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Welcome

The Italian Chapel is on the small island of Lambholm in Orkney.  It was part of Camp 60, which was built in WWII to house 550 Italian Prisoners of War who were brought here to work on the Churchill Barriers, which connect the island to Mainland Orkney.  The building was given to the Prisoners to use as a Chapel and a school, but when they all saw Dominico Chiochetti's beautifull artwork it was decided to turn the whole building into a Chapel.  Their faith was incredibly important to the men being so far from home, so having somewhere to worship and to reflect made their time here less difficult.  The artwork and ironwork inside is as stunning today as it was when they left.

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Hearing

Some staff have disability awareness training.

Visual

The walls and the doors have high colour contrast.
Some parts of the venue have low lighting.
Our display boards are not in very large print but should be easily legible

General

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.
Some staff have disability awareness training.
We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

Getting here

For further information on accessible travel in Scotland, go to Transport Scotland.
Lambholm
Orkney
Orkney
KW17 2SF

Travel by public transport

You can get to Italian Chapel by bus.
We are visible from the main road and there is a bus shelter at the end of our road where the bus drivers will drop you off and pick you up, after which is roughly a 5-minute walk up to us. The bus stop is 0.1 miles / 0.2 km from Italian Chapel.

The road is tarmac and mainly on the flat, with a slightly steep incline for 20 metres at the top which takes you up into the carpark.

Travel by taxi

You can get a taxi with Orkney Cabs by calling 01856 875000. The taxi company has a wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Accessible taxis should preferably be booked in advance, but it's not essential.  All their drivers are aware of dropping off facilites at our venue.

Parking

We have a car park. There are accessible parking spaces. The parking is less than 50 metres from the main entrance. Parking is free.
There is a drop-off point at the main entrance. The drop-off point has a dropped kerb.
From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. The route is 2000mm wide, or more.

We have blue badge parking right next to the ticket office.  The surface from the carpark to the ticket office entrance is a mix of both concrete and tarmac, all level access with no kerbs.

Arrival

Getting around inside

Visual Impairment - General Information

We have high colour contrast between walls and doorframes.
Some parts of the venue have low lighting.

Ticket/ information desk

Custodian Pod Ticket Office/Shop counter

From the main entrance to the desk, there is level access. The route is 2500mm wide, or more.
The door is 800mm wide, or more.
The desk has a low section.

The inside if the ticket office is well lit and the staff are easily visible.  Souvenirs and booklets about the Chapel and some local tourist information leaflets, are available in  this building, and are all easily accessible to wheelchair users.  If required, asistance can be given through the use of pens and paper.

Things to See and Do

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.
Our display boards are not in very large print but should be easily legible

Inside the Chapel

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. The door is 720mm wide.
Some display information is low, for wheelchair users. There are seats.

Once inside the 720mm door there is plenty of room to manouver around inside the Chapel.  The main floor is concrete with a 1.5m wide carpet running up the center of the building.  There is a 110mm concrete step up into the altar area and then another 120mm concrete step up to the altar itself.

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Shop

Custodian Pod Ticket office/shop counter

From the main entrance to the shop, there is level access. The route is 2000mm wide, or more. The door is 800mm wide.
The route through the shop is 800mm wide, or more.

Getting around outside

Immediate area outside the Chapel from the ticket office

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. The route is 2000mm wide, or more.

The area outside the Chapel is all grass covered.  People are welcome to walk round the back of the building if they wish.  There are also two benches outside where people may sit and take in the view across the bay.

Customer care support

Accessibility equipment

For a list of more items, please go to http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/odf/index.asp?pageid=593185.
We welcome disability dogs to our venue. The surrounding area is available for dogs to go on, we also have 3 waste bins on site. Dog Poo bags are also available in the Custodian Pod.
You can hire mobility equipment from Mobility Orkney, Orkney Disability Forum, 18 Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AB by calling 01856 870 340 .

Emergency evacuation procedures

We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

Customer care support

Some staff have disability awareness training.
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