MIDLANDS - Warwickshire - Leamington Spa

Accessible Getaways

Property description:

This is a family house with a large enclosed garden and ground floor room custom fitted for a disabled guest. The X-Y ceiling track hoist is fixed and runs from the bed in ground floor room into a wet room with bath. The garden has a pool table, trampoline and hot tub. This is a great choice for young families and those who require accessibility facilities.

A spacious family house with a large enclosed garden. The garden is shared with the neighbouring hosts who are always happy to help out, while the terrace is private.

The house sleeps up to 9 guests with the ground floor custom fitted for a severely disabled guest, including wet room with a bath and ceiling track hoist from bed to bath. There are two more bedrooms upstairs, one with a king size bed, and the other a bunk bed and single bed perfect for children.

There is a comfortable lounge adjoining the ground floor bedroom, with a smart TV in both. The ground floor bedroom's TV is controlled by an ipad near the bed, and music can be piped into both the bedroom and wet room via a stereo system in the ceiling controlled by bluetooth.

There are two bathrooms on the ground floor, with the second having a walk-in shower, and an upstairs bathroom with shower. The kitchen is fully equipped with oven and fridge, and the property also has laundry facilities. Parking is free on the properties' drive. Electric car charging point available.

Towels and linens included.

Please note:

The ceiling track hoist goes from the accessible bedroom into the wetroom. The wetroom consists of a bath and a shower trolley. The bath has a portable shower head which can be used for the shower trolley.

Website: https://adaptedretreat.com/https://adaptedretreat.com/

Phone:  07975541173 or 07983681284 

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Midlands - Oxfordshire - Abingdon-on-Thames

Kingfisher Barn

Accommodation That Welcomes Wheelchair Users

Our accommodation at Kingfisher Barn caters for guests and groups with all forms of disability including wheel chair users. The site has been designed so that much of the accommodation is set out on the ground floor level, no stairs and with wheelchair accessable doorways.

More Details

The lodges and cottages are perfect for both weekend, week breaks, long term residentail bookings and group residential visits. We are ideally based to explore the surrounding areas for lots of activities.

Hazel and Stable cottages have both been designed specifically for wheelchair users with all accommodation on the ground floor and wider doors for easy wheelchair access. The accommodations have wet room shower areas as well as family bathrooms, grab rails and sideway transfers to the toilet. Most bedrooms and bathrooms have ceiling tracking for the use of an electric transportable ceiling hoist.

Kyte and Kestrel lodges also offer a wet room, grab rails, sideway transfers and ceiling tracking in all bedrooms and bathrooms on the ground floor. These two lodges are very spacious and allow a lot of freedom to move around.

Our private indoor heated swimming pool is equipped with ceiling tracking and hoist in the changing room area, a special disability changing bed and a dipper into the pool. There is also a large shower room, which can accommodate a shower chair if required.

Let Us Make Life Easier
To save you bringing extra equipment with you all packed in your car we can make sure that the equipment that your group needs is set up and ready to be used on your arrival. The equipment that we can supply you with is:

• Shower chair
• Commode
• Transportable ceiling hoist
• Cot sides
• Universal slings

All of these items will be in your accommodation and ready for use if requested when booking your stay.

Things You Need To Know
Please note that although the facilities are there to make life easier, the equipment will only be placed in your accommodation if you request it on booking. There will also be a charge for some of the items of equipment - please contact us for more information.

Kingfisher Barn
Rye Farm
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3NN

Website: www.kingfisherbarn.com

Our office opening hours are:
Monday - Friday: 7am - 7pm
Saturday: 8am - 4pm
Sunday: 8am - 2pm

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Midlands - Leicestershire - Loughborough

Peppers Barn

This high spec, energy efficient respite holiday home is designed for disabled and terminally ill guests to spend quality family time together with their close family. The light and airy self catering accommodation commands uninterrupted views over the Leicestershire countryside, providing a peaceful setting for the whole family group.

The whole of the  downstairs is designed to allow free movement for wheelchairs with all rooms having double doors and no thresholds. All the furniture is on castors allowing the rooms to be organised to suit individual needs. There is a separate cloakroom for boots and coats, and a utility room with washing machine and tumble drier. There is a separate toilet wet room with wash and basin and shaver point. There is a bedroom with 3 single beds.

One end of the building has been designed as a disabled bedroom/room which incorporates a wet room with shower and bath with a tracked hoist which runs the length of the room enabling a guest to be hoisted safely from the bed into the bath. There is 1 electric hospital profile bed and 1 electric bed. 

The first floor is accessed by an oak staircase onto a galleried balcony with seating which overlooks the lounge/kitchen area below and views of the open fields beyond. This breakout space is ideal for younger members of the family. There is a double bedroom and a second bedroom with 1 double bed and a single bed. There is a shower room with shower, toilet, wash hand basin and shaver point. The mezzanine area has a double bed settee.

The building is highly insulated and energy efficient using solar panels for the building’s electricity; keeping two batteries fully charged up which will allow 6 hours use in the event of a power cut. A ground source heat pump system provides hot water and central heating.

