Accessibility at Longshaw
- Published:
- 20 August 2024
![Three people stood talking in a group with two other people travelling towards them. One of the people is walking and the other is in a wheelchair. There are views of the rural landscape including patches of purple heather on the moorland in the distance.](http://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/gallery/website/national/regions/peak-district-derbyshire/places/longshaw-burbage-and-the-eastern-moors/library/1294853-longshaw-accessibility-web-article-image.jpg?auto=webp&width=767&crop=16:9&dpr=2 2x)
Plan your visit to Longshaw and understand more about the accessibility of the site so you know what to expect when you arrive.
Arrival and parking
The Woodcroft Car Park has a mixture of chipped tarmac and a hard-bound gritstone surface (a compactable groundcover which binds firmly when compacted) with permeable plastic paving grids under parking bays.
There are 15 designated disabled/young family extra-wide spaces available within the Woodcroft car park. They are approximately 250m from the café and 60m from the Moorland Discovery Centre.
The path from the Woodcroft car park to the café is gently sloped and can be uneven, especially after heavy rain.
The car parks at Wooden Pole and Haywood are located further from the hub and are less accessible. There are no designated bays, can be muddy after rain, and the footpath network they are on is not accessible for those in wheelchairs.
Parking is free for National Trust members and blue badge holders.
The Welcome building is located at the bottom of Woodcroft car park. It has level access through double doors (which open outwards) with a smooth wooden surface within. Staff and volunteers can assist with opening doors if required. There is some seating within and outside the Welcome Building, including a picnic bench. There is an induction loop at the counter
Moving around the site
There is a map available to show suggested routes on the side of the Welcome Building, please ask staff and volunteers for more details. You are encouraged to photograph this map to take a copy with you on your walk.
Paths are mainly bound gravel tracks. Due to the rural nature of the landscape, some paths have gradients greater that 1:12 and are therefore not accessible to wheelchair users.
Our Welcome Team members can give advice on the most accessible routes. The Kitchen Garden is accessible by a short path, which is also signposted Estate Office. There is some seating in the garden. The garden itself does not have accessible paths throughout.
The paths to the café are bound gritstone (a compactable groundcover which binds firmly when compacted) or paving stones.
![Tables and chairs with windows on the left inside the cafe. There are two doors at the rear of the room. One of them is the accessible toilet. There is bunting hanging from the ceiling.](http://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/gallery/website/national/regions/peak-district-derbyshire/places/longshaw-burbage-and-the-eastern-moors/library/1588454-longshaw-cafe-showing-accessible-toilet.jpg?auto=webp&width=767&crop=16:9&dpr=2 2x)
Moving around buildings
The entrance doors to the café are manually operated. The door nearest the servery opens inwards (opening width 85cm). One door to the indoor seating area from the courtyard opens outwards (opening width 100cm). The other opens inwards (85cm opening width). Catering team members can assist if required. The café has indoor seating for approximately 110 and is about 250 meters from Woodcroft car park, roughly a 5 minute walk.
There is a mix of seating with and without arms in the café and there are cushions available.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are available inside the Café, adjacent to the Café courtyard, and at the Moorland Discovery Centre (all with alarms). Accessible toilets are all an appropriate size (at least 1.5m x 2.2m). The accessible toilet inside the Café has right transfer, the one adjacent to the courtyard has left hand transfer. The one in the Moorland Discovery Centre has right hand transfer.
Useful resources
Sensory bags with noise cancelling headphones are available for loan from the Welcome building.
Each till point has an induction loop.
There are large-handled cutlery and straws available in the café.