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Steps & Ramps : in PDF format

key
icon description
easy to use easy to use
moderately easy to use moderately easy to use
not very easy to use not very easy to use
Not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty Not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
accessible with ease accessible with ease
lower cost lower cost
medium cost medium cost
higher cost higher cost

Steps & Ramps : Evaluation Summary

General Guidance | Steps | Steps Key Design Principles | Ramps | Ramps Key Design Principles | Handrails | Design to Accommodate Cyclists, Pushchairs etc. | Design List | Evaluation Summary

 

  Suitable for Footpaths Suitable for Paths used by Horseriders Ease of use for pedestrians Acessible to Manual Wheelchair & Push chair Users
Guide to Suitability
Ease of Use for Pedes -trians Urban Finge Lowland Sites

Coastal Sites

Upland Sites
4.1 Timber Board & Aggregate Stepse accessible with ease not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty moderately easy to use not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty easy to use easy to use easy to use not very easy to use
4.2 Ramped Sleeper & Aggregate Steps accessible with ease accessible with ease easy to use not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty easy to use easy to use easy to use not very easy to use
4.3 Stone Block Aggregate Steps accessible with ease not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty moderately easy to use not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty moderately easy to use easy to use easy to use easy to use
4.4 Stone Block Steps accessible with ease not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty moderately easy to use not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty not very easy to use moderately easy to use easy to use easy to use
4.5 Stone Slab Steps
accessible with ease
 not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
 moderately easy to use
 not accessible, or accessible with extreme difficulty
 not very easy to use
 moderately easy to use
 moderately easy to use
 easy to use


Notes

1 ramped sleeper & aggregate steps can be reasonably accessible to people
with pushchairs, provided the risers are not too high and the treads are at least
1000 - 1500mm long

2 suitability relates to ‘hard’ coastal sites (i.e. cliffs and other rocky areas);
these stone designs will be less suitable for ‘soft’ coastal sites (i.e. sand dunes)