There is plenty of parking, and a car port at the front door so you can keep dry between the car and accommodation in all weathers. There is a landscaped garden with disabled access that includes a barbecue area with seating.

WEB: www.peppersbarn.co.uk

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For more information, or to make a booking, please contact Samantha Pepper at:

48 Manor Farm
Barrow Road
Burton on the Wolds
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 5TB

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MIDLANDS - Derbyshire - Bakewell

Woodlands

Description

Woodlands is a self contained accommodation building with accessible facilities and equipment. It has been designed to cater for groups which include those with additional needs and is located with fantastic views down our fields and into mature woodland overlooking the Sky Ropes and Yurt. Our site in the heart of the Peak District has direct access to the traffic free Monsal Trail. The building sleeps up to 10 people and has a multi-use main living space as the main room can be a comfortable living and dining room or a bedroom with a pull down bed.

Features (Sleeps 10)

Multi-use main living space with:

• bi-fold doors onto an enclosed decking and patio area with seating
• 50” wall mounted TV, Blu-ray player and Bluetooth speaker
• fold down king size bed and a sofa bed
• dining facilities for up to 10
• comfortable sofa seating for 5 people (padded dining chairs for additional people)
• coffee table
• Fully equipped kitchen with an oven/grill, hob, fridge/freezer, microwave, toaster, utensils, pots/pans and dishwasher
• Accessible bedroom that sleeps 5 people in 2 bunk beds, and 1 single profiling bed (that can also be used as a standard single bed) with an en-suite accessible shower room
• Bedroom that sleeps 4 people in a super king (that can be split into twin beds) and a bunk bed
• Shower room
• Utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer
• Fenced woodland space to the rear
• A small charcoal BBQ is available (please bring your own charcoal)
• Free Wi-Fi – feel free to tag us in any posts!

The building is energy efficient with excellent insulation, triple glazing and green energy use in the form of a ground source heating system which provides under floor heating. The kitchen worktops and splash backs are made from recycled materials. The cedar shingle roof and cedar cladding protect the building and look great, a water butt helps us to re-use rain water on the garden.

We provide a duvet and duvet cover, pillow and pillow case, fitted sheet and a blanket (you will have to make up your own beds), but please bring your own towels.

Please note that no dogs are allowed on site (except for assistance dogs - please let us know at time of booking).

Accessible Features and Equipment

• Level access throughout, no steps or stairs and wide door ways for wheelchair access (see room plan for widths)• Level access throughout, no steps or stairs and wide door ways for wheelchair access (see room plan for widths)
• A Maxi Sky remote controlled ceiling mounted hoist system (maximum weight 200kg) with a 2 point loop spreader bar (please bring your own slings) which connects the accessible bedroom to the en-suite shower room
• An en-suite shower room with a large shower area, Chiltern Invadex TRT3 shower trolley (maximum weight 190kg), adjustable height sink, toilet with grab rails and emergency pull cord
• Etac Clean shower commode chair & belt
• Casa Lift 180E electric mobile hoist (maximum weight 180kg)
• Invacare Accent single profiling bed (maximum weight 145kg) with a Countrywide Healthcare Picara low risk polyurethane foam mattress
• Emergency pull cord in the accessible bedroom
• Accessible outside toilet
• Disabled car parking space right outside the front door

Unfortunately, whilst this building works incredibly well for people with a variety of specific needs, it has not been designed to facilitate independent living for wheelchair users. It is expected that able bodied group members will be present as part of a group booking the building.

Please see our Woodlands accessibility guide on the Visit England & Scotland Accessibility Guides website.

Location

Woodlands is in a picturesque location with views down fields and out onto mature woodlands. It is the perfect base to make the most of our fantastic Peak District surroundings. An access ramp to the Monsal Trail, which is a flat traffic free route that travels 8.5 miles between Bakewell & Blackwell Mill near Buxton and is popular with walkers and cyclists, is 250 metres from the building along the centre driveway.

Further information is available on our location webpage.

When booking Woodlands on its own access is limited to the building, the fenced patio/garden area, fenced rear woodland area and disabled parking space. Access to the wider centre is limited to those staying in our other accommodation buildings, the Farm House, Lodge, campsite and day visitors who have pre-booked.

Availability

For availability, arrival and departure times please see our availability calendar on our website. We hire out Woodlands to schools during school term time and everyone else during weekends and school holidays.

Prices

Prices below include VAT. Sole use of the building, for up to 10 people, at weekends and during school holidays:

Weekend / Mid Week (2 nights) – £441
Bank Holiday Weekend (3 nights) – £ 661.50
Monday – Friday (4 nights) – £ 882

If you would like to stay longer than 4 nights or would like to book additional meeting rooms / spaces please contact Woodlands.

Contact Details

Thornbridge Outdoors
Great Longstone
Bakewell
Derbyshire
DE45 1NY

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Website: www.thornbridgeoutdoors.co.uk/facilities/indoor-accommodation/woodlands/

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  June 2018