Information for Visitors with Disabilities

Wherever possible on this site we have endeavoured to list information and facilities for our visitors with mobility, visual or hearing difficulties within each section.

Should you require additional information, please contact Visitor Information Services:
Tel: +44 (0) 1843 577577
Email: visitorinformation@thanet.gov.uk

Accommodation
Facility symbols on adverts provide a quick reference to the facilities available at each establishment, for example, ground floor bedrooms and passenger lifts, but it is still advisable to check your specific requirements with the establishment of your choice prior to visiting.

Attractions
Disabled access and facilities have been included within each attraction's (links to What to do section) individual entry. Please check your specific requirements with the attraction/s prior to your visit.

Car Parking
The Blue Badge Disabled Parking Scheme is run by Kent County Council and allows disabled and blind people to park closer to shops and amenities, allowing the holder to drive or be transported to areas within towns and cities where parking is restricted.

Blue Badge holders are statutorily permitted to park without payment:
• in 'on-street' pay and display bays
• without time limit in limited waiting and residents/shared parking places
• and subject to not causing obstruction for up to three hours on a yellow line
• disabled persons vehicles, along with all other non-goods vehicles, are not permitted in goods vehicle loading bays
For further information click here or call +44 (0) 8458 247 100

Public conveniences
The following public conveniences have disabled facilities that are open all year, except where stated (s) - seasonal toilets are closed between end September and the end of March.

Margate
• Buenos Ayres
• The Centre
• College Walk
• Harold Road, Cliftonville
• St. George's Lawns, Cliftonville (s)
• Oval, Cliftonville (open for events only)

Broadstairs
• Croft Place
• Joss Bay (s)
• Stone Bay (s) (ambulant)
• Broadstairs Harbour
• Broadstairs Clocktower
• Dumpton Gap (ambulant)
• Hopeville Avenue, St. Peters

Ramsgate
• Ramsgate Bathing Station (s)
• East Pier Yard
• Screaming Alley
• Cavendish Street
• King George VI Park

Villages
• Minnis Bay Car Park, Birchington
• Alpha Road, Birchington
• West Bay, Westgate
• Station Road, Westgate
• St. Mildreds Bay, Westgate

Further information
The following organisations may also be able to help during your visit:

UK Mobility Services
42-43 Arlington Square, Margate, Kent, CT9 1XN
Sells, repairs, hires and services products for the less able.
Tel: +44 (0) 1843 230900 www.ukmobility.com  

Safe Hands (Birchington Mobility Centre)
2-6 Albion Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9DN
Supply for hire scooters, manual and electric wheelchairs.
Tel: +44 (0) 1843 848208 www.safehandsmobility.co.uk

Shopmobility
Westwood Cross, Margate Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2BF
Tel: +44 (0) 1843 871444 www.ukmobility.com

First Choice Mobility
131 Canterbury Road, Westbrook, Margate, Kent CT9 5BD
Tel: +44 (0) 1843 292136 www.1stchoicemobility.co.uk

For further Disabled Information on attractions, shops and restaurants in the area visit www.disabledgo.com