Balliol College

The College parking is in Garden Quad and is reached through the vehicle gate on St Giles. The gates are operated from the Porter’s Lodge. The intercom for this gate is 138 cm from the ground. There is space to park in Garden Quad. Anyone needing to use a car should discuss their needs with the College in advance. Parking is agreed on a case by case basis.

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Main Entrance Broad Street
The main entrance from Broad Street is level during the day as one of the main doors is kept open. This door is closed at 11.00pm. Entry at night is through a cut out door. The porters are on duty 24 hours a day. They are happy to help anyone who cannot manage the cut out door. Students needing help with access at night tend to ring the Lodge.

•    Main door opens to 122 cm
•    Cut out door opens to 53 cm
•    Cut out door threshold 27 cm high
•    Access control 103 cm from the floor

There are cast iron gates just inside the main doors
•    Each gate opens to 88 cm
•    Access control 100 cm from the ground

There is a ramp from outside the Porters’ Lodge giving access to Front Quad.

Magdalen Street
This entrance can only be reached by using steps. This entrance is through a cut out door.
•    Opens to 75 cm. 
•    Threshold 15 cm high. 
•    Exit push button 120 cm from the ground 

Vehicle entrance 
This entrance has two powered metal gates which are operated from the Porter’s Lodge.

Holywell Manor
There is no level access to the front of Holywell Manor. There is a slope from Manor Place which gives access through the gardens to the Manor. There is level access into the bar and TV room from this entrance.

Jowett Walk
There is level access from the footpath through a powered gate onto the site. 
•    Access control 122 cm from the ground
•    Exit push button 127 cm from the ground
•    Gate opens to 87 cm

Access to the accommodation and Michael Pilch studio is by using stairs or a stair lift.  Once down the stairs there is a mixture of level and sloped access to the buildings.

Masters Field
There is level access from the footpath onto the site. There are four gates and one vehicle entrance which are powered. All the buildings have level access to the ground floor.  

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The College has six accessible toilets. As the toilets were built at different times not all of them meet all of the current accessibility standards. This means that some do not have features such as high contrast between rails and walls, easy to use door handles, and easy reach sinks. 

There are locations without accessible toilets such as the Library and the Old Common Room and the College office. 

The accessible toilets are in:
•    JCR Building 1
      240 cm x 170 cm
•    Staircase XXII (22) 1
      250 cm x 140 cm
•    Buttery 1
      239 cm x 155 cm
•    Lecture Room XXIII (23) 1
      200cm x 146 cm
•    Sports Pavilion Ground Floor 1
      150 cm x 221 cm
•    Sports Pavilion Basement 1
      250 cm x 236 cm

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The College has three platform lifts and four passenger lifts and two stair lifts.

Platform lifts 
All the platform lift buttons are tactile and backlit.

Dining Hall 
This lift runs between the Buttery and the Dining Hall and gives access from the Hall to the accessible toilet in the Buttery. There is braille on the buttons and an audio signal. The measurements are:
•    140 cm deep x 105 cm wide
•    Door opens to 91 cm
•    Call button height 93 cm
•    Lift button height 105 cm

JCR Building 
This lift runs between the JCR and the Gym and Bar in the basement. There is a braille display on the buttons. The measurements are:
•    140 cm deep x 104 cm wide
•    Door opens to 91 cm
•    Call button height 96 cm
•    Access Control 63 cm
•    Lift button height 91 cm

Sports Pavilion
This lift runs between the ground floor and the basement giving access to the squash court and accessible toilet and changing room. There is an audio signal. The measurements are:
•    140 cm deep x 110 cm wide
•    Door opens to 89 cm
•    Call button height 95 cm
•    Lift button height 95 cm

Passenger Lifts
These lifts in Masters Field run between all floors.The lifts have tactile backlit buttons and an audio signal. The sample measurements are:
•    140 cm deep x 110 cm wide
•    Door opens to 90 cm
•    Call button height 95 cm
•    Lift button height 89 cm

Stair Lifts
Both stair lifts are unlocked with keys. Any students needing to use the stair lifts are given keys so that they can operate them independently.

