RSPB The Lodge Nature Reserve, Sandy

Access to facilities

• Entrance is by a ramp with a handrail on one side
• Step-free, level access throughout with carpet tiles
• Good lighting
• Staff available to assist

• Free parking fo  6  Blue Badge holders
• Blue Badge spaces are 50m from the Gatehouse entrance
• Blue Badge Space further down the drive towards The Lodge house
• Compacted stone surface
• No lighting
• No formal drop-off point

• The path from the Visitor centre and shop, past the hide and to The Lodge house and around the gardens is on level, although at times slightly uneven ground. Other paths will have steeper, stepped sections and are not suitable for mobility vehicles and most prams.
• Trails can be steeply undulating, with raised tree roots, stepped sections, with some hard sand paths on the level. Seating is provided throughout the reserve. Information provided along trails can be read from a child’s eye/seated position.

• Most of the viewpoints have benches 

• Assistance Dogs welcome
• No other dogs are permitted on trails, except the public bridleway
• A water bowl is available at the Gatehouse

Additional accessibility information