THE 'LANDEEZ' ALL TERRAIN
WHEELCHAIR OR A SIMILAR SAND BUGGY CAN BE HIRED/BORROWED FROM THE CONTACTS BELOW
Getting off the paved highway has proved to be
the most difficult problem to solve. Now there is a solution - the Landeez!
Built from stainless steel it is capable of going onto the beach and into the
water. The large balloon tyres roll over the soft sand without digging in. When
on rough terrain these tyres absorb all the impact from rocks, gravel and rutted
tracks. It is, also, excellent for travelling over snow. The photo is of our
son, Richard, on a very steep, stony beach in Hampshire.
Unit
26 AJ
Cannon Business park
Coseley
West Midlands
WV14 8XR
0121 522 3311
altonmobilityservices@yahoo.co.uk
www.altonmobilityservices.co.uk
Alton Mobility have a
demonstration model of the Landeez for your to try out - from personal
experience we highly recommend it as it has transformed our holidays with our
disabled son.
Please contact the relevant area in advance to check that the following details
are correct.
Marston
Vale
Bedfordshire |
01234 762631 |
Phone for details
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Summerleaze Beach
Bude
Cornwall |
01288 352226 |
Can be collected from Summerleaze Beach
Office.
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Gyllyngvase Beach
Falmouth
Cornwall
|
01326 312884 |
£5 per day. Available from the
Gyllyngvase Beach Café.
Can be
booked in advance, but only for one day at a time in peak season.
|
Kerrier District
Cornwall |
01209 614397 |
On rotation between six
beaches, Contact Kerrier District Council.
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Town Beach
Looe
Cornwall
|
015093 263709 |
Can be collected from
Looe Town Trust Beachfront workshops. £5 per day, ID required. Only to be
used on the breach, they will store your chair for you. No advanced bookings
but may make an exception.
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Fistral Beach
Newquay
Cornwall
|
01637 850584 |
Can be collected
from Fistral Surf Hire Shop. £5 per day, reductions available for shorter
sessions. ID required. Can only be used on Fistral beach. Can be
booked in advance.
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Towan Beach
Newquay
Cornwall
|
01637
878134 |
£5 per
day, ID required. Can be collected from Blue Reef Aquarium. Can only be used
on Towan Beach.
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Polzeath Beach
Polzeath
Cornwall
|
01208 262812 |
Can be organised from Anne’s Cottage Surf Shop. Free but donations are
welcome. ID required and can be booked in advance. |
Porthminster Beach
St Ives
Cornwall
|
01736 793940 or 01736 798090 |
Phone for details, can be collected from
Porthminster beach lifeguards office. |
Marazion Beach
St Michaels Mount
Cornwall
|
01736 710202 |
Free, £10 refundable deposit. Advanced
bookings taken. Can be collected from The Godolphin
Arms. |
Porthcressa Beach
St Marys
Isles of Scily
|
01720 422537 |
Contact the Town Hall for details. |
Barnstable
Devon |
01271 328866 |
£5 annual
membership fee, £25 refundable deposit, £3 hire charge. £3 hire charge. Can
be booked through Community Transport and available from Shopmobility. 2
forms of ID required
and advanced bookings only.
|
Teignbridge
Dawlish Warren
Devon
|
07876 346648 |
Free, £10 refundable deposit. |
Bournemouth Seafront
Dorset |
01202
451781 |
£25
refundable
deposit, ramped access onto sandy beach. The office is by Harry Ramsdens on
the seafront. Advanced bookings off peak only.
|
Alum Chine
Bournemouth
Dorset |
01202
451781 |
Free to hire from the beach office, a £25 fully
refundable deposit. Advanced bookings off peak only.
|
Durley Chine
Bournemouth
Dorset |
01202
451781 |
Free to hire from the beach office, a £25 fully
refundable deposit. |
Boscombe
Bournemouth
Dorset
|
01202
451781 |
Free to hire from the beach office, a £25 fully
refundable deposit. Advance
bookings off-peak only.
Matting put
down June onwards to enable standard wheelchairs to access the beach as
well. Adapted beach hut with disabled access for hire by groups.
|
Southbourne
Bournemouth
Dorset |
01202
451781 |
Free to hire from the beach office, a £25 fully
refundable deposit. Advanced bookings off peak only. |
Poole
Dorset |
01202 261373 |
Phone for details, can be collected from
Shopmobility office.
|
Sandbanks
Poole
Dorset
|
01202 708181 |
Free, £25
refundable deposit. Can be booked in advance.Access
Guide also available from the Tourist Information Centre with details of
accessible transport, accommodation & attractions
|
Studland Bay
Dorset |
01929 450500 |
Free, deposit of car keys or bank cards required. No advanced bookings. |
Chichester Harbour
Hampshire |
01243
512301 |
Free. During
the 2008 season the wheelchair will either be available from the harbour or
the Whittering Estate; please call for details and to book. Advance booking
recommended.
Lots of other accessible facilities & activities including sailing &
wheelchair-friendly paths
|
Studland
Bay
Hampshire |
01929 4505000 |
Deposit of car keys etc. The Landeez is available from Knowle Beach near the
Knowle House Hotel. The beach is sandy.
|
Filby
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
|
01603 617332 |
Phone for details
|
Great
Yarmouth
Norfolk |
01493 846346 |
Free, £20 refundable deposit. ID required, can be
booked in advance.
|
Sherringham
Norfolk
|
01263 823170
|
Phone for details |
|
Hastings |
01424 781020 |
Free for use on the beach, £2 for a half-hour
session in the sea with a lifeguard, towed rather than pushed. |
Scarborough
Yorkshire |
01723
369910 |
£70
deposit fully refundabl. ID required and advanced bookings only. Can be ordered and collected from Shopmobility, 5 Somerset Terrace
which is below the park and ride. Ramped access to sandy beach.
|
Whitby
Yorkshire |
01947 602897 during summer.
01947 821001
during winter.
|
£2.50 hire charge, £5 refundable deposit.
When the cliff lift is open the chair is available from the Lifeguard's
office. During the winter the chair is available from the Whitby Disabled
Action Group for use in the surrounding countryside. ID required.
|
Disability Shetland
Lerwick
Scotland
|
01595
743920
|
Free. Available from Disability Shetland, advanced
bookings only. Can be booked for several days at a time. |
Saundersfoot
Pembrokeshire
Wales
|
01834 813672 |
£3 per session, morning or afternoon. £20
refundable deposit or leave your wheelchair. Can be booked in advance.
Available from Tourist Information Centre on the seafront. Please be aware
that the slipway to the beach is fairly steep.
|
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
Wales |
01437 760999 |
£3 per day,
£35 refundable deposit. Can be booked in advance. Available from P.I.P.P.A.
at The Coach House in Bridge End Square, SA61 2NO. They also hire out other
mobility aids and personal care equipment.
www.pippa-pembs.org.uk
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