Facilities on site

The Centre occupies buildings behind Holly Lodge at the back of the yard. Facilities include:

• a large, well-lit activity room with tables and seating for approximately thirty-five people (two height-adjustable tables for wheelchair users)
• Mrs Sawyer’s Victorian Kitchen – a room recreated in Victorian style with piano (and hearing loop)
• a Victorian kitchen garden and greenhouse
• ponds
• a nature trail
• a picnic lawn with a huge mural of the Park
• the best toilet facilities for the disabled for miles around (!) with changing bed and hoist
• six wheelchairs available for use (two for adults and two for children)
• audio visual equipment
• worksheets, clipboards, pencils and crayons
• car parking

The whole area is wheelchair-accessible. There is a way into the Park from the back gate onto a wheelchair-accessible path.

The yard is a secure area and all visitors are required to report to reception on arrival.