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Poor access
The hotel uses a portable ramp at it's George street entrance, The ramp goes over 3 steps and is extremely steep. I use a self propelled wheelchair and there is no way I could propel up this independently. Once up the ramp there is then a small landing and one more step, which is like a large pavement and there is no ramp for this step. It took 3 people to help me enter the hotel and I did not feel safe on the ramp. I'm doubt if an electric chair would manage the steep ramp or the last step. Once in the hotel I found the carpets to be very thick and difficult to propel on. There are several sloped/ramped carpeted areas in the hotel which are again pretty steep so again I couldn't propel on these, although an electric chair would likely manage these. For me it meant that every time i needed to move from one area to another I needed someone to push me. On the plus side there is a good disabled toilet.
The hotel uses a portable ramp at it's George street entrance, The ramp goes over 3 steps and is extremely steep. I use a self propelled wheelchair and there is no way I could propel up this independently. Once up the ramp there is then a small landing and one more step, which is like a large pavement and there is no ramp for this step. It took 3 people to help me enter the hotel and I did not feel safe on the ramp. I'm doubt if an electric chair would manage the steep ramp or the last step. Once in the hotel I found the carpets to be very thick and difficult to propel on. There are several sloped/ramped carpeted areas in the hotel which are again pretty steep so again I couldn't propel on these, although an electric chair would likely manage these. For me it meant that every time i needed to move from one area to another I needed someone to push me. On the plus side there is a good disabled toilet.
For additional detailed accessibility information, please contact: info@theroyalgeorgehotel.co.uk
