Overview

Lanhydrock is a lovely garden. Like lots of Cornish gardens, it's stunning in Spring with lots of flowering trees. I'm sure the house is interesting too, but I've only been in briefly. I'm much more of a garden person! The site is laid out with the car parks, café, shop, toilets and tramper hire together. Then a wide path for about 250 yards (crossing a quiet road) takes you to the reception/ticket office. Then around 500 yards down the main driveway to the house and gardens where there's more toilets, another café and a few other things. The house and gardens are surrounded by the estate with walking trails. The main café (near the car parks) is very accessible. There's a wide ramp up to the café which has indoor seating plus a decked seating area outside. The food is quite good. The toilets have one disabled toilet. It's reasonably well kitted out but could be bigger. The shop is accessible. The tramper hire is accessible. You need to book the tramper in advance. I think there's only one. There are also manual wheelchairs and some mobility scooters available, but again you need to book in advance. The path to the reception/ticket office is wide and level. The reception/ticket office is accessible I think. I always wait outside while someone else gets the tickets. There is a buggy that shuttles people between the reception/ticket office to the garden entrance. It has a ramp so wheelchairs can be transported too. If you decide not to use the buggy, the driveway down to the house and gardens is about 500 yards and is fairly steep in places. There is a pathway running parallel to the drive for most of the way. The path is OK, a bit bumpy in places. In the garden, the paths mostly have a very fine gravel/grit surface and are fairly comfortable (compared to other places I've been). A bit bumpy, but doable and not unpleasant. I use a power chair so it's probably even better in a mobility scooter/tramper. There are a few areas that aren't accessible. The map says the circular flower garden isn't accessible but we squeeze round the outer path so I can go up and down the main path in the middle. There's a beautiful church in the gardens. But a step in the porch makes it inaccessible for wheelchair users. Inside the church is another step but this one has a ramp on it! Madness! The café/toilet area by the house has tarmac. The café is accessible and there's seating outside. The toilets have two disabled toilets. Again, reasonably kitted out and a bit bigger than the one by the car parks. You need a radar key for these but the staff can lend you one if necessary. ⁠To access the house there is an entrance at the rear with a ramp and then a step inside which they have a removable ramp for. There is someone in attendance and they radio through to a colleague in the house who comes to show you through. ⁠There is a lift inside which takes you up to the first floor.

Transport & Parking

We travel by private car. There are 29 disabled spaces. They are tarmacked - thank goodness as the rest of the car park is BUMPY! It's a pay and display car park (free for NT members and blue badge holders). The disabled spaces are right by the path to the café.

Access

On the whole, good. You can enjoy most of the gardens and house. Both café areas are accessible with ramps or slopes. There is the buggy and you can book the tramper, mobility scooters or wheelchairs.

Toilets

It would be great if there was a changing places toilet. But there isn't. The disabled toilets are pretty good though.

Staff

They seem friendly and helpful.

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