点评:My husband and I visited Lacock during a short stay in Bath just out of season before most people would be taking their Easter break. We are National Trust members and Lacock is only 35 minutes drive along the A4 from Bath. I’ve been to Lacock once before about 25 years ago and it was my husbands first visit. My husband is a wheelchair user and uses a light weight off road capable wheel chair.
Lacock is well signposted from the A4 and therefore easy to find. There is a separate car park for National Trust visitors to prevent there from being too many vehicles in the village. We arrived off season so there were plenty of disabled parking bays, although there is little difference between disabled parking and any other parking other than the width of the bays because it is a 5 minute walk into Lacock wherever you park in the car park.
We did note that for patrons of the Red Lion they have a couple of disabled bays just for their customers, so if you’re planning on staying or eating there a limited number of disabled bays are available, but they are not bays for general visits to the village without a stop to the Red Lion.
There was a gazebo in the National Trust car park where non National Trust members were expected to pay for their parking, parking for National Trust members is free and you’re asked to go to the Fox Talbot Museum to scan your cards there. We went to have our cards scanned first.
The Fox Talbot museum and entry to the Abbey is the same reception. We also have National Trust Passports so asked for a stamp there. The stamp for the Fox Talbot museum is at the ticket reception, the stamp for the Abbey in the Great Hall, and the stamp for Lacock village at the National Trust shop in the village opposite the Red Lion. There is no map for the village, but it is only a couple of streets so Google maps should be sufficient for the village. We were asked to take an image of the map of the Abbey which we did.
The person on the reception informed us that the Courtyard cafe at the Abbey was closed, that there were a lot of steps at the Abbey, directed to the ‘Stables’ cafe across the road for a bite to eat and told about the Fox Talbot museum. We also purchased a guide book for £5. Entry to the Abbey was free for National Trust members and the village is free for everyone to walk around.
We went to the National Trust cafe first at The Stables. We only wanted a snack and light lunch which is why we went there, but I’d also recommend looking at the menus for the Red Lion, Angel Inn and George Inn as well which are likely to have better food if you’re looking for something more substantial, you’ll probably have to book in summer months.
The Stables is the usual standard menu that you get at most National Trust venues. Pasties, jacket potatoes and salads etc, nothing flashy very basic. Seating for wheelchairs isn’t great in The Stables, there are only two tables and four possible seating positions for wheelchairs as the tables are too close together to sit anywhere else but we were fortunate and were able to slot straight into one of those seats. I would think high tourist season would be a lot more challenging, especially if the village is swamped with coaches.
Following lunch we walked around the Fox Talbot Museum and then went on to the Abbey. My husband got very cold at the Abbey because he told me to walk around so I didn’t miss anything while he waited for me, because 90% of the Abbey is inaccessible to wheelchairs.
After the Abbey we walked into the village, up the Main Street, then along church street and up to the church. Again my husband was unable to get into the church because there were no ramps, I had a quick walk in because I didn’t want to leave him outside for ages. We looked for an accessible entrance but found none. I was slightly amused in an ironic sort of way however that there was a temporary ramp inside the church to enter the side chapel, but no ramp to get into the church itself.
We then had a walk down a side lane past a Ford and back towards the car. The village itself is very pretty, and has hardly changed for centuries. There are a lot of cars parked throughout. Such is our modern world. The tithe barn dating to the 14th century was open free of charge so had a peak in there. There are some lovely little local craft and artisan shops too like the jewellers by the church, the goldsmiths, the bakery, a craft shop and people sell things like plants and preserves outside their homes on an honesty basis which is lovely.
We like the village, I think if we went again we’d go on a warmer day. The day we went was about 10 degrees with the odd hail shower. We’d probably go in season too so that all of the cafes were open for my husband to use while I visited the more inaccessible areas. Or we’d eat at one of the pubs to make it more of a day out. As a massive 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice fan Lacock is fun to visit. To anyone in a wheelchair, I’d say wrap up warm and don’t expect too much by way of accessibility.
