Access at Fell Foot

• The site is easy to reach by major roads.
• Look for brown signs on the A590 from Kendal and Ulverston, and on the A592 from Bowness.
• There are disabled parking spaces: 2 spaces in the North car park, 6 spaces in the South car park, 2 spaces at the Active Base car park.
• You can also drop off passengers near the café outside Active Base.

Car park locations

• North car park: Disabled bays are straight ahead and to the right as you enter. They’re near the parking machine and welcome hut, with signs behind each bay.
• South car park: Three bays are on either side of the parking machine, also marked with signs.
• Active Base: Bays are on the right as you enter, marked in yellow on the tarmac.
• Paths from the North and South car parks go downhill to the Boathouse café and lakeshore.

Surface

• Car parks have a mix of gravel and tarmac. Most disabled bays are on gravel.
• There’s no shuttle or transfer vehicle from the car parks to the rest of the site.
• There are eight speed bumps on site.
• Speed limit signs are posted at the entrance.

Charges

• Parking is free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders.
• Other visitors need to pay.

Bus

• Stagecoach number 6 bus runs all year and stops right outside the entrance at ‘Fell Foot Country Park’. It travels between Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere, Newby Bridge, Ulverston, and Barrow.
• Please note: If you use the Stagecoach journey planner, it might suggest the X6 bus to Newby Bridge. We don’t recommend this route because there’s no pavement or safe walking path along that part of the A592 road.

Train

• The closest train stations are Grange 6 miles (9.5km) and Windermere 8 miles (13km). If you are traveling on the West Coast Main Line, take a train from Oxenholme-the-Lake District to Windermere station. Fell Foot Park is just a short bus ride. The buses to Fell Foot depart from right outside Windermere train station.
• Use Travel Line to plan your journey

• There is a visitor welcome hut next to the car park machine in the North car park, just off the path near the information panel.
• The hut is not always staffed.
• A gentle downhill tarmac path leads from this area into the park.
• The hut is 8x8 feet, painted dark grey outside, with wooden walls and a grey wooden floor inside.

• Accessible toilets are available in the North car park and at the Active Base.
• To use the Active Base disabled toilet, ask staff in the café or office for a free key fob.
• A Changing Place is located next to the Boathouse Café.

North Car Park Toilets

The accessible toilet has:

• Right-hand transfer space
• 1000mm turning space for wheelchairs
• Terracotta tiled floor, white tiled walls
• Automatic hand dryer and manual light switch
• Male and female toilets:
• Have lino floors, part tiled walls, and automatic hand dryers
• Access involves 7 steps up to each building, with more steps inside

Boathouse Café Toilets

Female toilets:

• Located next to the café
• Have a step at the entrance and more steps inside
• 200mm high steps to each door
• Lino floors, part tiled walls, spotlights

Male toilets:

• Located inside the Boathouse next to the café
• Step-free access
• 2 cubicles and 2 urinals
• Lino floors, painted walls, spotlights

Baby changing facilities are available in both male and female toilets.

• The Changing Place facility is located in the Boathouse adjacent to the Boathouse Café.
• Guidance of how to use the Changing Place equipment is provided in snap frames on the wall.
• Access to the area is step-free but it does include some gradients on the pathways. The pathways are a mixture of gravel and tarmac surfaces. Access can also be gained through the café to the adjacent Boathouse area.
• The doorway to the changing places facility is located to your left as you enter the Boathouse from the main entrance.
• If you enter the Boathouse via the café entrance the Changing Place is located to your right.
• It requires a radar key to access. Please ask in the café if you need to borrow a radar key.
• The doorway is over 1000mm wide with a large handle which pushes down to open the door.
• The door opens outwards. To lock the door, push up the handle 90 degrees.
• Includes a hoist and changing bench (users must bring their own straps).
• Over 1200mm turning space for wheelchair users. The bench can be levered up and down.
• The peninsular toilet has grab rails on both sides.
• Sink is height-adjustable with space underneath for wheelchair access, the basin sits at 720mm off the floor.
• A privacy screen can be moved around the room.
• A red emergency pull cord is available if you need help.

• The Boathouse Café has a cobbled surface to the entrance. There is a small raised lip of less than 10mm across the doorway.
• There is an alternative cobble free and step free entrance through the Boathouse entrance behind the café (to the right of the large Fell Foot sign).
• Each doorway to the café is over 1000mm wide. The door is non-power assisted and can open to 90 degrees. The door opens inwards. Catering team members can assist if required.
• There is some outdoor seating with picnic tables which can accommodate wheelchair users.
• There is a decked viewing platform located to the front of the Boathouse Café. There are 2 steps for access via the cobbled courtyard. There is step free access through the café via the glass double doors to the far end of the café.
• Dignity mugs and cutlery. We have a set of double handled porcelain Dignity mugs, with or without a spout, which reduce the risk of spilling for users with limited hand mobility.
• We can also offer visitors specially designed cutlery with larger, thicker handles making them easier to grip. A selection of these are available to pick up from the counter, or please ask a member of the team if you would like to use them when visiting.
• The counter with the till is 870mm high. There is a tray rail running along the full length of the counter which is 850mm high and 350mm wide.
• Catering team members are available to assist with service and carrying trays.
• The width between the tables is approximately 1200mm.
• There is an induction loop in the café at the till.
• If queueing is difficult please ask our catering staff for assistance and we can provide service direct to your table.
• Menus are in large writing on the blackboards throughout the café.
• Straws are available on the counter or upon request.
• The floor surface is large flagstones and the walls wooden clad, there are some spotlights and large lamps hanging from the ceiling for lighting within the Boathouse Café.
• There is a mixture of chairs with and without armrests available. Most chairs are upright and soft. There are 5 comfy sofas and 2 armchairs available.

The ice cream parlour is in a smaller, detached stone boathouse next to the café The entrance has a stone ramp with a moderate gradient.

• The floor is large flagstones and there are spotlights throughout. 7
• The doorway is over 1000mm in width; the doors open outwards to at least 90 degrees and are non-power operated. There is a second set of glass doors within the boathouse space which open inwards and open to at least 90 degrees.
• The counter is just over 800mm high, but staff and volunteers are able to assist with service by carrying goods if required.
• There is an induction loop at the till point.
• The access internally is a large open space, but there are large wooden pillars supporting the historical building’s structural integrity.

• 2 pre-bookable all-terrain wheelchairs available on a first come first served basis.
• One is a manual push all terrain wheelchair with no power assistance and the other is an electric assist push all-terrain wheelchair.
• Free to hire.
• Please email fellfoot@nationaltrust.org.uk to at least 48hrs before your visit to enquire about booking.

• The property is situated on a hillside leading down to the lakeshore of Windermere. There are a number of inclined, gravelled paths.
• Some routes around the park do contain steps and are not suitable for wheelchairs or prams.
• The Fell Foot Park Short Loop is an accessible, stile and step free circular route around the parkland, taking in Windermere lakeshore with views across the lake to Fairfield Horseshoe.
• There are seats at intervals of roughly 20 metres around much of the lakeshore path.

The sensory story describes the sights and sounds you might experience at Fell Foot, to help you prepare and make your visit more enjoyable.

• View the Sensory Story PDF for Fell Foot.

There are two visual guides showing how active Fell Foot parkland can be at different times of the year.

• View the peak season busy-ness map (school holidays)
• View the off peak season busy-ness map (out of school holidays)

• Watch the video to see the step free route to the Boathouse café.
• Watch the video to see the route via the gravel path with steps to the Boathouse café.