Accessibility Guide for Bronte School House

Welcome

Welcome to Bronte School House accessibility guide.

We would love to welcome you to stay in this historical property but realise that being an old grade II listed property Bronte School house will not meet everyones needs. In providing the detail here we hope that you will be able to ascertain its suitablity for your own particular requirements

Level access

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Lounge Kitchen Main garden

Access with steps

There are steps from the main entrance to:

Bedroom

Hearing

Some (bedroom) TVs have subtitles.

Getting here

2 Bronte Cottages, Cowan Bridge

Kirkby Lonsdale

LA6 2HS

Travel by public transport

You can get to Bronte School House by bus and train.

Nearest bus stop is in Cowan Bridge. Buses only run until about 17:00; they run between Cowan Bridge and Kirkby Lonsdale (to get to Lancaster you must change bus in Kirkby Lonsdale) and Cowan Bridge and Skipton. The bus stop is 0.1 miles / 0.2 km from Bronte School House.

The nearest train station is Lancaster. The train station is 17 miles / 27.4 km from Bronte School House.

There are lifts to all platforms at Lancaster station. You will need to take a taxi from Lancaster station to Bronte School House (address 2 Bronte Cottages, Cowan Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HS); there is a taxi rank at the station.

Alternatively you can take the train to Oxenholme which is about a 20 minute taxi ride to Cowan Bridge. (It's recommended to arrange a taxi in advance)

Travel by taxi

You can get a taxi with Bentham Taxis by calling 015242 62462, Mobile: 0776 857 1407.

Parking

We have a car park. The parking is less than 50 metres from the main entrance. Parking is free.

The distance from the car parking to the front entrance is 15 yards. From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. The route is 2000mm wide, or more.

The path from the parking spot is on the level but it does have gravel. There is a door threshold at the front door.

Arrival

Path to main entrance

The path is sloped.

Main entrance

The door is 810mm wide.

The main entrance has 0 steps.

The main door is side hung and manual.

The other entrance door is 810.00mm wide.

The other entrance is at the back of the house about 10 metres from the parking

When you arrive, we can help carry your luggage.

With prior arrangement I can be at the property when you arrive and can carry in your luggage

Getting around inside

Bedrooms

All bedrooms have windows.

Bedrooms have ceiling lights, wall lights, bedside lamps and natural daylight.

Lights are LED and energy saving. Some TVs have subtitles.

All bedrooms are non-smoking.

No bedrooms have fitted carpets.

We can move the bedroom furniture, to improve accessibility.

The bedroom nearest the main entrance has 15 steps.

We have bathrooms with a separate shower.

We have bathrooms with a bath.

Self catering kitchen

We have a separate kitchen and dining room. From the main entrance to the kitchen, there is level access.

The route is 650mm wide, or more.

The door is 850mm wide.

The table and plates have high colour contrast.

From the main entrance to the dining room, there is level access. The door is 770mm wide.

Lounge

From the main entrance to the lounge, there is level access. The door is 800mm wide.

Getting around outside

From the main entrance to the gardens, there is level access.

There is a grass path (about 10 metres long from the property front door) to the garden which is about 22 metres by 12 metres and has gravel paths through the garden

Back yard

Gravelled area immediately outside the back door of the property with table and chairs

Customer care support

For a list of more items, please go to https://lakesmobility.co.uk/hire/.

The nearest toilet area for assistance dogs is located 15 metres from the main entrance

You can hire mobility equipment from South Lakes Mobility by calling 01539 734600.