ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT – THE PARK, AT MAWGAN PORTH
RECEPTION
The Park Reception is located in our Cafe/Pool building, which can be found ahead and to the right as you enter the site. Steps with a wooden handrail lead up to the Cafe, but there is also level access around the side of the building (where there is a drop off point).
HOUSEKEEPING
The Park Reception is found ahead of you 100 yards from the entrance, with temporary parking to the left. Entrance is gained by either tarmac ramp with a gentle incline to the left or stone steps to the right.
CARAVANS AND AIRSTREAMS
Caravans have either 2, 3 or 4 rung open steps up to 28 inch wide door(s). Airstream doors are 26” wide.
The door(s) have hold backs to secure them when left open.
Heights at the top step may vary from 12 inches to 26 inches depending on caravan siting.
The base of the steps rest on patio slabs with surrounding area laid to turf.
The single lane interconnecting tarmac roadway around the caravan area is one-way and limited to 5mph.
Parking is generally to designated turf areas adjacent to the caravan or airstream with additional overflow to nearby purpose car park.
Between caravans, the surrounding non parking turfed areas include rotary dryers and picnic bench facilities with shrubbery and garden areas.
OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL
Access to the outdoor pool area is gained from one of two routes:-
To the right of the Reception building is a fairly steep tarmac roadway which leads up to a combination locked spring closing gate to the left. The gateway takes you on to a slab pathway approaching the patio stone surface surrounding the Pool. To the left of the path are grassy slopes and wooden decked seating areas.
Alternatively, a dedicated hand railed staircase of approx 30 shallow wooden steps climbs up a sandy scrub bank from the left of Reception. Access to the outdoor Pool by this route is also controlled by a combination gate at the lower end of the steps, which spring closes automatically.
Overall, the Pool area consists of a combination of slabbed patio and pool surround, areas laid to turf and south facing raised decking. There are also a number of children’s play area structures and a secure pen. Changing and Toilet facilities are also located on the outdoor pool grounds with a 4” step up into the unit
There are two outdoor pools, both heated. One is a toddlers pool with a shallow step into it of 0.4m (depth), the other is the main pool which is 0.8m at the shallow end, and 1.3m at the deep end. The main pool is accessed via vertical pool ladders.
INDOOR SWIMMING POOL BUILDING
The indoor Pool is in a large single storey building located to the right of the central entrance roadway. Level access to the indoor Pool is gained by a ramp and through automatic, or push button, doors allowing access into the Cafe Restaurant area. The indoor pool also has wheelchair access, but needs to be entered via vertical pool ladders.
YURTS VILLAGE AREA
The Yurts accommodation is reached via the same tarmac roadway incline to the right of Reception that leads to the pool.
On past the pool entrance at the top of the incline, parking is to the left on pebbled surface. A small 36 inch gateway leads into an uneven grassed Yurts village area. Each Yurt sits on top of a large circular wooden decked area with a 1” step up onto the decking. Decking includes a walkway all around the outside of each Yurt.
The “Cookhouse” is through the gated entrance and on the left. Beyond this is the larger communal Yurt, both of these sited on wooden decking. At the far end of the Yurt village is a grassy slope leading down to a further decked area where the clay oven is located.
Accommodation - Yurts have a 35 inch wide and 68 inch high double door access. No height restriction inside as the Yurt is some 11 feet high at its centre. The dedicated Yurts village area is securely fenced all around.
ECO LODGES
Morlader –is the lower of two lodges to the right of the central hill, which is situated on raised decking. Access to the surrounding decking is gained from the left via a single step up onto the decking from the lower part of the central tarmac hill, or the decking area can also be accessed from the right, via 5 steps up from a dedicated parking area. Once on the decking the main entrance to the lodge is central at the front.
Inside, Morlader has extensive wooden flooring with carpeted floor in the bedrooms. There are patio doors with access out onto the decked areas from the lounge/kitchen area at the right end of the lodge.
Morvoren- the upper of the two lodges is also surrounded by raised decking. It has level access to the decking from the left at the upper end of the central tarmac hill. Alternatively via a pebbled pathway from the small upper car park area at the top of the hill which leads to the right end of the decking. The main entrance to the lodge is central at the rear. Patio doors give further access at the right end of the lodge which lead into the lounge/kitchen area. It has predominantly wooden floors with carpets in the bedrooms.
