Special Needs

Accessibility for All

Site - the site is on a hill side so travelling between bedrooms and Dining Room/Bar is suggested by car. Our Conference Service Assistants are also able to help with transport between buildings.

Car Parks – there is one disabled parking space available in Smallbrook and one in Brook House car park. The Smallbrook space is on a very slight gradient.

Bedrooms – The four Bedrooms (20 – 23) in Brook House are used. They all have a ramp into the room, have wider doors & ample space for wheelchairs. All have showers which have a small step into the shower. Room 22 is a double & has a folding chair and grab handles, the others presently don’t. We have a "garden" chair available that can be used in the shower (as recommended by a recent wheelchair user).

Meeting/Training Rooms – The Smallbrook Suite is all on the Ground Floor with ramps to all areas. Springfield House is on 3 floors with a lift available to all floors.

Toilets – Springfield House, the general toilets have a larger special needs toilet cubicle and there is a Lift to the 1st Floor. Smallbrook has an accessible toilet adjacent to Reception.

Hard of Hearing

Bedrooms – Brook House 20 – 23 have flashing fire alarm lights and also a vibrating system under the pillow available for night times.

One of our training rooms has a hearing loop system fitted and we have a portable system available so do please talk to Reception are also able to hire in a portable system for other training rooms.

Food

Our Catering staff are able to cater for any special dietary or allergy requirements that are required with notice. Please ensure that you inform our team in advance of your arrival.

Travel by Train

At Moreton in Marsh there is a ramp (1 in 12) from one platform to the other via the new footbridge. Ramps are used to disembark from the trains. The ticket office is manned until 1pm, outside of these hours the on-train staff will assist with disembarking from the train. There is level access from the road to the ticket office. There is one parking bay for disabled and no toilet suitable for wheelchair access. This station is managed by First Great Western.

At Evesham station there is very limited access for wheelchairs. There is level access to Worcester platform but no step free access to Oxford platform as at January 2005. They have a plan with Worcestershire County Council to install a ramp to access one platform, while the other has access from the ticket office/general buildings. Therefore, this station is not ideal at the moment for wheelchairs. There are 2 parking bays for disabled and with an accessible toilet on the Worcester platform only. This station is managed by First Great Western.

Web sites which may be of use :

www.rnib.org.uk
www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk