There is level, or accessible sloped, access from our disabled car park spaces to:
 

1. Flint Barn Café

2. Café patio with wheelchair-accessible tables

3. Café disabled toilets

4. Changing Places facility in Flint Barn Car Park

5. Disabled and standard toilets in Flint Barn Car Park

6. Great Broad circular path – 2.3 miles

7. Bird hide – accessed from the North side of the Great Broad

8. Little Broad path

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Visual:

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-A Braille map of the Park (pictured left) is located in the Flint Barn Car Park, near to the sloped access to the patio (pictured below right)

-All disabled toilet facilities have high contrast blue toilet seats and assistance rails.

-The café counter is 95cm high with dark grey panelling at the base and a pale wooden high contrasting counter-top.

-Full height glass doors to the café have high contrast markings.

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Auditory:

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-A counter hearing loop system is installed at the Café payment point.

Please select ‘T’ on your hearing aid(s) to use the hearing loop.

 

General:

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-Assistance dogs are permitted in all areas of the Park.

 

Getting here: 

 

Whitlingham Country Park, Whitlingham Lane, Trowse, Norwich, NR14 8TR

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Travel by public transport:

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• First Bus operate ‘Charcoal Line’ buses which run between Norwich city centre and Halesworth once per hour (please check their timetables). Numbers 40A, 41 and X41 stop in Trowse village. The Park is then around a 20 minute walk down Whitlingham Lane, which you will find opposite St Andrew’s Church, Trowse.

   

  https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk/routes-and-maps/network-norwich/charcoal-line-40-41-x41
   

• Norwich Railway Station is around a 45 minute walk from the Park.

 

Travel by taxi:
 

• ABC Taxis - 01603 666333 - https://www.abctaxisnorwich.co.uk/tag/eco-cars/

• Green Frog Taxis - 01603 744747 https://www.greenfrogtaxis.com/environment.html

 

Accessible taxi services:

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• A2B Taxis – (12 accessible vehicles available 24hrs) - 01603 552324 https://www.a2btaxisnorwich.co.uk/taxi-services/disabled-access-and-support/

• Nortax Taxis – (18 accessible vehicles available – 7am – 6pm Mon-Fri, pre-book for weekends) - 01603 508137 - https://www.facebook.com/NortaxSpecialistTaxis/

 

Parking:

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For finding us by Satnav- Whitlingham Country Park can be found at NR14 8TR

 

Whitlingham Country Park has 5 visitor car parks

(all pay and display: £2 for one hour, up to £6 for all day parking)

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• Flint Barn Café car park (5 disabled parking spaces in total, 2 are next to the Changing Places toilet)

• Lime Avenue Car Park (nearest for access to Whitlingham Adventure)

• Old Quarry Car Park (find it opposite Flint Barn Car Park)     

• Little Broad Car Park                                    

• Picnic Site Car Park (closest access for barbecue/picnic site, play area and Whitlingham Woods)

 

All car parks have the same ticket system so once you have bought a ticket you can move to another area of the park if required. Yearly parking permits are available from car park managers RCP and offer excellent value for money.

 

Please note, pay and display charges apply for blue badge holders.

 

Blue badge parking spaces:

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3 next to the Flint Barn Café

2 next to our Changing Places facility

 

Cycling here:

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15 minutes to cycle from the city centre (Norwich Market)

14 minutes to cycle from Norwich Train Station.

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Bike racks can be found in the Flint Barn Car Park, Lime Avenue Car Park, outside Whitlingham Adventure centre, and at the Picnic Site Car Park.

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Beryl bikes and electric scooters are available from the Flint Barn car park. Beryl hire charges apply and the selection on site is subject to availability daily.

See https://beryl.cc/scheme/norwich for more information