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NOTE THAT THE SITE IS CURRENTLY BEING RECONSTRUCTED (22 May 2012) BASED ON RESEARCH FOR A NEW EDITION OF THE GUIDE THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE ENTIRELY OUT OF USE FOR A FEW DAYS WHILE WE ORGANISE OURSELVES.

Please send URGENT MESSAGES to:  accessinlondon@gmail.com

 

 

We have just added the Accommodation section, and the chapter on London’s shops (underOther venues).

Access in London is a well established and well researched guide, published in 1984, 1989, 1996 and 2003. Nearly all of the information is collected by visit, and it reflects the experiences of disabled people who want to get around. It is part of a series published by Pauline Hephaistos Survey Projects since the 1970s to places as diverse as Paris, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Jersey, Norway, Brittany and the Loire Valley.

The guide is still the only integrated source of access information about London which links everything together, covering accommodation, the transport system and descriptions of the major sights and places of interest.

We are currently carrying out the research for a new edition of the guide to be published in 2012 to coincide with the Olympics. Some of the information will be progressively published here on the website.

THE ACCOMMODATION SECTION WAS ADDED DURING MARCH (initially as a pdf file), and this is the most important chapter for anyone planning a visit.

The Paris and Israel pages contain information gathered just before their publication in 2008 and 2000 respectively. The London pages will include recently collected information but these should be regarded as ‘work in progress’ for a while.

In the short term the 2003 London edition (see below) still contains useful and unique information.

The book was researched by Pauline Hephaistos Survey Projects (PHSP) with assistance from Artsline. The 2003 edition has 438 pages. Although apparently quite old it still has a wealth of useful information and advice.

If you want a copy, please send your address to:

Access Project (PHSP),
39 Bradley Gardens,
West Ealing,
W13 8HE, UK
or e-mail: accessinlondon@gmail.com

The guides are distributed without charge, but we ask for a donation of £10 to £15 to help with the cost of research, printing and postage. Cheques are payable to Access Project if drawn on a British bank. For orders coming from abroad, please send CASH in your local currency, or use PayPal. We have a UK Business Account with PayPal (www.paypal.com) called Access Project (Gordon Couch) with the e-mail address gordon.couch@virgin.net.
Note that small cheques drawn on a foreign bank are almost valueless, as the bank charges up to US$15/20 to process them, so we get no money at all for a small cheque !

It is planned that the new guide contents in 2012 will consist of:

  • Introduction
    • How the guide is arranged
    • Units and definitions
  • General Information
    • Climate
    • Emergencies
    • Maps and guides
    • Telephones
  • Specialised information
    • Contact points
    • Equipment repair and hire
    • Facilities for those with hearing impairment
    • Textphones
    • Facilities for those with visual impairment
    • Price concessions
    • Toilets
    • Useful websites
  • Travelling and getting around
    • Arriving by:
      • Air
      • Coach
      • Rail
    • Getting around:
      • By car or minibus
      • Parking
      • By taxi and minicab
      • Transport for London
      • Services for London residents
  • Accommodation
    • Hotels (60+ accessible hotels)
    • Camping
    • Hostels
  • Places of interest
    • Inner London (60 places)
    • Outer London (20 places)
  • Places of worship
    • Abbeys and cathedrals (5)
    • Churches (25)
    • Mosques, synagogues and temples (10)
  • Museums & galleries
    • Inner London (40)
    • Outer London (7)
  • Days out
    • Beyond the north/south circular roads (10 sites)
    • Outside the M25 (20 sites)
    • Lee Valley (12 sites)
  • Entertainment
    • Arts centres (10)
    • Pubs and bars
    • Places for afternoon tea (8)
  • Shops
    • Central (30)
    • Suburban centres (12)
  • Sport
    • Cricket (Lords and the Oval)
    • Rugby (Twickenham)
    • Soccer (11 grounds)
    • Tennis (at Wimbledon)
  • Annual events
  • Open air activities
    • Boating and river trips
    • Markets
    • Parks
  • Recommended itineraries
  • Good loo guide
    • (listing and mapping of ~150 accessible toilets)

Maps and artwork include:

  • links to and from accessible rail stations (out as far as Guildford, Reading, Watford, Romford, Sevenoaks, Gatwick and Epsom)
  • accessible travel links on London’s underground system
  • hotels location
  • a diagram of accessible routes around the Tower of London
  • a diagram of accessible routes around the Palace of Westminster
  • a diagram of how to approach the South Bank Arts Centre
  • the location of the principal shops
  • maps of good accessible toilets in central London

Note that the whole website will gradually be updated through 2012, so there may be a few glitches as you search through for particular information.