翻译:我和丈夫在巴斯短暂逗留期间,趁着淡季(大多数人还没开始复活节假期)去了拉科克。我们是国民信托的会员,从巴斯沿着A4公路开车到拉科克只需35分钟。我大约25年前去过一次拉科克,这次是我丈夫第一次去。我丈夫是轮椅使用者,他用的是轻便的越野轮椅。
从A4公路到拉科克的路标很清晰,所以很容易找到。为了避免村里车辆过多,国民信托的游客有单独的停车场。我们是在淡季去的,所以有很多残疾人停车位,不过除了车位宽度之外,残疾人停车位和其他停车位几乎没有什么区别,因为无论把车停在停车场的哪个位置,步行到拉科克村都只需要5分钟。
我们注意到,红狮酒店为顾客预留了几个残疾人专用停车位,所以如果您计划在那里住宿或用餐,可以使用数量有限的残疾人停车位。但如果您只是来村里逛逛,不打算去红狮酒店,这些停车位就不对外开放。
国民信托停车场里有个凉亭,非国民信托会员需要付费停车。国民信托会员停车免费,但需要前往福克斯·塔尔博特博物馆扫描会员卡。我们先去博物馆扫描了会员卡。
福克斯·塔尔博特博物馆和修道院的入口在同一个接待处。我们持有国民信托护照,所以在那里盖了个章。福克斯·塔尔博特博物馆的章在售票处,修道院的章在大厅,拉科克村的章在红狮酒店对面的国民信托商店。村里没有地图,但只有几条街,所以谷歌地图应该足够用了。我们被要求拍摄修道院地图的照片,我们也照做了。
接待处的工作人员告诉我们修道院的庭院咖啡馆已经关闭,修道院里有很多台阶,并指引我们去马路对面的“马厩”咖啡馆吃点东西,还介绍了福克斯·塔尔博特博物馆。我们还花了5英镑买了一本导览手册。国家名胜古迹信托的会员可以免费参观修道院,村庄也对所有人免费开放。
我们先去了“马厩”咖啡馆,这是国家名胜古迹信托旗下的咖啡馆。我们只想吃点小吃和简餐,所以才去了那里。不过,如果您想吃点更丰盛的,我也建议您看看红狮酒店、天使客栈和乔治客栈的菜单,这些地方的食物可能更好一些,不过夏季可能需要提前预订。
“马厩”咖啡馆的菜单和大多数国家名胜古迹信托旗下的场所一样,都是些常见的标准菜式,比如肉馅饼、烤土豆和沙拉等等,没什么特别的,非常基础。在马厩餐厅,轮椅座位不太方便。餐厅只有两张桌子,也只有四个轮椅座位,因为桌子挨得太近,根本没法坐别的。不过我们很幸运,直接就坐到了其中一个座位上。我想旅游旺季的时候情况会更糟,尤其是在村子里挤满了旅游大巴的时候。
午饭后,我们参观了福克斯·塔尔博特博物馆,然后去了修道院。我丈夫在修道院里很冷,因为他让我自己四处走走,免得错过什么,而他却在等我,因为修道院90%的地方轮椅都进不去。
参观完修道院后,我们走进村子,沿着主街走,然后沿着教堂街走到教堂。我丈夫又进不去教堂了,因为没有坡道。我赶紧走了进去,因为我不想让他在外面待太久。我们找了好久都没找到无障碍入口。不过,让我略感讽刺的是,教堂里有一条临时坡道通往侧厅,但通往教堂本身却没有坡道。
之后,我们沿着一条小路走过一辆福特车,然后往回走。村子本身非常漂亮,几个世纪以来几乎没有什么变化。到处都停着很多车。这就是我们现代社会的现状。建于14世纪的什一税谷仓免费开放,所以我们进去参观了一下。村里还有一些可爱的小型当地工艺品店,比如教堂旁的珠宝店、金匠铺、面包店、工艺品店,还有一些人在家门口摆摊卖植物和果酱之类的东西,秉持着诚信原则,这种做法很温馨。
我们很喜欢这个村子,我想如果再去的话,我们会选择一个更暖和的日子。我们去的那天大约10度,还下了一阵小冰雹。我们可能也会选择旺季去,这样所有咖啡馆都营业,方便我丈夫使用,而我可以去参观一些比较偏僻的地方。或者我们会去酒吧吃饭,让这趟旅行更有意义。拉科克曾是1995年版《傲慢与偏见》的热门剧目所在地,所以对剧迷来说,这里是个值得一去的地方。对于任何坐轮椅的人来说,我的建议是穿暖和点,不要对便利设施抱太大期望。