Trinity College

There are no designated accessible parking spaces at Trinity. There is parking near the St Giles entrance and also on Front Quad.

Parking is agreed on a case by case basis. Students with specific parking needs should discuss these with the College before their arrival.

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The main entrance is on Broad Street. This entrance is level. There is an alternative stepped entrance on Parks Road. The pedestrian entrance from St Giles is through a cut-out gate which has a threshold.

Main entrance

• The pedestrian gate is held open during the day
• This gate opens to 820 mm
• The access control for this gate is 135 cm from the ground
• There is a second gate between the pedestrian entrance and Front Quad 
• This gate opens to over 90 cm
• The access controls for this gate are 92 cm and 126 cm from the ground

St Giles

• The pedestrian entrance here is through a cutout gate 
• This gate has a threshold which is 37 cm high
• The cutout gate opens to 55 cm 
• The access controls are 143 cm and 144 cm from the floor

Parks Road

• This entrance can only be reached by using steps
• This gate was not in use at the time of the audit due to building work 

Vehicle Entrances 

• The vehicle entrance on St Giles is opened by using the intercom
• The vehicle entrance into Front Quad is opened by the Porters

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Trinity has 7 accessible toilets, and 1 Changing Places toilet. As the toilets were built at different times they do not all meet current accessibility standards. Some of them do not have features such as high contrast between the rails and the walls, easy-to-use door handles and easy reach sinks.

The dimensions of the toilets are:

• Sutro Room - 130 cm x 210 cm
• Staircase 6 -  243 cm x 263 cm
• Levine Building basement - 186 cm x 212 cm
• Levine Building basement shower room - 244 cm x 211 cm
• Levine Building basement Changing Places toilet - 390 cm x 248 cm
• Levine Building ground floor café - 170 cm x 290 cm
• Levine Building ground floor seminar rooms - 183 cm x 199 cm
• Levine Building first floor - 153 cm x 190 cm

All of the accessible bedrooms have en suite accessible bathrooms.

Some locations do not have accessible toilets:

• MCR
• Dining hall
• Bar
• JCR

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The college has four lifts. There are two passenger lifts and two platform lifts.

Library – Platform Lift 

• This lift gives access to the lower library and the upper library
• The call button is 105 cm from floor
• The lift is 147 cm deep and 110 cm wide
• The door opens to 98 cm
• The lift buttons are 94 cm from floor
• The lift buttons are backlit and tactile with Braille
• The lift has a handrail underneath the buttons
• There is a visual indicator of the floor numbers
• The lift is well lit
• The lift floor and walls are non-reflective

Sutro Room – Platform Lift

• This platform lift gives access from the Quad to the Sutro Room
• The call button is 100 cm from the floor
• The lift is 146 cm deep and 106 cm wide
• The door opens to 87 cm
• The lift buttons are 104 cm from the floor
• The lift buttons are backlit and tactile
• The lift car has a handrail underneath the buttons
• There is a visual indicator of the floor numbers
• The lift has an audio display
• The lift is well lit
• The lift floor and walls are non-reflective

Levine Building

Auditorium – Passenger Lift

• This passenger lift gives access to all floors in the building
• The lift call button is 94 cm from floor
• The lift is 243 cm deep and 138 cm wide
• The door opens to 111 cm
• The lift buttons are between 107 cm and 122 cm from the floor
• The lift buttons are backlit and tactile with Braille display
• The lift has a handrail on the left as you enter
• There is a visual indicator of the floor numbers
• There is audio information on the floor numbers
• The lift is well lit
• The floor and walls are non-reflective 
• The lift has a mirror

Café  – Passenger Lift

• This passenger lift gives access to all floors in the building
• The lift call button is 105 cm from floor
• The lift is 140 cm deep and 158 cm wide
• The door opens to 90 cm
• The lift buttons are between 94 cm and 123 cm from the floor
• The lift buttons are backlit and tactile with Braille display
• The lift has a handrail on the left as you enter
• There is a visual indicator of the floor numbers
• There is audio information on the floor numbers
• The lift is well lit
• The lift floor and walls are non-reflective 
• The lift has a mirror

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The college has several different building styles and staircases. Some are older than others and some are more accessible than others. Some have contrasting edges and handrails but not all of them do.

