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Accessibility

Last Updated: 06 Jun 2025

At this centre we provide the following facilities to make the centre accessible to everyone:

Hinksey Park Carpark:

  • OX1 4PZ
  • The carpark entrance located on Abingdon Road next to speed camera.
  • The car park type is open air/surface.
  • This is open 24 hours a day.
  • There are 42 spaces.
  • This carpark must be paid for upon arrival.
  • This car park accepts payment by RingGo, location code for this car park: 3914
  • There are 2 disabled parking bays.
  • There is free parking for Blue Badge holders.
  • There is not a road to cross between the car park and the entrance.
  • Carpark to site entrance requires you to follow footpath through Hinksey Park.

Hinksey Site Access:

  • We are open 06:30-20:00 Monday to Friday and 07:30-18:00 Saturday and Sunday.
  • The main entrance is always open (within our opening hours).
  • The entrance is single in width, width an opening of approx. 90cm.
  • The desk has a height of approx. 110cm.

Hinksey Swimming Pool Accessibility:

  • Poolside surface is flat concrete.
  • One larger accessible changing room and toilet facility with slight lip (less then 3cm).
  • Natural lighting.
  • 3 step ladders with handrails on both sides, into the deep end of the pool.
  • Sloped gradient entry into the shallow end of the pool.
  • Pool steps through the shallow end, with a handrail.
  • There is a water wheelchair available to aid access into the pool.
  • There is a slight step into most changing facilities and toilets.

Hinksey Accessible Facilities:

  • There is an accessible changing room available.
  • The doors open outwards.
  • The doors require a radar key (available from site team).
  • The door is locked it a lift handle.
  • The accessible changing room has two, fold-out chairs approx. 50cm in height.
  • Wall mounted rails are available.
  • There is an electric shower in the changing room.
  • There is an emergency alarm located in the cubicle.
  • The emergency alarm is fully functional.
  • There is not a locker within the accessible changing room
  • There is an accessible toilet available.
  • The doors open outwards.
  • The doors require a radar key (available from site team).
  • The door is locked it a lift handle.
  • Wall mounted rails are available.
  • The sink is approx. 70cm in height from the ground.
  • The toilet is approx. 50cm in height from the ground.
  • There is an emergency alarm located in the cubicle.
  • The emergency alarm is fully functional.

Baby Change Facilities:

  • Baby change facilities are located within the venue.
  • Baby change facilities are located within the accessible toilet.

 

This accessibility statement outlines how accessible this website and third-party booking and membership application is and what measures are being taken to improve its accessibility status.

Accessibility on this website

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.


Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA - this website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
  • some interface elements do not have sufficient colour contrast. For example, buttons, images, text and hovering on buttons
  • some links or controls open new windows or frames without a warning
  • some of our images do not have alternative (alt) text descriptions
  • some link text is not meaningful and within context
  • our cookie modal dialog does not have a descriptive dialog title

We will continue to improve accessibility across this website inline with WCAG guidelines. This work is being carried out throughout 2021.


Accessibility of third-party booking and membership application (Legend)

The booking and memberships system used on this website is a third-party application supplied by Legend and is used to support bookings and memberships at Hinksey Outdoor Pool. This accessibility statement outlines how accessible this application is and what measures are being taken to improve its accessibility status. 


Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA - this application is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

We know some parts of this application are not fully accessible:

  • issues with some form elements including duplicate ID's, missing or duplicate control labels
  • missing alt text
  • nested tables which some screen readers may find difficult to read
  • issues when trying to navigate using a keyboard
  • duplicate page titles on different pages
  • missing site map
  • low contrast of some text and buttons

We will continue to work with our third party supplier, Legend, to improve accessibility across their application inline with WCAG guidelines. This work is being carried out throughout 2021.

 

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website and third-party booking and membership application. If you are having difficulty viewing or navigating the content, notice any functionality that you believe is not fully accessible to people with disabilities, or have any suggestions on how we might improve accessibility please Contact Us stating "Accessibility" in your message.

 

Date

This statement was created on 28th April 2021.

 

 

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