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Bannockburn accessibility guide

The multi-award-winning Battle of Bannockburn experience has level access throughout.

Welcome

Contact accessibility enquiries:
Tel: 01786 812664
Email: bannockburn2014@nts.org.uk

We have a complimentary ticket policy for personal assistants.

During the summer, we advise booking in advance.

Visitor reviews of accessibility can be found on the Euan’s Guide website.

At a glance

There is level access from the main entrance to:

  • Ticket/information desk
  • Accessible toilet
  • Shop
  • Café
  • Grounds outside

We have a viewing area at the battle table for wheelchair users.

An exterior view of the Bannockburn visitor centre. Wide paths lead towards the entrance. A tall tree grows in the grass beside the centre.

Getting here

The Battle of Bannockburn
Glasgow Road
Whins of Milton
Stirling
FK7 0LJ

The Battle of Bannockburn is located on Glasgow Road, Stirling. There is car and pedestrian access from the main road.

Parking

  • We have a car park with six accessible parking spaces, less than 50m from the main entrance. Parking is free for members.
  • Visitors can be dropped off in the car park.
  • From the car park to the entrance, there is level access.
  • There is coach parking next to the main entrance. Coaches enter the coach parking via Fairhill Road.

Cycling

  • There are bike racks next to the main entrance.

Arrival

  • From the street to the main entrance, there is level access.
  • The main entrance is at the front of the visitor centre, next to the car park.
  • The main entrance has level access.
  • The main entrance has an automatic sliding door. There is a small porch immediately inside the main entrance.
  • There is another automatic sliding door from the porch into the visitor centre.
A flat, paved path leads towards the Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre. The name of the centre is in large black letters along the wall. The almost-empty large car park in front of the Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre. A view of the main entrance to the Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre. Small stone bollards separate the car park from the wide paved area. The visitor centre has huge glass panels on the front wall, next to the Bannockburn logo. Heraldic-style banners hang at the top of the panels. A sliding, glass, automatic door stands at the back of a covered wooden porch area. The National Trust for Scotland logo is on the door. A wooden A board stands beside the door with a Join poster on it.

Facilities

Café

  • The café is at the back of the visitor centre, down the main corridor from the main entrance.
  • From the main entrance to the dining area, there is level access. To get to a table, there are no steps.
  • The dining area is self-service.
  • The route through the dining area is 800mm wide, or more.

Activity Room

  • The Activity Room is next to the café and is sometimes open.
  • It contains colouring-in sheets, toys, books and games for everyone to use.
Two lit TV screens with menu choices on them hang behind a cafe counter. Various cakes are displayed on top of the counter in see-through cases. There is a shelf in front of the counter to slide trays along. Red chairs are neatly arranged around tables in a cafe dining area. Large plate glass doors look out across the garden. Blue and red chairs are neatly arranged around tables in a cafe dining area. Boxes of crayons stand on the tables. A board on the left has lots of pictures drawn by children pinned upon it.

Toilets

  • We have a lift, which provides access to all floors.
  • From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access.
  • The toilets are on your left-hand-side as you come in the main entrance.
  • There are ladies’ toilets, gents’ toilets, an accessible toilet and a baby changing room.
  • The accessible toilet has a wide doorway, safety rails/bars, and automatic hand-activated flush, taps and hand dryers.

Shop

  • The gift shop is on your right-hand-side as you come in the main entrance.
  • From the main entrance to the shop, there is level access.
  • Our shop is packed full of Battle of Bannockburn merchandise.
  • The route through the shop is 800mm wide, or more.

Learning Room

  • The Learning Room is next to the gift shop and is sometimes open.
  • It contains replica armour and weapons for everyone to try on and handle.

Front desk

  • The front desk is on your right-hand-side as you come in the main entrance, on the other side of the gift shop.
  • A member of staff will greet you when you enter the building.
  • Tickets for the guided tour of our immersive experience can be purchased at the front desk.
  • Tours start from next to the front desk. Tours last approximately 1 hour.
The toilet area in a visitor centre. The walls and doors are wood-panelled. Three doors are in a row, with one at the far end. They are clearly marked with signs indicating they are for men, women, accessible use and baby changing. A well-stocked gift shop in a visitor centre. Games and toys are displayed in a cabinet on the right. Soft toys are on shelves to the left, next to a postcard spinning rack. Replica shields and helmets are stored in white shelves at the side of an activity room. Maps and illustrations of the battle of Bannockburn are framed above the shelves. A man stands behind the welcome desk in the Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre. A pattern of spears is on the wall behind him. Various leaflets are displayed on the front of the counter. A table with toy swords is in the foreground.

Visitor experience

Immersive experience and tour

  • The immersive experience is a series of films and exhibits that tell you about the Battle of Bannockburn.
  • It has low lighting so visitors can see the films clearly.
  • Visitors should expect to be on their feet for the duration of the tour, although there is a small amount of seating throughout the experience for those who require it.
  • Visitors enter the immersive experience through the black curtains.

Prologue

  • The first room of the Experience is called Prologue. In here, you will watch two films that explore the lead-up to the battle from both the Scottish and English perspective.

Battle Room

  • In the Battle Room, the guide will talk you through the events of the battle using the tabletop battle map.

Main Exhibition Room

  • In the Main Exhibition, floor-to-ceiling screens showing scenes from the battle surround the room.
  • The volume in this room is quite loud.
  • The guide will narrate the scenes.
  • Afterwards, there will be time to explore the other exhibits in the room.

Epilogue

  • The last room of the experience is called Epilogue. In here, you will watch a final film that tells you about the aftermath of the Battle of Bannockburn.
A narrow corridor with a long black curtain on the right and a lit wall panel on the left. The wall is red with a yellow B housing a red lion rampant. Text next to the B says: The story begins. White stools are arranged in a dark room, in a semi-circle around a large table at the centre. The table is illuminated and holds a large 3D map of the Bannockburn area. A fairly dark exhibition room in a visitor centre. Two very large screens cover the walls to the left and right and display digital depictions of a battlefield. In the middle of a room is a model wearing a red medieval battle tunic. A dark room with an illuminated screen mounted on the wall. The screen shows a pair of drawn golden curtains, as if on a stage. There are text panels under the screen with information about after the battle.

Outside

  • From the main entrance to the parkland, battleground and memorials, there is level access.
  • There is a timeline of events at the back of the visitor centre.
  • The Physic Garden contains herbs that would have been used for medicinal purposes at the time of the battle.
  • The Rotunda (the round wall) was opened in 1964 to commemorate the battle. The flagpole was erected in 1870. The cairn inside the Rotunda was built in 1957.
  • The statue of Robert the Bruce was unveiled in 1964.
A long smooth paved path leads across parkland towards a monument in the distance. Trees line the side of the path. There is a panel in the foreground that says Welcome. A timeline of events in 1314 is etched into a long metal panel and mounted on a low stone wall behind a paved area. Tall trees grow in the parkland beyond. A small garden area is surrounded by a woven willow fence at the back of Bannockburn visitor centre. There is an information panel on a post at the entrance to the garden. A paved straight path leads to a Rotunda monument with a very tall flag pole at its centre. A statue of Robert the Bruce on a horse is mounted on a tall, white stone plinth. The plinth is surrounded by neat paving slabs and stands in parkland.

For more information and to book tickets, please visit the Battle of Bannockburn page.

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Sensory map

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Download a copy of our sensory map for the Battle of Bannockburn Experience.

Guide last updated: May 2023