Visit Accessibility
Accessibility Around The Site
The entrance to Headstone Manor and Museum is through the Small Barn which is sloped and has two, wide manual doors to get in. Please let staff or the Duty Manager in the Visitor Centre/The Moat Café know if you require any assistance opening the doors.
There are five buildings on the Headstone Manor and Museum site. The Great Barn, Small Barn and Visitor Centre/The Moat Cafe are all wheelchair accessible. The ground floors of the Manor House and Granary are also wheelchair accessible.
The Manor House is a Grade 1 listed historic building and houses the main museum. It has several rooms with a small step up in the doorway as well as some low thresholds and uneven floors in places. The Manor House contains a platform lift to take visitors up to the first floor but the doorway leading out of the lift room is only 70cm wide. There is a small step into one room upstairs, and there are two rooms which can only be accessed via a staircase with a rope handrail.
Images of all the rooms and all the Museum displays on the first floor can be viewed on a handheld tablet available from the first room in the Manor House. The handheld tablets also enable you to listen to the main museum displays being read aloud. Large text documents of all permanent panels are available. Please ask a member of staff or volunteers if you would like to view these.
Staff and volunteer hosts will be happy to assist visitors where possible.
View our Accessibility Resources Below
We are delighted to announce that from 1st May 2026, we will be working with the Nimbus Disability Access Scheme to enhance our inclusive offering.
While our accessible facilities will remain largely unchanged, please make sure you sign up with Nimbus to continue purchasing complimentary carer/companion tickets.
A detailed guide to the accessibility of our venue is available on the Nimbus Venue Directory. Search using our name or postcode!
Sensory Backpacks
We have a range of resources available to borrow that might support you on your visit.
Ear defenders (in sensory backpacks and box) – are available to borrow from the front desks, please just ask a member of staff if you would like to access a set.
Symbol choice board (in bags and box) – can be borrowed from the front desks. These visual tools help to plan your visit, make independent choices, and communicate needs by pointing to or selecting icons for specific exhibits, facilities, and activities.
Sensory backpacks – can be borrowed from the front desk. They contain resources and items that might support you on your visit to the museum. Please ask a member of staff if you would like to see the bag, find out more or borrow one.
Included in each back pack are:
- Ear defenders
- Smelly cubes
- Squish balls
- Torch
- Hourglasses
- BILL finger puppet
- Colour glasses
- Therapy sensory brushes
- Natpat stickers
- Magnetic drawing board
- Binoculars
- Magnifying glass
- ‘Can you find these objects’ booklet
- Bill’s search through time activity booklet
- Colourful adventures/nature detectives activities
- Eye spy trail
- Sensory map
- Symbol choice board
Animals
Guide dogs are admitted in all buildings. There is a dog water bowl outside the Visitor Centre/The Moat Café and we are in Headstone Manor Park which has plenty of green space for dogs to use.
Parking
There is a free car park in Pinner View, 100m from the entrance of Headstone Manor and Museum. There are Blue Badge spaces on the closest side of the car park to the museum (on the left as you drive in).
Bikes and Scooters
Both bikes and scooters are welcome and there is plenty of places to lock them up during your visit. Please note that neither are allowed inside the Museum grounds.
Check out Headstone Manor's Visual Story below!
Headstone Manor and Museum aims to be as accessible as possible and meet the needs of all our visitors. If you have any questions regarding access or would like to plan your access visit please contact us on 020 8863 6720 or info@headstonemanor.org