The following areas can be reached without having to use stairs or a lift:

• Accessible bedroom Staircase 5
• Accessible bedroom Staircase 6
• accessible bedroom Small Quad
• JCR 
• Chapel
• Dining Hall
• Levine Building:
• Café 
• Seminar Rooms 
• Function Room
• Auditorium – upper level

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As you would expect Trinity College has buildings of various different ages and therefore a variety of different doors.
There are powered doors in the following locations:

• Staircase 6
• Door to lower library
• Access doors to Levine building
• Doors from Café lobby to lift
• Levine building first floor doors from stairwell to accommodation area
• Levine building first floor kitchen
• Levine building first floor door between rooms 1 and 21 and the kitchen

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

The images below show examples of doors around the college. 

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Front Quad

• Access to Porters’ Lodge, JCR, MCR, President’s Lodgings and accommodation
• There is level access around the Quad
• The surface is a mixture of paving and tarmac
• There is level access into Durham Quad, Library Quad and the Small Quad
• There is level access into the Gardens
• The grass here is surrounded by a metal upstand

Library Quad

• Access to library and accommodation
• There is a mix of sloped and stepped access to this Quad
• The surface is paved
• There is level access to the Gardens

Small Quad

• Access to accommodation including accessible bedrooms, MCR, JCR kitchen
• Level access around the edge of the Quad only
• Access to the centre of the Quad is stepped only

Durham Quad

• Access to Chapel, Dining Hall, Bar, accommodation
• There is level access around the Quad
• The surface is a mix of paving and bricks
• There is a small step (4cm high), and a short very steep ramp

Garden Quad

• Access to Fletcher Seminar Room and accommodation
• The access from Durham Quad has a small step (4cm high) and a short very steep ramp
• There is level access around the Quad
• The surface is a mix of paving and bricks
• There is stepped access to Dolphin Yard
• There is level access to the Gardens from Garden Quad

Dolphin Yard

• Access to gym, and accommodation
• There is a mixture of level and ramped access from Garden Quad
• Access from St Giles is through the cut-out gate which has a step

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• There is level access from Front Quad into the gardens
• There is a mixture of sloped and level access from Library Quad into the gardens
• There is a 2 cm threshold between Garden quad and the Gardens
• There is stepped access from Parks Road
• The paths have a light gravel surface
• The grass has a raised edge in some places
• The gardens are used as a social space

The gardens have the Levine Building which has:

• Café
• Seminar Rooms
• Auditorium
• Music Rooms
• Garden Room
• Accommodation

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Access

• There is level access from Library Quad and the Levine Building into reception
• Access to the Upper and Lower Library is by platform lift or stairs
• The door into the Lower Library is powered

The following areas can only be reached by using stairs:

• Study area 
• Law library 
• Mezzanine 

The librarians are happy to retrieve books for anyone unable to access the library

Reception

• The powered doors from the Levine building into reception open to 125 cm
• The push button for this door is 110 cm from the floor
• The powered double doors from Library Quad have a combined opening of 156 cm
• The access control is 92 cm from the floor and the exit push button is 117 cm from the floor
• The reception desk window is 95 cm from the floor 
• The book return desk is 79 cm from the floor
• The bottom of the touch screen is 120 cm from the floor
• There is room to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this space

Lower Library

• There is a gentle slope from the platform lift to the door of the Lower Library 
• The Lower Library door is powered
• This door opens to 84 cm
• The access control is 115 cm from the floor
• The exit push button is 116 cm from the floor
• The underside of the tables is 72 cm from the floor
• The narrowest sections of the passageway in this room are 130 cm 
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair
• 2 height adjustable desks available

