Help save holiday in North yorks with a wheelchair

[Theblackdogagain]

Please help, we like to travel around the country each year for our holiday and this year we're in North Yorkshire, near whitby if that helps. I hasn't realised how not wheel chair friendly this area is. So far we've found harbours we can't access, Robin hoods Bay was fun. Scarborough seemed flat but we can't access any cafe as they are too small and don't have accessible loos. Today we're going to York to the Jorvik viking place and i already know my son cant access the shambles. I know its not any ones fault and this isn't a blame thread, but please help local people. Where can I take my son so I can say yes instead of no? He's 13 and is so down about how difficult it is.

If you wanted to go back to Scarborough, the Eat Me cafe at the Stephen Joseph theatre has a lift to get to it and there are wheelchair accessible toilets on the ground floor.

It's not at the beach though, it's just opposite the train station. It's a bit uphill to get to it from the beach, but the tramway lift is also wheelchair accessible and inexpensive. I think carers go free. It's about a 7 minute walk from there

From what I've heard the shambles is very busy with big steps into the shops, cobbles we can cope with (he likes going fast and bumping over them, the boys a speed demon). I guess we'll go and take a look.

Sorry not read through thread but have you had a look at www.euansguide.com

The Railway museum is exvellent Nd not just for train buffs, BUT while the overall site seemed v accessible i remember quite a lot of going up steps into carriages etc. Worth dropping them a call in advance to check what they have that would allow your son to see the exhibits otherwise it might be pretty frustrating.

Thanks, we ate at the cats pjamas and I was disappointed, food took a long time and was not great . No disabled toilet that I could see. We did use the tram but I wasn't offered a discount.

Shambles was absolutely rammed when I went a few weeks ago unfortunately and that was on a weekday. I wanted to look for the https://www.visityork.org/business-directory/york-cat-trail cats but it was impossible without getting in people's way.

(Nearly?) all the shops are tiny too.

Saltburn by the sea is a little way up but lovely and accessible. Has a 'rail car' that travels up and down the cliff to the flat promenade. Pier is accessible. Beautiful beach. Probably pure beach day so not unless the weather is good.

I'm staying in York at the moment. The city centre is rammed! The Shambles took some negotiation without any mobility issues. The independent shops in the cobbled medieval streets are largely tiny/uneven/steep stairs.

I'm wondering if you could manage a boat trip? But then the launch is down steps at Lendal Bridge.

The Van Gogh immersive experience says it's accessible.

The Yorkshire museum is very accessible too, if he’s a history buff. If he likes dinosaurs though, don’t get too excited by their claims to 3d exhibits-they’ve been broken for ages. It is incredibly hot in there though. But the gardens are lovely and nice broad paths.

My sister is a wheelchair user and loves in Bridlington- brid and Scarborough are very flat along the front and plenty of places to grab fish and chips and ice cream. wheelchair friendly places we like to visit nearby: sewerby hall, whitby abbey, The Deep in Hull, sea life centre, railway museum in York and rspb bempton cliffs. We tend to avoid York centre as it can be very busy and a lot of hen and stag dos who aren't always considerate (even in the day) and my sister often feels intimidated. However we have done The York chocolate story in the past which was good. We also had afternoon tea at the Grand.

Also there's an accessible public toilet in Scarborough on the front just next to the big Olympia leisure amusements.

Back home now thank you for all the advice, York was manageable (my son even hot into the shop that cannot be named), and we found parking near the amusements in Whitby. Not sure where we're going next year but I'm going to have to do my homework.