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Guide for visitors with disabilities
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum
is committed to providing access for all of our visitors. This page
summarises the facilities that we provide throughout our buildings
and other factors that you should be aware of, such as where there
are steps. We hope that it will enable you to plan and enjoy your
visit.
General
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Wheelchair access to all the galleries except for
HMS Alliance. Because of the historic nature of the submarine we
regret that we cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
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Guide Dogs, hearing dogs and assistance dogs welcome
in all of our galleries. We regret they are not allowed on HMS Alliance
due to the nature of the submarine.
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All toilets are at ground floor level. There are three
disabled toilets on the site.
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Wheelchairs are available at the Weapons Gallery,
free of charge.
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There is a Café providing a variety
of refreshments.
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Picnic area please feel free to bring your
own food to eat in this area. Please note that there is a small
ramp up to
this.
Car Park
- Free parking
- Coach spaces at rear of car park
Weapons
Gallery
- 2 Wheelchairs available
free of charge
- Toilets/Disabled toilet.
- Baby
changing facility in disabled
toilet
- Ramped access
- The Attack Gallery
is a darkened area please take care
Historic
Walkway
- Pedestrian and wheelchair
access to the seaward end of the site is via Millennium
Walkway.
Beware of the adjacent cobblestones they can be a
bit bumpy!
- We regret that no cars are allowed
on this walkway, as it is a pedestrianised route. If you
have mobility difficulties please contact a member of staff
for loan of a wheelchair free of charge from our Weapons
Gallery
- Heritage shelter/rest area
- Children's activity area
 
Ticket Office/Gift Shop/ Diving
and Escape Galleries
- Ramped access
- The Diving Gallery is a darkened
area - please take care
Holland 1 Building
- Ramped access to submarine
- We regret that due to the historic
nature of the submarine there is no wheelchair access inside
her. However there is a screen outside so that you can see
everything that is going on inside.
- Mind your head as you enter the
submarine it is a low entrance!
- Video inside the submarine showing
how Holland 1 would have looked and worked
- Subtitled video about the history
and conservation in the entrance gallery
- Disabled toilet/baby changing
facilities
Fieldhouse
Building
- Ramped access
- Lift
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
- Hands-on interactives and sensory
experiences in the Submarines and Science Gallery
- Tactile objects in the children's
dressing up area of the Pioneers to Pirates Gallery (next
to the Jolly Rogers)
- Sound post at the Launch of
HMS Dreadnought' painting
- Periscopes the attack periscope
is lower than the search periscope, and may be more
suitable for those in a wheelchair
HMS Alliance
- Due to the historic nature of the submarine wheelchair
access is not available. If you have any mobility difficulties
please ask at the reception desk in the Fieldhouse Building
for details about the submarine.
- There are several stones steps up to the entrance
of the submarine
- Guided tour by an ex-submariner. Visually impaired
visitors are welcome to experience the tour by touch. Unfortunately
Guide Dogs are not allowed.
- Information in Braille available please
ask at the reception desk in the Fieldhouse Building
Café
- 3 small steps at entrance
- For wheelchair access please enter through
the café annex
Cinema
- Wheelchair accessible
- This is a darkened area please take care
Jetty/Pontoon
- Mind the gaps between the decking if you're wearing
high heels!
- Ramp to pontoon
- If using a Waterbus service wheelchair access
will depend on the availability of the boat service please
contact the operator for further details
Administration
Block (if you have an appointment with a member of
curatorial staff)
- Wheelchair access is available at the rear of
the building. Please let the member of staff that you are meeting
know your time of arrival in advance so that we can have the
ramp in place
- Research area on ground floor
- Toilets on ground floor
- Disabled toilet in the Weapons Gallery (25 yards)
- Stone steps at front of building which are fairly
steep
If
you have any queries about accessing the museum then please telephone
02392 529217 or email [email protected]
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