Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this area include: Waterfall, Watermill and bookshop.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access.
- This entrance is at the front of the venue.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating.
- Toilet and changing facilities available include: a toilet with some adaptations for disabled people and standard toilets.
- This toilet with adaptations for disabled people is approximately 16m from the site entrance.
- The standard toilets surveyed can be found to the left after you enter the site.
Admissions
- At this location the following are free to access for all visitors: All aspects.
- At this location the following areas are free to access for National Trust members but payable for everyone else: All aspects.
- At this location the following areas require payment from everyone (including National Trust members): None.
- Parking is free for all visitors.
Public Transport
- There is a bus stop within approximately 150m of the site.
- The nearest bus stop is Aberdulais Falls, which is approximately 15 metres from the site entrance.
- The nearest train station is Neath.
- Neath station is approximately 3 miles from Aberdulais.
- For the latest travel options and information you can plan your travel using Traveline (opens new tab).
Parking
- This site has a car park.
- This is an open air car park with a gravel surface.
- Parking is free for all users.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays available.
- Obstacles from the car park include: a road crossing and dropped kerbs.
- There are not parent and child parking bays available.
- Nearby parking includes: Blue Badge on-street parking (within 50m).
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the bookshop. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- Powered mobility vehicles cannot be borrowed or hired.
Toilet with Adaptations (Right Hand Transfer)
- This toilet is located to the left after you enter the site, past the book shop.
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- This toilet is approximately 16m from the site entrance.
- There is pictorial and written text signage on or near the door.
- The door is manual, opens outwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the toilet door opening is 76cm.
- The door has a locking handle (with a RADAR key to access).
- The dimensions of the cubicle are 169cm x 199cm and it does not have a 150cm x 150cm turning space.
- There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the seat.
- The lateral transfer space is 108cm from the side of the toilet pan to the wall.
- There is a pull chain flush on the transfer side.
- The following grab rails are available: a horizontal grab rail on the non transfer side and a vertical grab rail on the non transfer side.
- There is a dropdown rail on the transfer side.
- The following fixtures can be reached from the toilet seat: toilet roll holder.
- The following fixtures cannot be reached from the toilet seat: wash basin, soap dispenser and towel dispenser.
- The height of the toilet seat above floor level is 55cm.
- The height of the toilet roll holder is 106cm.
- The wash basin tap type is lever.
- The height of the wash basin is 74cm.
- The height of the soap dispenser is 93cm.
- The height of the towel dispenser is 95cm.
- The height of the baby change is 103cm.
- There is no emergency alarm.
- There is not a shelf.
- The cubicle has: a waste bin with lid.
- The cubicle does not have a full length mirror and coat hooks.
- The following have a high colour contrast with their surroundings: the internal door and the floor.
- The following have a less clear colour contrast with their surroundings: all grab rails, the dropdown rail and the toilet seat.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Standard Toilet
- Access into the toilet is via a steep ramp/slope.
- The slope is over 150cm wide, with no handrails.
- The door is manual, opens inwards and has a high colour contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The width of the door opening is 65cm.
- Internally the door has a high colour contrast.
- The male and female standard toilets were surveyed.
- The width of the widest cubicle door opening is 65cm.
- The wash basin tap type is push.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
- There are no hand dryers.