The Meadow Lark, Trumpington – Access Statement

Introduction

A 19 bedroom pub with rooms owned and operated by Heartwood Inns Limited, located in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire.

Recently refurbished to a four-star standard of accommodation and with a pub and restaurant in keeping with Heartwood Inns.

Pre-arrival

Information can be found on meadowlarktrumpington.com

Telephone: 01223 756222

Email: reservations.trumpington@heartwoodinns.com

The Inn is located on Church Lane, near Byron’s Pool and Trumpington Meadows. Taxis can be ordered from the Inn and our team are pleased to help with this.

Arrival & car parking facilities

We have a small car park with space for 20 cars. You can access this from Church Lane.

The car park is a tarmac finish with parking bays outlined in white paint. One marked space is set aside for accessible parking.

Main Entrance

The main entrance to the Inn is at ground floor level, at the front of the building.

Once checked in, residents are able to access their rooms without having to enter the main entrance. 

Staff are always on duty to assist if required and, as a minimum, will be located at the restaurant host stand and main bar.

Registration

Guests who have booked overnight accommodation can register at the Check In Station, located 14 steps from the main Inn door entrance or 13 steps from the car park entrance, or we can complete the registration process at a table.

Our registration process is paperless and is completed on one of our portable tablets.

Room keys are available as a credit card size plastic key. This will provide access to your bedroom and any other door required to give access to your room.

The Ground Floor

The Pub and Restaurant are located on the ground floor, level access is provided throughout to the pub area and dining. 

Floor surfaces vary between ceramic tile and timber.

There is matting in the exit doorways.

Seating is available in various spaces around the bar and restaurant.

We are dog friendly and allow dogs in the bar.  Assistance Dogs are welcome in the restaurant area whereas unfortunately pets are not permitted.

Background music is played continually at low volume.

There is ample space in which to move around and seating can be moved to accommodate as necessary.

Waiter service is offered throughout the ground floor and specific dietary needs are catered for. Room service is not provided.

A ‘no smoking’ policy is in effect throughout. This policy includes the smoking of e-cigarettes and any such similar devices as well as all other tobacco products.

Baby changing facilities are available in the Accessible Toilet.

Toilet facilities

There are ladies, gentlemen on the ground floor. Gentlemen’s are situated by the main entrance and the ladies are situated towards the rear of the pub area.

The accessible toilet is also located on the ground floor, towards the main entrance of the pub area and has a ceramic tiled floor, emergency pull cord and baby changing facilities.

Support rails are situated in the Disabled Access Toilet. Coat hooks are provided however guests are responsible for the safety of their belongings.

Bedrooms

There are 19 bedrooms at the Inn, with 1 accessible bedroom located on the ground floor.  Level access via a ramp is provided to this room.

There are 15 bedrooms on the first floor, accessed by 17 steps from the main entrance.

Our ground floor rooms have wooden floors and wood effect bathroom floors.

There are 4 bedrooms on the second floor, accessed by 13 steps from first to second floor.

All other bedrooms are carpeted with wood effect bathroom floors. Some, but not all, beds can be either doubles or twins.

All bedrooms have seating, desks, cordless kettles, irons and boards, televisions with casting solution and telephones.

There is a safe in each room and a fridge in which we provide bottled water and milk.

Our menus cater for specific dietary requirements.

Well behaved dogs and assistance dogs are welcome.

If advised of assistance being required in the event of an emergency, a staff member will knock on the bedroom door to assist with any evacuation.

All bedrooms are designated as non-smoking areas.  This policy includes the smoking of e-cigarettes and any such similar devices as well as all other tobacco products.

Bathrooms, shower-rooms and WC:

All bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms which have a walk in shower with a small step for access.  Some bathrooms have a bath tub as well as a shower.

We have details of each room and can assist with specific requirements.

Patio area / external seating

There is an external patio seating area at the rear of the Inn. Pedestrian access is gained to the right of the building at ground level from an external, paved, pathway or via the Inn.

There is ample space in which to move around.

Waiter service is offered throughout and specific dietary needs are catered for.

Fire Alarm

The Inn has a fully audible fire alarm with sounders positioned around the building. In the event of the alarm being triggered you are asked to evacuate the building to the fire assembly point.

The alarm can be raised at the break glass points positioned around the building or by contacting a member of the Inn Team.

A portable “deafguard” system is available from our Host station should you be hard of hearing.

The fire alarm is tested weekly, usually on a Tuesday morning.

Contact telephone & email address

Grid references:

52°10′28″N , 00°06′38″E

Decimal

Latitude: 52.174444, Longitude: 0.110556

Hours of operation

365 days per year, 24 hours per day