Lowarth and Karrek
Access is gained via pebbled path joining dedicated parking area at the top of the central hill to each lodge, with Karrek having the longer pathway. Each lodge has raised decking to the front and one end, access to which is to be gained by 3 steps to Lowarth deck and 4 steps to Karreks. Entrance to the lodges is from the decking and central at the front, with secondary access also available by patio doors from the lounge. In addition each bedroom has an open glass door to the rear with a single wooden sleeper step outside. Further, at the rear of the lodges there is an additional raised shared seating area accessible by 19 stone steps.
These two lodges have wooden flooring throughout.
Praze
Access to Praze is some 150 yards along the one way tarmac track leading to the right from the base of the central hill, past the indoor swimming pool building and childrens’ play area. It has a dedicated parking area for 2 cars to the front, covered in pebble stone.
Entrance is via a single step up to surrounding patio decking with the door to the property to the left.
Internal flooring is wooden throughout, with rugs in lounge and bedroom areas.
Derow
Access to Derow is 80 yards along the bridleway which is immediately to the right when entering the Park. It has a dedicated tarmac parking area to the right of the property from which a gently sloping wooden ramp leads to the entrance door. This access is suitable for wheelchairs and is DDA compliant.
Derow is suitable for wheelchairs. It has wooden flooring throughout with rugs in the lounge and bedroom areas, except for the tiled wet room. The wet room, (which is accessed from either the lounge or master bedroom) includes a pull down seat in the shower and has additional support rails.
Access to the rear decked patio area can be either gained from outward opening rear door from the kitchen or an inward opening door from the lounge area. The decking to the rear can also be accessed via the parking area along the side pebbled pathway with two steps up onto the rear patio.
COTTAGES
Classic Cottages Nos. 1 – 3
These cottages, with level access, are situated just past the indoor pool building main entrance, and approached by a one way single width tarmac roadway. There are paved patio areas to the front of each property and grassed picnic area opposite, across the tarmac track. There is one car parking space per cottage, situated across the tarmac track. The entrance is at the front of each cottage with the doors opening outwards.
Flooring is finished in marmoleum throughout, with rugs in lounge and bedrooms.
Classic Cottages Nos. 4 – 6
Approached via a vehicle drop off point beyond the indoor pool, from which a sloping narrow tarmac pathway leads up to the properties. Level stone patio areas span the front of these cottages with steep grassy bank sloping down to the roadway. The entrance is at front of each cottage with the doors opening outwards, with hold backs provided.
Inside, flooring is finished in marmoleum throughout, with rugs in lounge and bedrooms.
Parking options via the main lower car park or, adjacent to cottage 17 turning area or, to the side of cottage No 6.
Deluxe Cottages 17 – 20
Access is gained via the bridleway passed the terraced houses and then along a dedicated climbing single width tarmac track which passes along the rear of these cottages. This track has turning points at the far end adjacent to Cottage No 17, and in addition in between Cottages 18 & 19.
Looking down to the bridleway and beyond, a railed patio area covers across the front of these cottages.
The single entrance to each cottage is located at the front via sliding patio door.
These cottages have marmoleum flooring throughout with rugs in lounge and bedroom areas.
Deluxe Cottages 29 – 30
These three deluxe cottages are immediately to the right on entering the Park, behind a low walled planted garden area.
Dedicated parking for No 28 is at the left hand end, parking for Nos. 29 and 30 is approx. 20 yards along the bridleway at the right hand end of the building.
Access is gained via a patio area with privacy gates at either end, and in the middle for direct access to No 29.
A single entrance to each cottage is from the front patio area with a sliding patio door.
Flooring to the inside of the cottages is marmoleum throughout, with rugs in lounge and bedroom areas.
No. 30 has been further modified inside, being accessibility compliant. These modifications include easier ‘through’ access and wider internal doorways, lower light switches, curtain opening rods and additional support rails in the main bathroom.
