Beautiful but all steps - NOT wheelchair friendly
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Date of visit: May 2021
I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets and moving around.
I use or have experience of: disabled toilet
Overall Rating
Bad
This is a beautiful pagoda, celebrating the Buddha, and dedicated to the concept of world peace. There are four separate golden panels depicting incidents in the Buddha's life. It's definitely worth a visit, BUT it's not remotely wheelchair friendly.
Disabled Access In and Around
0Battersea Park is generally good for wheelchair access, but look out for dreadful kerbs and bumpy pavements - it's all a bit ramshackle and you risk a rough ride if you're not alert. But the Peace Pagoda itself is totally un-wheelchair-friendly because the only way to get to the upper platform, in order to get a good close-up view of the beautiful golden panels depicting the Buddha's life, is to ascend one of four flights of steep stairs. See my photo below. Zero stars for this.
Parking & Transport
Poor
There's very little accessible public transport in the vicinity. Bus routes 44, 137 and 452 will drop you off at the Chelsea Gate of the park. I don't know about parking.
Accessible Toilets
0I haven't checked out any toilets in Battersea Park, so zero stars here means "I don't know".
Staff
0I have never met any staff in Battersea Park, not even tree surgeons, so zero stars here means "I don't know".
