11 Bevington Road

• There is no departmental parking available
• There is limited public standard parking on Bevington Road

• There is a raised threshold from the pavement on to the path leading to the entrance steps
• The path has a drop to the left as you are approaching the steps
• There are 5 steps up to the entrance
• The steps are wide. There are handrails both sides. There are no visually contrasting markings on the step edges 
• There is a covered porch at the top of the steps 
• The door is manual and secure. There is an intercom and card reader to the left of the door. There is a swipe card reader here but it is not in use - you need to tap your card at the bottom of the intercom 
• The door is heavy and opens to a clear width of 100cm 

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• There are 2 standard toilets - 1 on the ground floor and 1 on the landing between the first and second floor. These are both gender neutral
• There is poor visual contrast in the toilets
• There are no accessible toilets
• There is an accessible toilet in 13 Bevington Road - this is close by and is part of the same department

• There are external steps up to the entrance. The steps have handrails both sides. There are no visually contrasting markings on the step edges
• There is stepped access only around the building
• The stairs have a bannister rail to the left (ascending) and no handrail to the right
• There is good visual contrast on the step edges
• There is a small table and 2 chairs on the landing between the ground and first floor

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• All doors are manual - there are no powered doors
• Doors to offices and seminar rooms do not have vision panels
• Most doors have poor visual contrast between door, frame and surrounding wall
• Most doors require a medium force to open

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There are 2 seminar rooms

Ground floor

• This is the larger of the 2 rooms
• There is a small sign on the door
• The door is manual and requires a low force to open. There are no vision panels in the door
• There is a large central table with chairs around it. Furniture is not fixed and can be rearranged as needed
• Chairs have back support but no arm supports
• There is a reasonable amount of circulation space
• There is no hearing support system in the room

First floor

• This is the smaller of the 2 rooms
• There is no sign on the door
• The door is manual and requires a low force to open. There are no vision panels in the door
• There is a large central table with chairs around it. Furniture is not fixed and can be rearranged as needed
• Chairs have back support but no arm supports
• There is restricted circulation space as this is a small room
• There is no hearing support system in the room

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• The garden is used as breakout space (depending on the weather)
• There is stepped access only to the garden
• The steps have wide stone bannisters but no handrails
• There are no contrasting markings on the step edges
• There is a small area of loose gravel at the bottom of the steps leading to the garden
• The garden surface is all grass
• There are some picnic style tables with seating attached

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