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The College has a number of different building styles and staircases. Some are older than others and some are more accessible than others. Some staircases have contrasting edges and handrails but this is not consistent across the site. The following areas can be reached without having to use stairs or a lift:
•    Chapel
•    Old Common Room
•    JCR 
•    Buttery
•    Megaron Bar Holywell Manor
•    TV Room Holywell Manor
•    Ground Floor Sports Pavilion
•    Undergraduate and Postgraduate Common Rooms Masters Field

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As you would expect in a College with buildings built at different times there are a variety of doors. There are powered doors in some areas including:
•    Staircase XII (12)
•    Jowett Walk Building Doors
•    Masters Field Building Doors
•    Masters Field Common Rooms
•    Sports Pavilion Building Doors

Some of the doors are heavy and some people may need assistance. Some doors are opened using keys and some have door knobs.

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Front Quad 
There is a mixture of level and ramped access from the main entrance into this Quad. The path round the Quad has a firm smooth surface. There is a mixture of level and sloped access from the Fellows Garden and Garden Quad. 
As you would expect in a College of this age some of the external steps in this Quad are worn and a little uneven. 

This Quad has:
•    Porters Lodge
•    Bursary
•    Library Access
•    Chapel Old Common Room
•    Accommodation

Garden Quad
This Quad has level firm footpaths which are quite wide. There is a mixture of sloped and level access to Garden Quad from Front Quad through the Fellows Garden. 
There is level access from the vehicle entrance into Garden Quad.
The lawns have a low metal edging. The grass here is used as a social space.

This Quad has:
•    College Office
•    Dining Hall
•    Lecture Room
•    Buttery
•    JCR
•    Gym
•    Bar
•    Bajpai and Massey Seminar Rooms
•    Accommodation

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Fellows Garden
There is a mix of ramped and level access from Front Quad to Garden Quad through the Fellows Garden. 
There is level access to the Master’s Garden. The footpath is resin bonded gravel. This path is well lit.
Holywell Manor Garden
There is no level access from the front of the Manor.
There is a sloped path from Manor Place into the garden. The surface of the path is gravel.
This garden is used as a social space.

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The library is on the first floor and can only be reached by using stairs. The librarians will arrange delivery of books for anyone who cannot access the library. Students are encouraged to contact the library to discuss any support they might need. The underneath of the tables in the different rooms are at least 70 cm from the floor. The doorbell is 104 cm from the floor.

Doors
The library doors have the following clear widths:

• Main door - 104 cm
• Old library double doors - 70 cm each  
• New Library - 101 cm
• Law Library rooms – 67 cm and 80 cm

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Staircase 22
The building entrance has a ramp. The ramp is 108 cm wide. The middle landing is 240 cm deep. The building door opens to 85 cm. The door to the seminar room opens to 80 cm.

Jowett Walk Seminar Room
There is a seminar room at Jowett Walk which can be reached by using a stair lift.

The following rooms can only be reached by using stairs:
•    Massey Room 
•    Bajpai Room
Staff will arrange meetings in the other rooms for anyone unable to manage stairs.

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Access to this room is by using stairs or the stair lift. Students who need to use the lift are given a key.

Door widths:
•    Outer door opens to 90 cm.
•    Inner door opens to 101 cm.

The underside of the tables is 73 cm from the floor. The carpet is low pile. There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair.

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Hall 
There are double doors between the platform lift and the Hall. Each door opens to 60 cm. The underside of the tables is 65 cm from the floor. There is room to manoeuvre a wheelchair in the Dining Hall.
There are two steps up to High Table. Each step is 15 cm high. The College has a fairly steep portable ramp for these steps.

Servery
The doors will all stay open. The doors to the Hall open to:
•    Double doors 44 cm each. 
•    Single door 95 cm. 
The servery counters are 85 cm from the floor. The hot drinks machines controls are 108 cm from the floor. Staff are happy to help anyone having difficulty reaching anything in the Servery. Staff are happy to help with carrying trays into the Hall if needed. There is room to manouevre a wheelchair in the servery.

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There is a gentle slope in Chapel passage leading to the Chapel. There are two steps up to inner doors of the chapel. There is quite a steep portable ramp for these steps.

Doors
The doors will stay open. The doors open to the following widths:
•    Main double doors 74 cm each. 
•    Inner double doors 62 cm each.

The College is happy to provide assistance with the doors and the ramp. The aisle is 227 cm wide. There is level access to the lowest row of pews.

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JCR
There is a portable ramp from Garden Quad into the JCR building. The double doors into the JCR open to 70 cm. There are chairs and sofas of different heights. The underside of the tables is 63 cm from the floor.

Servery
The servery counter is 90 cm from the floor> There is space for a wheelchair to manoeuvre in this room.

TV Room
The door to the TV room opens to 87 cm. There is a ramp from the door into the room. There is room to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room.

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