Holiday Information for Wheelchair Users
(and other people who have accessibility issues)
Welcome to the home page for Disabled Holiday Information (Registered Charity No. 1119972) we hope that you find that it is useful when you are planning holidays, a short break away or a day out.
The website is designed to give travellers with disabilities (whether they are wheelchair users or have other mobility issues) appropriate information on accessible holiday accommodation, attractions, activities and in Shropshire transport to enable them to choose suitable accessible holidays bearing in mind their disability and special needs.
As well as using our UK searches, if you click on the regions on the left hand menu there is more in depth information for the areas that have been visited by our researchers that includes detailed descriptions of both attractions and accommodation. The newest of these is Cheshire which as well as attractions and accommodation includes a page for accessible countryside trails within the county.
Within the regions the following towns or areas are included Aberystwyth, Anglesey, Bath, Birmingham, Black Country, Blackpool, Bristol, Bude, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Ironbridge, Liverpool, Llandudno, Ludlow, Manchester, Nottingham, Oswestry, Peterborough, Redruth, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Strathspey, Taunton, Welshpool, Whitchurch, Worcester, Wrexham and York.
For more information about our volunteer research programme please e-mail us.
Phillip, water skiing in North Wales
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If you have limited mobility it need not limit your ideas for days out or holidays. For more info on a waterskiing courses near Nottingham please click here. .
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There is a excellent range of places to visit that are accessible for wheelchair users. More information about the Cairngorm Railway can be found on our Strathspey Pages. |
Trevor at the top of the Cairngorm Mountains
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Frank, Kite Buggying on Perranporth Beach in Cornwall |
Throughout the UK there are a wide range of exciting accessible activities. For more info about this sport check out our new Redruth pages. |
Most of the accommodation featured on the website's regional pages has been assessed by one of our wheelchair user researchers. This is a 2 bedroomed lodge with a ceiling hoist and profiling bed situated in Shropshire. For more info about the lodge please click here |
Roy accessing the lodge's verandah at Astbury Falls |
Each week we are highlighting one of the many excellent accessible properties included on our UK search
Featured accommodation for the first week in February 2010
'Peace and Plenty' in Shropshire
This new and spacious barn conversion is set within its own large garden
Lake House Cottages are situated at Clun in the beautiful countryside of South Shropshire. 'Peace and Plenty' is the owners Tim and Julie's latest project and the fifth cottage on site. The property which sleeps up to 8 people has stunning views over the surrounding hills.
It has been specifically designed and built to include an accessible ground floor twin bedroom (with an en-suite wet room) to enable all visitors to enjoy the peace of this unique and very special location. It also has 3 further bedrooms and 2 bathrooms upstairs and would be ideal for families or small groups with one less ambulant or wheelchair user member.
For more detailed accessibility information and a link to their own website please click here
For ideas for places to visit in the area please click here.
N.B. Last weeks featured accommodation was Helsey House Cottages in Lincolnshire.
Helsey caters for children and adults on the autistic spectrum who usually do not have specific mobility problems. However the accommodation is fully adapted and they are pleased to welcome guests who are wheelchair users or have limited mobility.
For more information about Helsey House and a link to their own website please click here.
More information about this website
Our regional web pages are not designed to give a comprehensive guide to each area but to give a taste of what can be seen and done, it is important to note that there may be other accessible places within the area that we did not visit.
N.B. All accommodation included in the regions has been assessed by one of our wheelchair user researchers for accessibility (unless otherwise stated). For accommodation inspection gradings e.g. Diamond ratings, follow the links to each providers own website.
Our website pages are updated on a weekly basis please check regularly for the latest additions.
We now have four 'Wheelchair Users' guides (one on accessible attractions, one on accessible walks and trails, one on accessible activities and our latest guide for accessible transport ) to accompany the Shropshire webpages please click on our Publications page for more details.
As a result of many enquiries we have also compiled a series of factsheets of UK wheelchair accessible holiday accommodation with additional requirements e.g. (one with ceiling hoists , one with wheel in showers and one where both accommodation and care can be provided).
Other fact sheet titles include ' wheelchair accessible accommodation with on-site fishing' and 'holiday information for children with disabilities'.
Our latest fact sheet has been compiled as a result of a specific request and gives information about accessible accommodation where pets are accepted.
You can download each of them in pdf from our Publications page.
Our main pages are UK based, for information on accessible holiday destinations in the rest of Europe or worldwide check out our links page. There is also a factsheet of accessible overseas accommodation either owned by a wheelchair user or recommended by one. We have recently added a fact sheet for travel insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions You can download them in pdf from our Publications page.
If you prefer we can e-mail or post any of the factsheets above please e-mail us or send A5 SAE (1 x 1st class stamp per fact sheet required) to the address in contact us.