INFORMATION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
VISITING THE WARWICK AREA

BRAILLE GUIDE FOR WARWICK - available from the Tourist Information Office, Jury Street. Open daily 9.30am - 4.30pm.

CAR PARKING

DISABLED DRIVERS - No Charge for drivers displaying Disabled Badge in all Council Car Parks. Two hours free parking allowed on double yellow lines provided clock and disabled sticker are displayed. No time limit on single yellow line parking provided clock and disabled sticker are displayed, and that an obstruction is not caused.

CAR PARKS WITH EASY ACCESS TO WARWICK CASTLE

Castle Lane short stay car park  West Street entrance to Warwick Castle car park, drop off point at Stables entrance  Castle Lane entrance to Warwick Castle - 6 spaces for disabled drivers.

COUNCIL OF DISABLED PEOPLE

Disability rights advisory service, Cultural Projects.

RADAR KEYS

These can be purchased for £2.50 if collected in person, £3.50 if postage is required, (cheques should be made payable to 'The Council of Disabled People' Warwickshire & Coventry and posted to Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital, Heathcote Lane, Nr. Warwick, Leamington Spa. CV34 6SR. Tel: 01926 889349.

RAILWAY STATION

Please telephone in advance and ramps will be arranged.

TOILETS

Pageant Gardens - Radar Key required - available on loan from the Tourist Office daily 9.30am-4.30pm  Market Place - Radar key required  The Court House - Access from Pageant Gardens during office hours of Tourist Information Centre open daily 9.30- 16.30 HRS.  Warwick Castle - Stables entrance.

WHEELCHAIRS

Wheelchairs can be loaned from  Wenman Mobility, Debden Farm, Barford, Nr Warwick, CV35 8DA Tel:01926 624432. Wheelchair hire - will deliver to hotel, hoists and bed hire, scooter hire, equipment repairs. Website www.wenmanmobility.co.uk

ATTRACTIONS ACCESSIBLE BY WHEELCHAIR IN WARWICK

Warwick Castle - Grounds and Gardens, Stables gift shop, Mill and Engine House, Death and glory exhibition, Courtyard Cafe and Conservatory, Toilet facilities at the Stables Courtyard, Mill and Engine House and Conservatory. Wheelchairs available at the Castle, but booking necessary as there are only two, Castle entry free to wheelchair user, all day time events and entertainment accessible.  Lord Leycester Hospital - Ground floor area only:- Courtyard, Great Hall and Brethren's Kitchen. Car Park from Brook Street. Ramps provided to the building. Disabled toilet facilities. Tel: 01926 491422  Warwickshire Museum - Market Hall - Ground floor area only. Access from rear of building in Market Place. Ask at shop for ramp to be put out. Tel: 01926 412500/412501  St. John's Museum - Ground floor accessible, Gardens accessible, Disabled toilet facilities.Tel:01926 412132  Collegiate Church of St. Mary - Access for wheelchairs except Beauchamp Chapel and Crypt,Tel: 01926 403940.

ATTRACTIONS ACCESSIBLE BY WHEELCHAIR OUT OF WARWICK

BADDESLEY CLINTON, Tel: 01564 783294. Ground floor, most of garden, restaurant and shop accessible by a ramp. Album with photographs of upstairs rooms on request. Adapted toilet near shop, parking next to ticket office. Wheelchairs available. Braille guide and Sympathetic Hearing Scheme. Contact property in advance about access arrangements. CHARLECOTE PARK, Tel: 01789 470277 Parking 100m from house, only ground floor room accessible, parkland walk accessible, garden accessible, shop and Victorian kitchen alternative access avoiding steps, restaurant in Orangery, ramp up two steps, adapted WC's behing Orangery and rear gatehouse, wheelchairs at gatehouse and a volunteer driven vehicle. COMPTON VERNEY, Tel: 01926 645500 Full access to gallery, shop, restaurant, parts of grounds. Lift in house and disabled toilets on each floor, large print guides, hearing loop in ticketing, disabled parking. COUGHTON COURT, Tel: 01789 400777 Ground floor accessible, restaurant and shop, riverside walk and gardens suitable for wheelchairs, disabled toilet, wheelchairs available, braille guide. HATTON COUNTRY WORLD, Tel: 01926 843411 Access to Hatton farm village which includes rare breeds farm, access to craft village and most shops, disabled toilet facilities HERITAGE MOTOR MUSEUM, Tel: 01926 641188 Wheelchair access and disabled toilet facilities, lifts, disabled parking at front, cafe, gift shop, wheelchairs for hire on request, portable induction loop on request. KENILWORTH CASTLE,Tel: 01926 852078 Grounds, garden, shop, tea rooms and exhibition area accessible. Disabled toilet facilities available. Enter by North entrance, disabled parking spaces. PACKWOOD HOUSE, Tel: 01564 783294 Access to ground floor (except Great Hall) and part of the garden. Wheelchairs available, toilet in car park with handrails, otherwise unadapted. Shop inaccessible to wheelchair users. Contact property in advance about access arrangements, tactile tours, braille guides. RAGLEY HALL, Tel: 01789 762090 Disabled and elderly visitors may alight at the entrance to the property before parking in the allocated areas. Toilets for the disabled, lifts to the first and main floor for wheelchairs at the north side of the house. RYTON GARDENS, Tel: 02476 303517 Growth therapy garden, restaurant and shop, disabled toilet facilites, wheelchairs available, mobility scooter, paths to all gardens accessible. STONELEIGH ABBEY, Tel: 01926 858585 Gardens accessible. Disabled toilet facilities in house and car park. Lift access. The Abbey does NOT provide wheelchairs for visitor's use. UPTON HOUSE, Tel: 01295 670266 Ground floor accessible via ramped side door. Disabled toilet facilities in restaurant. Parking near house. Upper part of garden accessible, motorised buggy with driver available for access to lower garden. Photograph album showing less accessible areas of the house, virtual tour of the house available on computer. WELLESBOURNE WATERMILL, Tel: 01789 470237. Watermill has limited access, grounds and tea room accessible. Disabled toilet facilities, parking.

