair MIGHT STRUGGLE with the terrain.
There were picnic tables available in various locations where we ate our lunch. There was a cafe which we didn't use but it was wheelchair accessible.
We didn't try and see any of the longer distance walks as my mother in law was getting tired by then but we are aiming to return for a further visit.
Visited House of Dun today (2 July 2022).
There were 4 of us in the group - myself and my husband, my daughter and my mother-in-law.
My mother-in-law has severe mobility issues so now uses a 'Voyager All Terrain outdoor' Wheelchair which has large treaded pneumatic tyres; this meant it COPED WELL with the grass and most of the gravel paths. We all took turns pushing the chair as it is not self propelled.
The staff were EXCEEDLY HELPFUL checking whether there was any help we needed.
We entered via the stables exhibition which finished at the shop from there we went into the courtyard. The exhibition had a couple of relatively step slopes in it so had some difficulty pushing the chair up them .
The courtyard had a paved flagstone path around it which was easy to use with the wheelchair. I did have to go onto the surrounding gravel to get past the main door.
There were regular segregated toilets and a separate disabled toilet.
Surrounding the courtyard there were various terraced outbuildings with variable accessibility - about half had steps - with various exhibitions within.
The actual House itself was NOT fully accessible as it is on several floors however we were offered a MODIFIED TOUR taking in the lower floor (as you enter by the servants' entrance). The guide was well informed and at no time did we feel rushed.
The gardens were very well kept and there was a mixture of paved; gravel and grass paths. You had to PICK YOUR ROUTE to avoid steps but we were able to see most of the grounds close to the House itself. The gravel was not deep but I suspect a NHS small wheeled transit chair MIGHT STRUGGLE with the terrain.
There were picnic tables available in various locations where we ate our lunch. There was a cafe which we didn't use but it was wheelchair accessible.
We didn't try and see any of the longer distance walks as my mother in law was getting tired by then but we are aiming to return for a further visit.
