​Welcome to The Piglets Self-Catering Barn Accommodation and Woodpecker Camping Field. This Accessibility Statement is to provide information about accessibility for all of our guests both online and onsite.

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Digital Accessibility

We want as many people as possible to be able to access this website. This includes enabling you to change colours, font, size of text and contrast levels using browser or device settings. We pledge not to use difficult to understand technical information or unnecessary jargon so that all users can access the information provided and understand easily.

Our Accessibility Policy is based upon the RNIB’s Digital Accessibility Statement including their Website Accessibility guidelines.

This website is owned and managed by me, Alison Baird, Proprietor.

You can get in touch via info@piglets.co.uk

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On-site Accessibility

General Information:

The Piglets

1 – 4 The Piglets, Climping Street, Climping, Littlehampton. BN17 5RG

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You can get in touch via info@piglets.co.uk

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The Piglets - Self-Catering Barn Accommodation (x4)

Guest Access – On-site Accessibility

Parking

We offer our guests a level surface shingle car park that can accommodate up to eight vehicles. The private parking area measures at least 8 feet (2.5 metres) wide. This is on an enclosed stone grid system. There is one dedicated space allocated for a person with disabilities, which has clear signage and markings.

It is 10 metres from the car park to the guest entrance.

Please note: this parking is for The Piglets Self-Catering Barnlets, only.

Visitors are welcome by arrangement and other parking is available nearby within the site.

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Drop-Off

Guests can easily be dropped off in the car park.

Guest Pathway & Entrance

There is a short, accessible, lit pathway that leads to the guest entrance and on to the accommodation barns. The pathway is well lit at night. There are no steps, stairs or curbs on the entire path from a guest’s arrival to the accommodation entrance.

Total length of terrace is 60 metres.

Internal Access - Guest Accommodation

The barns are a terrace of four spacious, ground-floor, two-bedroom, self-catering holiday lets (sleeping six persons per barn). Each have their own entrance and private, accessible, rear patio. All door widths measure 81cm in width apart from the sliding door into the wet rooms, which measure 77cm in width.

Door Width

The minimum doorway width measures 30 inches / 77cm for the sliding door into the ensuite wet-room. All other doorways are wider.

Bedrooms

We offer step-free access into each of our barns. Guest accommodation is all on the ground-floor with no steps anywhere inside the building. The main bedroom doorway width measures 30 inches / 77cm. There is step-free access into all the rooms.

Each bedroom has beds that can be zipped together to make 1 x SuperKing or apart to make 2 x 3ft singles

Bathrooms

Each barn has two bathrooms: both are step-free. The main ensuite bathroom has x2 fixed grab bars attached to the wall either side of the toilet, which can fully bear weight. It has an accessible walk-in wet-room with one grab bar that fixed to the wall and a collapsible seat specifically designed for guests with limited mobility located in the shower area.

A range of alternative shower chairs are also available to suit different requirements.

The second bathroom is fully equipped with a bath and shower over the bath for companions or carers.

The Kitchen

This spacious room is fully equipped and has step-free access.

The Kitchen units have set back kick boards at floor level to allow closer access for wheelchairs but are not fully accessible.

Ovens

All Piglets have a pull-out shelf below the oven.

Piglet No’s 1,2 and 3 have hide and slide oven doors.

Piglet No 4 has a side opening oven door

 

The Lounge & Dining Area

This is a well-equipped, step-free, spacious and comfortable room with vaulted high ceilings. It is south facing letting in lots of warm light with adjustable blinds.

The large double sofa bed has 3 seats and a chaise longue where extra bedding is kept. There is also a separate large armchair and smaller occasional armchair.

A power riser recliner chair is available by request.

There are two other smaller armchairs in the bedrooms.

Hearing & Communication

• Alternative Formats – Large print information sheets are available on request should you require them: Oven, TV, Washing machine, Induction hob the whole Site and Local area.

• Each Piglet barnlet has a 54-inch smart TV with Subtitles if required.

External Features

The Rear private Patio and Communal grass Garden

• A built-in accessible ramp in the doorway from the bedroom corridor to the patio offers step-free access to the rear patio. Step free access through 80 cms wide gate to communal garden.

• Dogs are welcome.

• The patio is concrete with an anti-slip surface.

Drop-Off Luggage Facility

• Guests can open our 5-bar main gate to drive up to any front door outside the barnlets to unload luggage.

• Please note, vehicles must reverse out as there is no turning at the end.

• Guests must return their vehicle to the car park as soon as they have unloaded.

Woodpecker Camping

Our camping field is located in a three-acre field enclosed by high hedges and located within a short walk to the beach and local pubs. We can be found in historic Climping, a small village on the coast and not far from the South Downs National Park.

We are beside the A259 making it handy to access other local holiday spots such as Arundel, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis. Amenities include two family shower rooms with under-floor heating, two other hot water showers and flushing toilets. We also offer a camp facilities room with two hot water sinks, a fridge, a freezer, microwave, electric oven, hob and electric kettle. Plenty of electric plugs for your hairdryer (mirrors on the wall) and phone charger.

We pride ourselves on our sustainability and responsible tourism to ensure that all our guests have a memorable stay. This includes a ground source heat pump and solar panels.

 

Local Area

Walks

We encourage our guests to enjoy convening with nature and exploring the local area on foot during local walks. There are many public footpaths and dog-friendly areas to explore. We are a dog-friendly site (please see our Dog Policy here).

Climping Beach

Climping Street leads directly to Climping Beach, a popular shingle beach permitting dogs year-round. It is a few minutes’ walk away. Our farmland backs onto the beach from West Beach at Littlehampton to the rock islands at Elmer. There is a network of dog-friendly footpaths from the property, across our farmland to the beach.

Guests should, note, however, that it is currently undergoing natural erosion. Subsequent works to create a shingle bank to aid realignment of the coastline has resulted in access on foot only. It is necessary to climb up and over the shingle beach. It is not accessible via wheelchair.

Accessible Beaches Nearby

Local beaches such as at Littlehampton and Bognor Regis both have accessible seafront promenades. Nearby West Wittering beach (a 10-mile drive) has free balloon tyre wheelchairs to navigate sand available, pre-booking is required.

Please see https://www.westwitteringestate.co.uk/accessibility/ for more information.

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General

Where possible, we strive to adhere to guidelines of the UK Association for Accessible Formats (UKAAF). We have also referenced Visit England’s Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Guide for Businesses.

Onsite Signage

We aim where possible, to using minimum text size of 12 point or ideally 14 point for clear print and minimum size 16 or 18 point for large print formats used in our on-site signage. We also pledge to have a good contrast between text and background and to be non-glossy.

Get in Touch

Please contact us to report any accessibility issues or for any help. Email us: xxxxx

Dogs

Dogs including Assistance dogs such as Guide Dogs are welcome both inside The Piglets and at Woodpecker Camping Field.

Please see our Dog Policy here