ATTRACTIONS NOT ACCESSIBLE BY WHEELCHAIR IN WARWICK

Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum due to steep steps going down into cellar of the Court House

EATING AND DRINKING PLACES IN WARWICK ACCESSIBLE BY WHEELCHAIR

Art Kitchen, 7 Swan Street, Tel: 01926 494303   Ask Restaurant, High Street, Tel: 01926 409809   Brethren's Kitchen, Lord Leycester Hospital Tel: 01926 492797   Catalan, 6 Jury Street, Tel: 01926 498930   Chopsticks, 19-21 Smith Street, Tel: 01926 479188   Crown & Castle, Coventry Road, Tel: 01926 492087   Findons, 7 Old Square, Tel: 01926 411755   The Oyster Lounge, 12-14 Jury Street, Tel: 01926 495491   The Punch Bowl, The Butts Tel: 01926 403846  The Tuckery, 21 Market Place, Tel: 01926 492171  Wylie's Cafe, The Old Ironyard, Market Place, Tel: 01926 490448  Zetland Arms, Church Street, 01926 491974

HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES (FULLY ADAPTED FACILITIES)

Ardencote Manor & Country Club, Claverdon Tel: 01926 843111  Billesley Manor, Near Alcester, Tel: 01789 279955  Chesford Grange, Chesford Bridge, Nr. Kenilworth, Tel: 01926 859331  Eaton Court Hotel, 1-7 St. Marks Road, Leamington Spa, Tel: 01926 885848  Express by Holiday Inn, A429 Stratford Road, Warwick, Tel: 01926 483000  Hilton Warwick, A429 Stratford Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 499555  Long Ground Barn, Kineton, Tel: 01926 641829

HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES (WITH GROUND FLOOR BEDROOMS)

Ashburton Guest House, 74 Emscote Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 499133  Austin House, 96 Emscote Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 493583  Avon Guest House, 7 Emscote Road, Warwick, Tel: 01926 491367  Billesley Manor, Billesley, Nr Alcester, Tel: 01789 279955   Cambridge Villa, 20a Emscote Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 491169  Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Tel: 01926 859331  Days Inn Hotels North, M40 Northbound, Warwick Tel: 01926 651681  Days Inn Hotels South, M40 Motorway, Warwick Tel: 01926 650168  The Coach House, Snowford Hall Farm, Leamington Tel: 01926 632297  The Cottage Guest House, Kenilworth Road, Hampton in Arden, Tel: 01926 442323  Express by Holiday Inn, Stratford Road, Warwick 01926 483000  Nolands Farm, Oxhill, Warwick 01926 640309  Northleigh House, Five Ways Road, Nr Warwick CV35 7HZ. Tel: 01926 484203  Stoneligh Park, Stonelgih Park, Nr Coventry Tel: 02476 690123  The Croft, Haseley Knob Tel: 01926 484447  The Crown & Castle Inn, 2-4 Coventry Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 492087  Eaton Court Hotel, 1-7 St Marks Road, Leamington Tel: 01926 885848  Express by Holiday Inn, Stratford Road, Warwick, Tel: 01926 483000  Forth House, 44 High Street, Warwick, Tel: 01926 401512  The Falstaff Hotel, 16-20 Warwick New Road, Leamington Tel: 01926 312044  Glebe Hotel, Church Street, Barford, Tel: 01926 624218  Hilton Warwick, Stratford Road, Tel: 01926 499555  Jersey Villa, 69 Emscote Road, Warwick Tel:01926 730336  Long Ground Barn, Kineton, Tel: 01926 641829  Old Fourpenny Shop, 27/29 Crompton Street, Warwick Tel: 01926 491360  Old Barn, Barford, Tel: 01926 624775  Park Cottage, 113 West Street, Warwick Tel: 01926 410319  Penryn Guest House, Stratford on Avon, Tel: 01789 293718  Westham Guest House, 76 Emscote Road, Warwick Tel: 01926 491756  Westham House, Westham Lane, Barford Tel: 01926 624148  Willow Cottage, Norton Lindsey, Tel: 01926 842394  Woodland Grange, Old Milverton Lane, Leamington Spa Tel: 01926 336621

SELF CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS (FULLY ADAPTED FACILITIES)

Knightcote Farm Cottages, The Bake House, Knightcote Tel: 01295 770637

* FULLY ADAPTED FACILITES