Accessible Attractions in Exeter

Because at an activity venue the building is rarely the obstacle. Getting into Clip n Climb Exeter is not the same problem as taking part in what happens inside it, and the same holds for anything on water. Instructors are the people who know what can be adapted, how much support they can give one child and what the real minimum requirement is. Ask to speak to one of them.

Saddles and Paddles and Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre both sit on the flagged list, where the honest answer turns on the session and on the staff on duty. Ask what a first session involves, how a child is supported in a boat, what happens if they want to stop, and whether a parent can stay alongside. None of that is captured by a facilities flag, in either direction.

Sometimes, though the age of a building matters. The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery and Clyston Mill are different propositions from a modern unit, and older structures often have provision that works well in one part of a site and not at all in another. Ask which rooms or floors you would be able to reach, rather than asking whether the place as a whole is accessible.

Exeters Underground Passages carries the flag, and an underground route raises questions no flag can settle: how you get in, what the surface and headroom are like, how a party moves through, and how someone would leave partway if they needed to. Ask all four before booking anything, and treat an answer that dodges the last one as a reason to pick something else.