Wycliffe Hall

• The hall has four accessible parking spaces 
• Two are at the front of the main building next to the main entrance
• Two are in the parking area between 2 and 4 Norham Gardens
• Students with specific parking needs should contact the hall in advance

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Main Entrance

• The main entrance on Banbury Road is step free
• The door is powered
• This door opens to 88 cm
• The access control is 108 cm from the floor
• The exit push button is between 101 cm and 110 cm from the floor
• There is a bell above the access control which is 135 cm from the floor
• There is a paved path from the road to the main entrance
• This is surrounded by gravel
• There are some areas where there is an upstand at the edge of the paving

Alternative Entrance – Norham Gardens

• There is step free access from the accessible parking on Norham Gardens to reception 
• There is also step free access from here into the seminar rooms and accessible bedroom 
• Access into the main building is through a door with a threshold which is 3 cm high
• There are two sets of double doors
• Each leaf of the doors opens to 75 cm
• Both sets of doors have hold open devices 
• The doorbell is 122 cm from the floor

Vehicle Entrances
Banbury Road 

• There are two vehicle entrances from Banbury Road
• There is no gate or barrier

Norham Gardens

• There is a vehicle entrance to access parking between numbers 2 and 4 Norham Gardens
• There is no gate or barrier

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• As the toilet was built some time ago it does not meet all the current accessibility standards
• Some features such as high contrast between the rails and the walls are not in place
• The accessible toilet is near the main entrance

There are locations without accessible toilets such as:

• Chapel
• Common Room
• Library
• Refectory
• Seminar Rooms

The dimensions of the toilet are:

• 148 cm x 266 cm

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There are no lifts at Wycliffe Hall at the present time.

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

There is step free access to:

• Accessible Bedroom
• Accessible Toilet
• Lecture Room 1
• Lower Common Room
• Seminar Rooms 1 and 2

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• Wycliffe Hall has buildings with a variety of different doors.
• The main entrance door is powered 
• Some of the doors in the college are heavy and some people may need help
• 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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• There is step free access to the garden from Banbury Road Norham Gardens
• The footpaths between the Norham Gardens parking and the main building are tarmac 
• Some of the footpaths around the garden have a gravel surface 
• There is a raised metal edge to the lawn in part of the garden which is 3.5 cm high 
• There is a gate behind Main Building giving access to the lawn
• The gate opens to 80 cm

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Access

• The library can only be reached by using stairs
• The librarian provides a book retrieval service for anyone unable to access the library

External entrance

• This entrance door opens to 117 cm
• The access control is 97 cm from the floor
• The door handle is 90 cm from the floor

Internal entrance

• This double door can only be reached by using steps.
• Each of the doors opens to 52 cm
• The access control is 132 cm from the floor
• The door handle is 125 cm from the floor

Library

• The ground floor rooms do not have doors but the openings are at least 80 cm
• The book return counter is 103 cm from the floor
• The basement study room doors open to at least 75 cm
• These can only be reached by using stairs

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Access Seminar Rooms 1 and 2

• There is a ramp up to the entrance of 2 Norham Gardens from the Hall garden 
• This ramp has one landing 
• This building door opens to 84 cm
• The access control is 98 cm from the floor
• The front entrance to this building can only be reached by using stairs
• The front door to the building opens to 122 cm. 
• Anyone unable to manage this entrance can use the door at the rear of the building

Seminar Room 1

• The door to this room opens to 72 cm
• The door is unlocked with a key
• Staff are happy to assist anyone unable to manage the door.
• The Hall will book a different room for anyone unable to access this room.
• This room has a medium pile carpet
• The sofas and chairs are of different heights
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Seminar Room 2

• The room door opens to 84 cm.
• The underside of the tables is 69 cm from the floor 
• The table tops are 72 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Seminar Room 3

• This room can only be reached by using stairs
•  The Hall will book a different room for anyone unable to manage stairs
• The building door opens to 112 cm 
• The lobby door opens to 89 cm 
• The room door opens to 85 cm  
• The underside of the tables is 70 cm from the floor
• The table tops are 72 cm from the floor

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Lecture Room One

• Each leaf of the double doors open to 64 cm 
• There is step free access into this room from the main entrance
• The underside of the desks is 69 cm from the floor
• The desktops are 72 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

Lower Common Room

• The main entrance to this room has double doors
• This entrance is step free from the man entrance
• Each door opens to 59 cm
• The hall staff are happy to assist anyone having difficulty with the doors.
• The other door into this room opens to 69 cm 
• The chairs in this room all have an attached desk
• The Hall will provide a table for anyone who cannot use these chairs
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair in this room

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• The refectory can only be reached by using steps
• The entrance doorway has two thresholds which are 2.5 cm and 5 cm high
• The servery counters are 90 cm and 91 cm from the floor
• The underside of the tables are 74 cm from the floor
• The table tops are 77 cm from the floor
• There is space to manouevre in this room
• The hall would deliver meals to anyone unable to access the refectory

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• The Chapel can only be reached by using steps 
• Each of the double doors to the Chapel opens to 59 cm
• Staff are happy to assist anyone unable to manage these doors
• The aisle is 128 cm wide
• There is limited space for a wheelchair in the aisle 
• Most of the pews have step free access

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• The Common Room can only be reached by using stairs
• The main door opens to 77 cm
• The access control is 108 cm from the floor
• The second door into the room opens to 78 cm
• The bar counter is 120 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre in this room

Kitchen

• The entrance to the kitchen is 106 cm wide
• The kitchen counters are 93 cm from the floor
• The hot water boiler tap is 128 cm from the floor 

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• The hall has one accessible bedroom with ensuite bathroom
• This is in 2 Norham Gardens
• There is a ramp giving access to one of the building doors
• The building door opens to 84 cm 
• The bedroom door opens to 86 cm 
• The door is unlocked with a key which is 120 cm from the floor
• There is space to manoeuvre a wheelchair
• The bathroom door opens to 84 cm
• The bathroom measures 261 cm x 230 cm
• There is no accessible kitchen

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