Jupiter Artland

It is a great place to go for a half day excursion. You can drive easily from, for example, Edinburgh. The paths are not tarmac, but hard pack gravel. You will need a power chair. Places to eat, toilets etc so given you will spend a few hours here, it has all you need

Positives: 1. Good concession rate and carer gets free entry 2. Interesting art works and beautiful grounds 3. Friendly staff, mostly 4. Not far from Edinburgh Negatives: 1. Accessible toilet is very small, only room for one wheelchair user, not for carer or support worker too. 2. Some exhibits are inaccessible to wheelchair users and not all staff seem aware of this as we were directed to see one which we couldn’t get near. 3. Poor signage - we went out the wrong way as the exit is not clear. This resulted in having to reverse uphill and nearly damaging our vehicle when trying to turn, due to bollards and boulders along paths. 4. Poor road quality - the actual exit road is full of pot holes for a long way. Definitely in need of repair. No signage to Edinburgh where it joins the main road, so we turned the wrong way. 5. Cafe is expensive with "no picnics allowed" (£6 for slice of banana loaf, not even priced on the menu!) Contradictory advice from staff; we were told it would be okay to eat our packed lunches at outside tables if someone had allergies. We sat down to so, and were going to order drinks, but were told we had to buy food or leave. Embarrassing! Is Art only for the well off? Picnic tables should be provided.

Excellent place to spend an afternoon in the open air wandering through woodland enjoying modern sculptures. Park is evenly split between wooded and open areas. Pretty much all the paths are suitable for wheelchair (ours is manual) May be one or two slightly problematic areas depending on individual circumstances. Disabled parking but path to cafe, shop and entrance is partly cobbled. Only issue experienced was with toilet. Doubles as baby change facility and we found it very tight for space due to waste bins. If these were moved it could be ok