Guidance

Guidance advice covers technical issues like path widths and surfaces, and shares our approaches like inclusive interpretation, nature-based activities and dementia friendly walks.

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Accessibility outdoors See all

Access chain being used to plan visitor information

Planning visitor information

Access standards for greenspace

Access standards

Two cyclists using wheelchair-adapted bikes

By all reasonable means: least restrictive access guidance

Plant label with addition of Braille and Widgits

Designing with braille

Accessibility standards and legislation See all

Sensory Trust's Access Chain

Access Chain: an inclusive design tool

Group visiting Geevor mine in Cornwall

Easy access to historic landscapes publication

Equality Act 2010

Hands holding a daisy flower

Inclusive greenspace

Age-friendly landscape design See all

Two women taking photos together

Designing age-friendly landscapes

The gate of a care home inscribed with a poem

Care homes: a community resource

Group of older people walking on a path together and chatting

Dementia and community

Sheltered housing landscape designed for year round interest

Care home garden design

Children, play and learning outdoors See all

A family gather around a fire to cook bread as part of a Sensory Trust activity day

Grounds for Sharing: a guide to developing special school sites

Children playing in water mists

Inclusive play

A young woman exploring the detail of a buttercup flower

Nature benefits and people with learning disabilities

A sign with widgit symbols on

Using Widgit and symbol languages

Connecting with nature See all

Group of older people walking on a path together and chatting

Making Connections: a guide to accessible greenspace

A young woman exploring the detail of a buttercup flower

Nature benefits and people with learning disabilities

Families play together on the grass at one of the Sensory Trust Nature activity days

Planning inclusive family activities

Flowers frame the beginning of a garden path

Sensory garden plants

Dementia-friendly nature See all

Two women taking photos together

Designing age-friendly landscapes

The gate of a care home inscribed with a poem

Care homes: a community resource

Group of older people walking on a path together and chatting

Dementia and community

Inclusive and accessible information See all

Access chain being used to plan visitor information

Planning visitor information

Plant label with addition of Braille and Widgits

Designing with braille

Large print sensory guides to heritage sites in Cornwall

Designing with clear and large print

Boy in wheelchair takes part in a sensory story outside

Designing with plain language

Inclusive community engagement See all

A sensory mapping card pinned on a fence

Sensory mapping

A group of people gather around a table to chat

Community engagement guide

Smiling man on rope swing in the woods

Outdoor Accessibility Guidance

Inclusive design See all

Sensory Trust's Access Chain

Access Chain: an inclusive design tool

Access standards for greenspace

Access standards

Two cyclists using wheelchair-adapted bikes

By all reasonable means: least restrictive access guidance

Measuring a path with a tape measure

Creating an Access Statement

Inclusive heritage See all

Making sensory-rich visitor experiences

Group visiting Geevor mine in Cornwall

Easy access to historic landscapes publication

Part of a sensory trail with a symbol of a nose next to some seaweed

Sensory trail design

A visitor guide to King Edward Mine

Visitor access guides

Sensory gardens and sensory-rich experiences See all

Making sensory-rich visitor experiences

Flowers frame the beginning of a garden path

Sensory garden plants

A pergola covered in wisteria flowers

Sensory gardens – design guide

Sensory Trust's garden at Hampton Court Garden Festival 2019

Sensory gardens – planning

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