The Hideaway

Access Statement

Access Guide

Property Name: The Hideaway 
Description: Cottage

Pre-Arrival
The nearest bus stop is at Hauxley Lane end, Radcliffe (1.4 miles)
The nearest train station is Alnmouth Station (7.5 miles)
The nearest food shop is the Co-op (1.5 miles)
The nearest pub/restaurant is The Amble Inn (1.7 miles)
The nearest petrol is Murco (1.7 miles)
Mobility Equipment Hire is at Blyth (19 miles)

Arrival and Parking
There is resident parking throughout the village of Low Hauxley and guests park immediately outside the property. No permits required.
For what sized car: Any
Good space to unload: Yes
Number of spaces available: One
Distance to property from parking: five yards
Is Parking level: Yes
How many steps en-route to entrance: None

Main Entrance 
The main entrance to the cottage is via two doors, one gives access to a small porch area, the second leads into the living room.
Door widths: 29”
Keyhole Height: 3’6”
How many steps to entrance: One

Living Room and Dining Rooms
The cottage has a living room which is carpeted. There is a kitchen/diner.
Double opening French doors lead from the living room to the kitchen/diner.
There is good space between the furniture and all furniture is moveable.

Kitchen/Diner
The floor is laminate.
There are double opening patio doors leading to a decked area in the garden.
The worktop height is 36”
There is a range oven set at low level.
There is an integrated fridge at low level with an integrated freezer at low level alongside.
The crockery is stored in the upper kitchen units.
There is no equipment stored away from the main kitchen area.

Bedroom and Landing
The cottage is a two storey, one bedroomed property.
The number of steps between floors: 14
Flooring is: Carpet
There is no landing as the bedroom is open plan from the staircase.
Bed size is: Kingsize
Bedroom furniture is fixed.

Bathrooms and Cloakrooms
Door widths are: 29”
There is no an accessible or adapted WC.
There is no accessible or adapted bath/shower.
There is a small ground floor WC.
There is no ground floor bath/shower.
There is a large walk-in shower on the first floor access to the shower is via a single step. There is a grab handle in the shower.
The flooring is laminate.

Outdoor Facilities
There is a small, rear garden accessed from the kitchen onto a raised deck area (no steps from kitchen). There are steps from the decked area to a small gravel garden.
Patio seating is provided on both the deck and garden areas.
There is outside lighting.
There is no colour contrast of critical surfaces.
There are no hazards such as ponds, water features or steep areas.

General
There is a landline for guests to use.
Mobile reception is poor within the cottage but good once outside in the village.
There are electrical sockets in each room (except bathroom) which can be accessed without moving furniture.
The sockets are set low.
We do not provide speciality alarms for hearing or sight impaired guests.
There is a multi-fuel burner in the living room and night storage heating throughout.