Mitchell Park
Accessible to visitors who:
- The park is not widely accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
- A step-free entrance to a viewing platform is available from the parking lot and there is a clearly paved path that leads to a paved viewing platform.
- On the other side of the viewing platform is a hill with a long descent that leads to the sports grounds where the majority of the park resides.
- Outside of this viewing platform the remainder of the park is not accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
- Accessible restroom stalls are available in the male and female changing rooms.
- There is no gender-neutral accessible restroom at this location.
- The accessible restroom is located at the top of the large embankment at the local rugby club.
- This restroom has a sharp turn to get into the restroom stalls and has limited room inside the restrooms for wheelchair users to manoeuvre.
- Additionally the accessible restrooms have a limited access path that is paved but less than 0.81 m wide leading towards its entrance.
- Two accessible parking spaces are available for visitors at the local rugby club.
- Both accessible parking spaces provide room for visitors to self-transfer and have a step-free entrance point to the viewing platform closest to the rugby club.
- Please note that these accessible parking spaces do not grant entry to the wider park area.
- The park is not widely accessible to visitors with blindness and low vision.
- The park itself is a large outdoor venue with multiple sports fields.
- An entrance on the northernmost side of the park has unmarked parking spaces and does not have a clear footpath or indication of an entrance point to the park.
- On the southernmost side of the park the local rugby club is located up a large steep embankment that does not have clearly marked indications of when the embankment begins or any footpath that would lead down the embankment.
- Additionally there is no information on emergency alert systems that are available at the park for visitors with blindness and low vision.
- The park is seen as largely accessible to visitors with deafness and limited hearing.
- The park itself is a large outdoor space that is exposed to the elements and has multiple sports fields located throughout it.
- The park hosts a range of activities and sporting events organised by local sports and the local rugby club.
- Accessibility of these events and activities will range depending on the programmes of these organising sports or rugby clubs.
- The park is largely accessible to those who are neurodiverse.
- The park is a large outdoor space that is exposed to the elements and has multiple sports fields as its primary area for sport and recreation.
- Designated areas for sheltering in case of sudden inclement weather are available at the local rugby club though this space for shelter is located up a steep embankment that may not be accessible to many visitors.
- Events and activities hosted at the park are done so in coordination with local sport and recreation groups and the local rugby club.
- The suitability of these events for neurodiverse visitors will vary depending on the organising group.
- The park is accessible to all service animals.
Venue accessibility summary
Mitchell Park is a large sporting complex in the middle of a neighbourhood. It hosts the local rugby club and local sport and recreation events. The park is a large outdoor space that is fully exposed to the elements. The local rugby club is available in the case of inclement weather but it is removed from the main park area and located up a steep embankment that may make it inaccessible to visitors.
Visitor experience
There are two main entrances to Mitchell Park:
- The first being on the north side of the park, which is located at the level of the sports fields. There is a parking lot immediately adjacent to the surrounding neighbourhood with a an unpaved parking area cordoned off by a chain fence and no clear indication of step-free entrance or paved pathway
- The second entrance to the park has two designated accessible parking spaces with a step-free entrance to the viewing platform located at the local rugby club. This entrance is located up a steep embankment that overlooks the main sports field. Visitors entering from this side of the park may not be able to access the rest of the venue outside of the viewing platform.
- The park is a large outdoor venue that is exposed to the elements.
- It does not have any noticeable scents or strong odours and does not have any sudden loud noises created by construction or nearby road traffic.
- The sensory accessibility may change depending on events hosted at this park, such as local sporting events and local activities.
- Events and activities at this park are organised through local sport and recreation clubs.
- This is an unstaffed venue.
Wheelchair & Mobility Scooter Access
- The park is not widely accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
- A step-free entrance to a viewing platform is available from the parking lot and there is a clearly paved path that leads to a paved viewing platform.
- On the other side of the viewing platform is a hill with a long descent that leads to the sports grounds where the majority of the park resides.
- Outside of this viewing platform the remainder of the park is not accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
Accessible Parking
- Two accessible parking spaces are available for visitors at the local rugby club.
- Both accessible parking spaces provide room for visitors to self-transfer and have a step-free entrance point to the viewing platform closest to the rugby club.
- Please note that these accessible parking spaces do not grant entry to the wider park area.
Accessible Restrooms
- Accessible restroom stalls are available in the male and female changing rooms.
- There is no gender-neutral accessible restroom at this location.
- The accessible restroom is located at the top of the large embankment at the local rugby club.
- This restroom has a sharp turn to get into the restroom stalls and has limited room inside the restrooms for wheelchair users to manoeuvre.
- Additionally the accessible restrooms have a limited access path that is paved but less than 0.81 m wide leading towards its entrance.
Blindness & Low Vision
- The park is not widely accessible to visitors with blindness and low vision.
- The park itself is a large outdoor venue with multiple sports fields.
- An entrance on the northernmost side of the park has unmarked parking spaces and does not have a clear footpath or indication of an entrance point to the park.
- On the southernmost side of the park the local rugby club is located up a large steep embankment that does not have clearly marked indications of when the embankment begins or any footpath that would lead down the embankment.
- Additionally there is no information on emergency alert systems that are available at the park for visitors with blindness and low vision.
Deafness & Limited Hearing
- The park is seen as largely accessible to visitors with deafness and limited hearing.
- The park itself is a large outdoor space that is exposed to the elements and has multiple sports fields located throughout it.
- The park hosts a range of activities and sporting events organised by local sports and the local rugby club.
- Accessibility of these events and activities will range depending on the programmes of these organising sports or rugby clubs.
Neurodiverse Support
- The park is largely accessible to those who are neurodiverse.
- The park is a large outdoor space that is exposed to the elements and has multiple sports fields as its primary area for sport and recreation.
- Designated areas for sheltering in case of sudden inclement weather are available at the local rugby club though this space for shelter is located up a steep embankment that may not be accessible to many visitors.
- Events and activities hosted at the park are done so in coordination with local sport and recreation groups and the local rugby club.
- The suitability of these events for neurodiverse visitors will vary depending on the organising group.
Service Animals
- The park is accessible to all service animals.