UK Festivals and disabled visitors.

Subject: RE: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: nutty
Date: 21 May 09 - 06:10 PM

Saltburn, Darlington, Warwick, Cleckheaton, Fylde, Saddleworth were all accessible to Jean Lee and her wheelchair

Subject: RE: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: Tig
Date: 21 May 09 - 05:52 PM

Saltburn has an offer to get people who need it up,down,over, on, round any of their venues. Mind you it's quite a steep hill down to the hotel where some of the main events are held.

Subject: RE: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: Leadfingers
Date: 20 May 09 - 08:04 PM

Dave Houlden's wife used to get around on an Electric cart , and that was more than ten years ago - Towersey and such places !

Subject: RE: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: Art Thieme
Date: 20 May 09 - 07:38 PM

I'm in a wheelchair too. Here in the USA some are better than others.

Subject: RE: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: Jack Campin
Date: 20 May 09 - 02:10 PM

You should be okay at Linlithgow.

I can't think of any other Scottish festival that has wheelchair access for a significant number of events. Most don't have wheelchair-accessible accommodation either.

Subject: UK Festivals and disabled visitors.
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 20 May 09 - 12:38 PM

As a one time visitor to many English festivals over a period of some 40 years I now find that (in recent times) I am forced to
travel not on foot but in a wheelchair.How are the mighty fallen !

I would much appreciate opinions from others who find themselves to be wheelchair travellers as to their findings/opinions on this subject.

yours on wheels.

Art.