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The large car park has four disabled spaces close to the visitor centre entrance, which is accessed via a gentle ramp. The reception has a lowered section and is fitted with a hearing loop. Staff can provide a map and indicate which paths are wheelchair accessible. There’s a ramped exit out to the arboretum – before proceeding, it’s worth noting that the single disabled toilet is in the visitor centre, next to the café. Once outside, wheelchair users should follow the path indicated to enjoy the accessible part of the gardens; the surface is of well-compacted gravel, which offers few problems to wheelchair users or walkers, though there are some steady inclines to negotiate – assistance may be required. There are ample rest benches along the paths. FOOD & DRINK aa The spacious, bright and accessible café offers reasonably priced snacks, light lunches, pastries and cakes, all baked on the premises and made from locally sourced produce – the apple pie comes particularly recommended. 149 Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayrshire Address: Murdoch’s Lone, Alloway, Ayr KA7 4PQ Web: www.burnsmuseum.org.uk Tel: 01292 443700 Hours: daily Apr–Sept 10am–5.30pm; Oct–Mar 10am–5pm; last entry 1hr before closing Dates: closed 1–2 Jan & 25–26 Dec Entry: [D]£9 [C]free [6–17s]£7 [A]£9 [Con]£7 [Fam]£17–£22. NTS members free SCOTLAND Occupying a striking stone, glass and timber structure surrounded by stunning gardens, the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum exuberantly celebrates the life and prodigious talent of Scotland’s most cherished poet. The main museum – a modern, spacious and barrier-free building – houses the world’s largest collection of Burns’s manuscripts, along with many of the poet’s personal possessions, from his desk, chair and writing set through to his pistols and waistcoat buttons. Listening posts play evocative recordings of his most popular works, and there’s even a jukebox where you can select Burns songs categorised by styles such as “punk”, “tear-jerkers” and “power ballads”. Displays also give a flavour of Burns’s colourful private life – a glance at his family tree reveals he’d fathered thirteen children by five different women by the time he died, aged 37. Outside, wheelchair users can easily navigate Poet’s Path through the lovely grounds to reach the modest Burns Cottage, where Burns was born in 1759. However, some of the neighbouring sites – which feature in the poet’s work – are less accessible, such as the Auld Kirk (which has a few steps) and Brig o’ Doon, which is cobbled. Access to the main museum, however, is good, starting with the six disabled parking spaces near the front door, which is opened by a touch-pad control. Inside, the large reception desk is a good height for wheelchair users and is fitted with an induction loop. There’s a large and spotless disabled toilet in the foyer, with another one at Burns Cottage. There are two wheelchairs available to borrow, and the museum is on one level throughout. The main exhibition area is quite dimly lit – necessary to preserve the manuscripts – which may be an issue for some sight-impaired visitors. FOOD & DRINK aa The on-site café/restaurant has a great choice of cakes, pastries and sandwiches made to order as well as a good selection of hot food, all locally sourced where possible – a delightful space to enjoy lunch. 170
M6 Wales ISLE OF MAN Barrow-in-Furness M6 150 RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve 151 Electric Mountain 152 Llangollen 153–154 Llangollen Wharf and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 155 Snowdonia Scenic Drive 156 Newport Parrog Coastal Trail 157 Celtic Quest Coasteering Holyhead ISLE OF ANGLESEY Bangor Porthmadog 151 Morecambe Lancaster 158 Brecon Canal Walk 159 Garwnant Forest Visitor Centre 160 Folly Farm Blackpool 161 Millennium Coastal Park Preston 162 National Waterfront Museum Blackburn 163 Wales Millennium Centre Southport 164 Principality Stadium Tours Llandudno Conwy 150 Colwyn Bay CONWY GWYNEDD SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK Rhyl DENBIGH- SHIRE Liverpool M53 FLINTSHIRE 152 153/154 LANCASHIRE M58 M55 M57 Wigan Warrington Chester Wrexham Oswestry M56 St Helens M62 Runcorn CHESHIRE WREXHAM M61 155 Shrewsbury Telford SHROPSHIRE Aberystwyth CEREDIGION POWYS HEREFORDSHIRE 157 St Davids Fishguard 156 PEMBROKESHIRE CARMARTHENSHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE COAST NATIONAL PARK Carmarthen 160 Llanelli 161 Pembroke Swansea 162 Neath Brecon Port Talbot M4 159 158 BRECON BEACONS NATIONAL PARK Merthyr Tydfil Cardiff Bridgend 164 163 Barry Hereford Ross-on-Wye Abergavenny Pontypool M4 Newport Bristol Weston-super-Mare M5
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THE ROUGH GUIDE to Accessible Brita
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Contents Click on any chapter to go
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About this book Designed to be good
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HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS IWM Duxford (E.
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Brockholes Nature Reserve (Northwes
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London 001 The Roundhouse 002 Wembl
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On the site of the London 2012 Olym
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LONDON ZSL London Zoo FOOD & DRINK
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The tour starts in the MCC Museum w
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LONDON Royal Opera House FOOD & DRI
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LONDON London Transport Museum ther
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Ideas aa Art and sculpture Tate St
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hop-on/hop-off at any stop along th
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the Painted Hall and chapel. There
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023 Horniman Museum and Gardens Add
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024 Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire
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Parents of any disabled child will
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If you’d rather go sightseeing, h
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FOOD & DRINK aa The sizeable Studio
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In 1842, when the young Charles Dar
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grotto and birds of prey centre 10a
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populated by grazing sheep and the
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available on request, subject to av
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Beach: Address: The Estate Office,
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Emirates Spinnaker Tower THE SOUTHE
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and the tidal pools, as well as aro
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centre whose residents range from d
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Temple of Flora and Palladian Bridg
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you can pre-book bikes with trailer
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Weymouth and Portland National Sail
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Octavia the octopus always draws a
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Lincoln Cathedral 059 Lincoln Cathe
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Ideas aa Animal sanctuaries Bolderw
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Holkham Hall Reserve: in summer you
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FOOD & DRINK aa The T&D café bar o
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a wheelchair, while benches provide
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Southwold Pier side and in all the
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Wicken Fen is one of Britain’s ol
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depending on what you most fancy se
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field Cavendish AM LE field Pentlow
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floor has a large step up to it, bu
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M6 M1 Barrow-in-Furness The West Mi
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A619 080 Peak District Scenic Drive
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084 RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire
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Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museu
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Severn Valley Railway Northwood), a
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Hereford Cathedral FOOD & DRINK aa
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M18 The Northwest MID LOTHIAN Berwi
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South of Grasmere you’ll pass the
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