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Accessibility Guide for RSPB Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve

Contact for accessibility enquiries: Mark Shields

email addressloch.gruinart@rspb.org.uk phone number01496 850 505 websiterspb.org.uk/lochgruinart

Guide last updated: 24 April 2019

  • At a glance
  • Getting here
  • Arrival
  • Getting around inside
  • Getting around outside
  • Customer care support
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Welcome

  • Level access icon Level Access
  • Hearing icon Hearing
  • Visual icon Visual
  • General icon General

Level access

The main entrance has level access.

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Visitor Centre ToiletVisitor CentreViewing Platform
The hide entrance has level access.

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.

General

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.
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.
Loch Gruinart Visitor Centre
Gruinart
Isle of Islay
PA44 7PP

Travel by taxi

You can get a taxi with Islay Taxis by calling 01496 850170. You can get a taxi with Lamont's Taxis by calling 01496 810449. You can get a taxi with Carol MacDonald Taxis by calling 01496 302155.

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 does not have a dropped kerb.
From the car park to the entrance, there is level access. The path is sloped.
The route is 1000mm wide, or more.
Visitor Centre Disabled Parking area

Arrival

Path to main entrance

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

Main entrance

The main entrance has level access.
The main door is side hung and manual.

Getting around inside

Visual Impairment - General Information

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

Public toilet

Visitor Centre Toilet

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.
From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp.
The direction of transfer onto the toilet is to the left.
The toilets have handrails.

Visitor Centre

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access.

Getting around outside

Designated Walking Trail

Woodland Trail

The trail is 1448metres long. Some of the trail has a loose surface. There are steps and bridges to cross along the trail. The trail is sloped. The trail has seats. There are bird hides along the trail.

South Hide

At the hide entrance, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp. There are low windows in the hide, so wheelchair users can see outside.

North Hide

The hide entrance has 1 step. There is no lift and no ramp.

Viewing Platform

From the main entrance to this area, there is level access. There is a permanent ramp.

Customer care support

Accessibility equipment

We have an area to charge mobility scooters and battery powered wheelchairs.

Emergency evacuation procedures

We have emergency evacuation procedures for disabled visitors.

Customer care support

Some staff have disability awareness training.
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