Leeds Castle

Took my wife who is disabled and really wanted to see the lights . The disabled bays are quite near the enterance but slope down to the ticket enterance they run a bus service and also a little train but we took a wheelchair . Unfortuneatley all the pathways slope down and to the sides i can push a wheelchair but am disabled myself and relised that even if we got to some level ground i could not get push it back up the slope. so had to abandon the trip . So from the exit back to thr disabled car park is all uphill, This is an amazing place and used to go requarley when we both were fit. It needs a lot more thought into accessabiliy here.

We had a wonderful day out at Leeds Castle. There is a good mix of indoor and outdoor activities. The castle is good for wheelchair access and there is quite an interesting dog collar exhibition/museum. Lots of places to buy refreshments and toilets in each area. The grounds are vast and really pretty and peaceful to walk through.

I decided that as I live locally it would be a different place to try for a walk, as during covid everywhere is shut. The car park had plenty of spaces for disabled parking and we were pleased the space was more than adequate for our WAV van. Staff were very helpful directing us to where the disabled parking was. It was a short distance to the ticket booth but the bight was not friendly for a person in a wheelchair which was high up, making it harder to hear and talk. When booking tickets if you have more than one carer you have to email, a shame there is not an option on website. The grounds were very lovely in January and very accessible in my power wheelchair with good alternative routes with no step access well sign posted. There were a good amount of ordinary disabled toilets which I could not use but what was brilliant was that they had a changing places toilet near the lake which included a shower, and was lovely and warm. However Leeds castle do call it an adult changing room.