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Access for Disabled Visitors

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    The road to St Mary’s has double yellow lines and is really suitable only for drop-offs, as access is needed to the courts and the Military Museum.

    There is accessible parking for blue badge holders around the city centre, with more information available via this downloadable PDF: chester-city-centre-accessible-parking

    The closest available accessible parking is on-street outside the Grosvenor Museum, Grosvenor Street, CH1 2DD.

    A photograph of outside The Grosvenor Museum showing a disabled parking bay painted onto the road

    There are time limited bays on Weaver Street, CH1 2BQ. Registered Blue Badge holders can stay in designated time limited bays for free for an unlimited time unless the signage advises otherwise.

    Castle Square is the closest car park (in front of Crown Court).
    It is available after 3pm on weekdays (free) and all day at weekends for £5.

    compare_arrows Approach
      to Entrance Gate

      There are cobbles leading up to the St Mary’s entrance gate:

      A photograph of the road leading to the St Mary’s entrance gate. It shows a tarmacked road with cobbles in front of the gate and cobbles leading to the court delivery bay and walkway to the Castle Square car park. The words ‘entrance gate’ have been placed on the photo to help orientate the viewer
      to Main Entrance

      There is a steep, ramped, paved route to the entrance. This surface is uneven with a gradient of between 1 in 6 to 1 in 8. It is advisable that disabled people have assistance when navigating the slope although it is manageable for active wheelchair users able to balance on the rear wheels.

      A photograph taken from the entrance gate showing the paved slope towards the door of St Mary’s
    door_front Entrance

    There is a steep short ramp up a step into the doorway negotiating an upstand of circa 9cm:

    A photograph showing a yellow ramp to the step into St Mary’s. Large double wooden doors, the right-hand door is open. Inside we can see one of a pair of automatic glass doors

    A single door is open, but the double doors can be opened on request to accommodate larger mobility aids (we suggest contacting event organiser in advance to make them aware of this request). There are glass, automatic double doors inside the entrance lobby.

    There is short pile, industrial carpeting to the main floor.

    A photograph of the carpeted floor of St Mary’s
    stairs_2 Layout

    There are two stone steps to a wooden floor at the altar area (generally used by performers).

    A photograph showing red, upholstered chairs on a small rake in the central nave of St Mary’s, with ceiling bosses above. There are arrows and text showing where the accessible toilet and main entrance are on the image
    A floor plan showing location of facilities, steps and emergency exits
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      Access

      The accessible toilet is through the small kitchen, at the back right of the space when facing the stage.

      There is vinyl flooring in kitchen and toilet areas.

      A photograph showing the entrance to the kitchen area. This area is identified by the change in flooring from carpet to vinyl. At the back of the area is the open door of the accessible toilet
      Interior Layout

      The toilet is a standard accessible toilet with Right Hand Transfer. There are grab rails, an emergency alarm, and sanitary bins available. The space is suitable for walking aids and standard wheelchairs but not larger mobility equipment as there is no ceiling hoist and floor space is minimal.

      A photograph taken from the doorway, showing the interior of the accessible toilet. The space is tiled with a vinyl floor. Along the left wall, from the doorway, is a radiator with a hand-dryer above, a small basin with paper towel dispenser and soap dispenser above. There is a vertical, wall mounted grab rail on each side of the basin. Then a toilet brush and sanitary bin with a horizontal grab rail above it and above that a toilet roll dispenser and an emergency pull cord. On the back wall from left to right is a toilet, a drop-down rail, a vertical, wall mounted grab rail and a grey flip top bin. Along the right-hand wall, from the back of the room, is a wall mounted, fold up baby change station
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Parking
The road to St Mary’s has double yellow lines and is really suitable only for drop-offs, as access is needed to the courts and the Military Museum.

There is accessible parking for blue badge holders around the city centre, with more information available via this downloadable PDF: chester-city-centre-accessible-parking

The closest available accessible parking is on-street outside the Grosvenor Museum, Grosvenor Street, CH1 2DD.

A photograph of outside The Grosvenor Museum showing a disabled parking bay painted onto the road

There are time limited bays on Weaver Street, CH1 2BQ. Registered Blue Badge holders can stay in designated time limited bays for free for an unlimited time unless the signage advises otherwise.

Castle Square is the closest car park (in front of Crown Court).
It is available after 3pm on weekdays (free) and all day at weekends for £5.

Approach
to Entrance Gate

There are cobbles leading up to the St Mary’s entrance gate:

A photograph of the road leading to the St Mary’s entrance gate. It shows a tarmacked road with cobbles in front of the gate and cobbles leading to the court delivery bay and walkway to the Castle Square car park. The words ‘entrance gate’ have been placed on the photo to help orientate the viewer
to Main Entrance

There is a steep, ramped, paved route to the entrance. This surface is uneven with a gradient of between 1 in 6 to 1 in 8. It is advisable that disabled people have assistance when navigating the slope although it is manageable for active wheelchair users able to balance on the rear wheels.

A photograph taken from the entrance gate showing the paved slope towards the door of St Mary’s
Entrance

There is a steep short ramp up a step into the doorway negotiating an upstand of circa 9cm:

A photograph showing a yellow ramp to the step into St Mary’s. Large double wooden doors, the right-hand door is open. Inside we can see one of a pair of automatic glass doors

A single door is open, but the double doors can be opened on request to accommodate larger mobility aids (we suggest contacting event organiser in advance to make them aware of this request). There are glass, automatic double doors inside the entrance lobby.

There is short pile, industrial carpeting to the main floor.

A photograph of the carpeted floor of St Mary’s
Layout

There are two stone steps to a wooden floor at the altar area (generally used by performers).

A photograph showing red, upholstered chairs on a small rake in the central nave of St Mary’s, with ceiling bosses above. There are arrows and text showing where the accessible toilet and main entrance are on the image
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Accessible Toilet
Access

The accessible toilet is through the small kitchen, at the back right of the space when facing the stage.

There is vinyl flooring in kitchen and toilet areas.

A photograph showing the entrance to the kitchen area. This area is identified by the change in flooring from carpet to vinyl. At the back of the area is the open door of the accessible toilet
Interior Layout

The toilet is a standard accessible toilet with Right Hand Transfer. There are grab rails, an emergency alarm, and sanitary bins available. The space is suitable for walking aids and standard wheelchairs but not larger mobility equipment as there is no ceiling hoist and floor space is minimal.

A photograph taken from the doorway, showing the interior of the accessible toilet. The space is tiled with a vinyl floor. Along the left wall, from the doorway, is a radiator with a hand-dryer above, a small basin with paper towel dispenser and soap dispenser above. There is a vertical, wall mounted grab rail on each side of the basin. Then a toilet brush and sanitary bin with a horizontal grab rail above it and above that a toilet roll dispenser and an emergency pull cord. On the back wall from left to right is a toilet, a drop-down rail, a vertical, wall mounted grab rail and a grey flip top bin. Along the right-hand wall, from the back of the room, is a wall mounted, fold up baby change station
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There is NO HEARING LOOP in the building.

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The space is quite dark due to the historic nature of the building and visual contrast is minimal.

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There is an accessible toilet adjacent to the seating area, as detailed above.

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