Luxury and Contemporary Cottages Nos 7/9, 10/12 & 14/16
These semi detached cottages are in three blocks with access gained via a central pebbled parking area, 100 yards along the bridle pathway. Each block has a patio area to the front with surrounding grassed areas to the side and back.
To the left of the middle block, a winding wooden sleeper pathway with 22 well spaced steps leads to the upper roadway level where the indoor swimming pool and laundry buildings are situated.
Access is gained into each of the Luxury Cottages via sliding patio doors to the front. These cottages also have either a rear or side door.
Flooring is finished in marmoleum throughout. In addition, the Contemporary Cottages 14/16 have anti-slip textured floor finish in wet rooms only. These also have hard parking by their respective units with a ramp for wheelchair access into the property. The properties are designed for wheelchair access and have wetrooms designed for the disabled.
Bronn - East and West
Bronn East and West are found some 160 yards along the bridleway which is to the right immediately on entering the Park, and is situated between Cottage 16 and the Terraced Houses.
These cottages have dedicated parking to the right in between Bronn East and the adjacent Terraced Houses, with additional parking being available opposite across the bridleway.
Access is from the parking area opposite with steps up to the front stone patio area with sliding door entrance to each property.
Flooring is marmoleum throughout.
Valley View
Some 100 yards along the one way tarmac roadway past the indoor pool main entrance. Access to the property is gained from the drop off lay-by and either the 22 sleeper wooden steps of the left curved pathway and short pebbled path to Valley View patio, or from the right via 20 wooden sleeper steps and a further step up to a utility door entrance.
Valley View has a paved patio area to the left and slightly raised grassed seating area to the right via a single step up.
Marmoleum flooring throughout the property. There are a number of rugs in lounge and bedroom areas.
TERRACED HOUSES
The Terraced Houses are approx. 200 yards along the bridleway which is immediately to the right on entering the Park.
Koes, Goen and Tewynn are accessed via steps up from the bridleway, and they have dedicated parking to the right at the far end of the terrace building with additional parking across on the opposite side of the bridleway.
Entrance to each property is via sliding doors off the stone patio area to the front. Bedrooms are predominantly located on the lower floor of the properties, with the lounge being on the upper floors.
Access to the upper floor in Koes is via a 13 step right angled staircase with middle landing.
Access to the upper floor in Goen and Tewynn are via a straight 13 step staircase.
Fitted child safety gates are provided in all three properties.
LUXURY HOUSE (WINDSONG)
Windsong is located off the Park, 200 yards up the hill on the main road towards Padstow, turning left into Tredragon Road, and then after 10 yards turning left again into Tredragon Close. Windsong is the second property on the right.
From the public roadway, there is a walled tarmac driveway leading up to ample parking for 3 / 4 cars.
7 wide stone slabbed steps lead up to the decked area and front door with hand rail to the side.
There is wooden decking on three sides of the accommodation. A raised Jacuzzi in the garden to the rear can be accessed from the rear patio area with 3 steps up. A higher level of garden is accessed via a further two stone steps and which leads to a permanent barbecue area.
The main entrance to Windsong is at the top of the front steps. Inside to the right, a staircase of 13 steps leads up to a small landing with master bedroom and en-suite to the left and dual level twin bedroom and study area to the right. The raised study area is via 4 open rung steps.
From the bottom of the stairs walking further into the house gives access to the lounge and kitchen located on the left, both of which have further access on to the decking outside.
At ground level, the hallway leads to the family bathroom on the right, there is also a double bedroom to the right and twin bedroom to the left. At the end of this passageway 4 steps lead up to a further double bedroom to the right with sliding door access to a railed veranda, or to the left opposite this bedroom there is a further shower/ wash room. Alternatively from the end of the ground floor passageway 8 curved steps with handrail lead down to a lower level, giving access to the games room on the right which has a sliding patio door out to the front parking area, and to the left of this lower level is a shower and WC and a further outside door leading on to the rear lower pathway connecting to the side of the property. This lower level pathway has 5 steps up to the left with safety gateway at the top, also reaching up to the rear decking area and Jacuzzi.
Windsong has wooden flooring across the ground floor, marmoleum flooring in the bathrooms and games room, and carpeting to bedrooms in the upper levels.
Portable child safety gates are available on request.
