Accessibility Guide for Wrelton Village Hall

Welcome

Wrelton Village Hall is a community hall providing a range of activities for members of the community and visitors, including fitness classes, live music, theatre, meetings and private parties.

The hall has been refurbished to improve disabled access and further improvements will be made as funding becomes available.

All ticketed events are organised and staffed by volunteers, some of whom have experience of dealing with customers with disabilities.

Level access

The main entrance has level access.

There is level access from the main entrance to:

Disabled Toilet

Hearing

Some staff have disability awareness training.

Visual

The walls and the doors have high colour contrast.

General

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.

Some staff have disability awareness training.

Getting here

Wrelton Village Hall

Cawthorne Lane, Wrelton

Pickering

North Yorkshire

YO18 8PQ

Travel by public transport

You can get to Wrelton Village Hall by bus.

There are no public transport facilities near the Village Hall. The 128 bus service does pass through Wrelton and the bus stop is near the Buck Inn. The Village Hall is approximately 10 minutes from the bus stop. The bus stop is 0.5 miles / 0.8 km from Wrelton Village Hall.

The road from the bus stop to the Village Hall is uphill.

Travel by taxi

You can get a taxi with Pickering Taxis by calling 01751 617181. The taxi company has a wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Parking

We have a car park. 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.

View of Wrelton Village Hall main entrance and car park

Arrival

Path to main entrance

The path is sloped.

Main entrance

The main entrance has level access.

The door is 1400mm wide.

The accessible entrance for wheelchair users to the main hall is around the side of the building. This is because the front door entrance has a small lobby area with steps leading down to the dining/ small meeting room and kitchen. There are also steps leading from the entrance lobby up to the main hall.

Steps from Main Entrance down to meeting room/ Dining area/ Kitchen

Side access to disabled entrance to left of main entrance

Getting around inside

We have high colour contrast between walls and doorframes.

Spectator/ Audience viewing areas

There are stewards to help disabled visitors.

Public toilet

Disabled Toilet

There is a public toilet for disabled visitors.

From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access. The route is 3000mm wide, or more.

The toilet door is 770mm wide.

The direction of transfer onto the toilet is to the right.

There is 500mm at the side of the toilet. There is 500mm in front of the toilet. The toilet seat is 480mm high. The toilets have handrails.

The key for the disabled toilet is kept in the small dining room/ meeting room near the kitchen. It hamgs in the cupboard in the right hand corner next to the kitchen hatch.

Place to eat and drink

If you need table service, staff can help you.

There is background music sometimes.

The table and plates have high colour contrast.

Getting around outside

Customer care support

Some staff have disability awareness training.