Upper Library

• The double doors between the platform lift and the Upper Library are held open
• These doors have a combined clear width of 149 cm
• The access control is 104 cm high
• The original inner doors are held open
• The underside of the tables is 73 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room
• Height adjustable desk available

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Sutro Room

• This room is reached either by using stairs or the platform lift in the Library Quad
• The door opens to 92 cm
• The door is unlocked with a key which is 101 cm from the floor 
• The doorknob is 117 cm from the floor 
• The platform lift opens directly into the room 
• The underside of the tables is 64 cm from the floor

Levine Building Teaching Rooms

• The teaching rooms are all on the ground floor
• There is level access from opposite the Garden room
• The corridor doors from the lobby open to 85 cm
• These doors will stay open
• All of the teaching room doors open to 85 cm
• All of the doors will stay open
• The tops of the tables in these teaching rooms are 72 cm from the floor
• The underside of the tables is 65 cm from the floor 
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in these rooms and along the corridor

Levine Building Garden Room

• The double doors to this room are powered
• They have a combined effective clear width of 130 cm
• The access control is 100 cm from the floor
• The exit push button is 116 cm from the floor
• The inner double doors open to 87 cm each
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

The Fletcher room can only be reached by using stairs.

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Access

• There is level access to the ground floor level of the auditorium
• The powered double doors into the entrance lobby each open to 84 cm
• One set of the inner double doors from the entrance lobby into the foyer are powered
• These doors open to 124 cm
• Access to the basement level and the stage is either by using the lift or stairs
• There is room to manoeuvre a wheelchair at ground floor and basement level

Ground floor level

• There are two sets of double doors from the foyer into the auditorium 
• The first set each open to 87 cm
• The second set each on open to 86 cm 
• These doors have hold open devices
• There is wheelchair seating at the back on this level

Basement level 

• The doors closest to the lift open to 80 cm each
• The route to the stage from the lift is through two doors
• The corridor door opens to 85 cm
• The door to the stage opens to 80 cm
• There are wheelchair spaces at the front on this level

Green Room / Dressing Rooms / Music Rooms

• These rooms can only be reached by using the lift or stairs
• The room doors all open to 87 cm
• Some of these rooms have a limited amount of space to accommodate a wheelchair

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Dining Hall

• There is level entry into the building 
• The building double doors each open to 69 cm
• The dining hall has two sets of double doors
• Each door opens to 56 cm
• All these doors stay open
• The underside of the tables is 70 cm from the floor
• There is a step up to High Table which is 14 cm high
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Servery

• The main door to the servery opens to 71 cm
• This door pop is kept open during mealtimes
• The counter is 86 cm from the floor
• The fridges have shelves between 61 cm and 153 cm from the floor
• The servery is 136 cm wide 
• The double doors into the Hall each open to 50 cm
• These doors will stay open
• The payment counter is 86 cm from the floor
• Staff are happy to assist anyone having difficulty accessing the servery

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• There is level access from Durham Quad into the chapel.
• The double doors from the quad each open to 70 cm
• One of the doors has a hook which can be used to hold it open
• The inner double doors each open to 66 cm
• These doors will stay open
• There is a short but quite steep ramp from the antechapel to the aisle
• The ramp has a 2 cm threshold 
• The porters are happy to help with access to the Chapel
• There is enough space to manoeuvre a wheelchair 
• There is narrow level access from the aisle into the front pews

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JCR

• The building door opens to 80 cm
• The door into the JCR opens to 93 cm
• The exit push button is 112 cm from the floor
• The access control is 128 cm from the floor 
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Kitchen

• The kitchen door opens to 74 cm 
• This door has a threshold which is 5 cm high
• The access control is 125 cm from the floor
• The exit push button is 124 cm from the floor
• The countertops are 97 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

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