Accessibility Guide for Haughmond Hill

Welcome

Explore Haughmond Hill and follow in the footsteps of history. Follow the trails out to the front of the hill for commanding views across the River Severn and Shrewsbury to the South Shropshire and Welsh hills beyond. Discover the Iron Age enclosure or visit the viewing platform over the quarry; a must for any budding geologists or anyone who likes dumper trucks!

Refuel at Haughmond Hill cafe, a family run cafe serving locally sourced, quality food and drink.

View of open countryside as seen through the centre of the Family Stone feature

Level Access

Level access

The main entrance has level access.

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Accessible toilet located behind café building Haughmond Hill cafe

There is level access from the car park to:

Picnic area outside Cafe building

Getting here

Haughmond HIll Car Park

Upton Magna

Shrewsbury

SY4 4PW

Travel by taxi

You can get a taxi with Shrewsbury Taxis by calling 01743 242424. The taxi company has a wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Parking

We have a car park. There are accessible parking spaces. The parking is less than 50 metres from the main entrance. Parking is not free.

Haughmond Hill has two designated accessible car park areas and these also serve as the closest drop of point within the car park to the start of the walking trails. The bays are located on hardcore surface and are clearly signposted. From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. The path is sloped.

The route is 2000mm wide, or more.

Showing hardcore surface of Disabled parking bay with green signage and café in distance

Green Disabled parking signage with hardcore path in background leading away from parking bay

Arrival

Path to main entrance

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

The path is 1400mm wide, or more.

The path is sloped.

Main entrance

The main entrance has level access.

The Car park entrance leads off the road which is worth noting has no pavements. The car park is tarmacked and follows a one-way system. The parking bays are on hardcore surface. The path leading from the car park to the Café area and the start of walking trails are hardcore surface and have a slight upwards slope.

Hardcore path leading from the Car Park to the start of trails and cafe area.

Getting around inside

Public toilet

Accessible toilet located behind café building

From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access. The route is 1400mm wide, or more.

The toilet door is 970mm wide.

The direction of transfer onto the toilet is to the front only.

There is one toilet that is open during cafe opening hours ( these are seasonal so please check on their webpages at https://haughmond-hill-cafe.business.site). The toilet has one level entrance and is located on a hardcore surface.

hardcore path leading to Green toilet door entrances

Place to eat and drink

Haughmond Hill cafe

From the main entrance to the dining area, there is level access. To get to a table, there are no steps.

The dining area is self-service. If you need table service, staff can help you.

The route through the dining area is 800mm wide, or more.

There is no background music.

We cater for vegetarian, gluten free (celiacs), lactose free (dairy free), nut free and vegan specific diets.

The Café is currently a takeaway only service and is serviced via a hatch on the exterior of the building. The surface up to the hatch is hardcore and flat. There are seating options available under the outdoor cover with tables and chairs that can be re arranged to suit seating requirements. There are also several wooden picnic benches located in the open air very close to the serving hatch. These tables are on a grass area and there are uneven surfaces such as tree roots in some areas.

Outdoor seating located close to serving hatch and undercover seating area

Getting around outside

Designated Walking Trail

The Corbett Easy access trail

The trail is 1208metres long. The trail has a hard surface. The trail is sloped. The trail has seats.

Follow the yellow waymarkers along this surfaced trail through mixed woodland with frequent benches. Visitors with wheelchairs, mobility scooters and buggies should find this walk suitable.

The Corbett Family were the owners of Sundorne Estate from the late 1700s to the 1950s and once owned Haughmond Hill, the Abbey and much of the surrounding land.

Panoramic image of picnic tables and hardcore path leading onto trail.

Picnic Area

Picnic area outside Cafe building

From the car park to the picnic area, there is level access. The path is 1400mm wide, or more.

You can bring your own food to the picnic area.

Approximately 10 picnic wooden picnic benches which are dug into the grassed area located outside the café and toilets. The grassed area is uneven in areas with tree roots etc but is accessed on a flat hardcore surface. There is no undercover seating available.

Wooden picnic benches located on uneven grassed area.