Trafalgar Square
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Date of visit: March 2025
I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: a hidden impairment, accessing toilets and moving around.
I use or have experience of: changing places toilet, disabled toilet, hidden impairment, powerchair, toilet with hoist, toilets, walking aid, wheelchair
Overall Rating
Average
I was excited to visit Trafalgar Square, as I'd only ever seen it on a Monopoly board until this year, and I wasn't disappointed. I arrived via the path in front of the National Galleries. Straight ahead were several busking zones, large white circles where performers set up. I noted a man writing spontaneous poetry on a typewriter, for which you could pay what you thought it was worth, and a girl with a keyboard singing Dreams by the Cranberries – a band I've only started to appreciate recently. The fountains sparkled in the midday sun, and the sky was as clear as I could hope for. If you're in London, you need to visit.
Disabled Access In and Around
Good
There’s level access to the square, which is served by several bus routes. Outside the National Galleries, there are large lifts that take you down to the square and the toilets. I had a bit of trouble with the heavy lift door, and although it has braille buttons, you have to hold the button down for the entire journey, which could be tricky for some. In front of Nelson’s Column, there’s a braille information board, which I thought was a really nice touch. While lots of people were sitting on the edge of the fountains, there are also plenty of benches dotted around the square.
Parking & Transport
Average
There are plenty of bus routes in the area. The Trafalgar Square bus stop serves the 24, 29, 176, N5, N20, N29, N41 and N270 services – all of which are accessible. Charing Cross Underground is just 320 metres away, so it's a handy rail option if that's your thing. You might get lucky with some local parking, but I wouldn’t chance it in such a tourist hotspot.
Accessible Toilets
0The toilets are in front of the National Galleries, though I wasn't able to visit them during my trip. The National Galleries has accessible toilets and a "partial" Changing Places toilet.
