Holiday Information for Wheelchair Users
(and other people who have accessibility issues)
Welcome to the home page for Disabled Holiday Information (Registered Charity No. 1119972) we hope that you find that it is useful when you are planning holidays, a short break away or a day out.
Please click on the 'Accessible Accommodation Search' button above
for a wide selection of accessible accommodation throughout the UK.
The website is designed to give disabled travellers (whether they are wheelchair users or have other mobility issues) appropriate information on accommodation and attractions (and in some areas activities and transport) to enable them to choose suitable accessible holidays bearing in mind their disability and special needs.
The regions on the left hand menu are for the areas that have been visited by our researchers and include detailed descriptions of both attractions and accommodation. For more information about our volunteer research programme please e-mail us.
Within the regions the following towns or areas are included Aberystwyth, Anglesey, Bath, Birmingham, Black Country, Blackpool, Bristol, Bude, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Ironbridge, Liverpool, Llandudno, Ludlow, Manchester, Nottingham, Oswestry, Peterborough, Redruth, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Strathspey, Taunton, Welshpool, Whitchurch, Worcester, Wrexham and York.
Phillip, water skiing in North Wales
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If you have limited mobility it need not limit your ideas for days out or holidays. For more info on a waterskiing course near Nottingham this summer please click here. .
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There is a excellent range of places to visit that are accessible for wheelchair users. More information about the Cairngorm Railway can be found on our Strathspey Pages. |
Trevor at the top of the Cairngorm Mountains
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Frank, Kite Buggying on Perranporth Beach in Cornwall |
Throughout the UK there are a wide range of exciting accessible activities. For more info about this sport check out our new Redruth pages. |
Most of the accommodation featured on the website's regional pages has been assessed by one of our wheelchair user researchers. This is a 2 bedroomed lodge with a ceiling hoist and profiling bed situated in Shropshire. For more info click here |
Roy accessing the lodge's verandah at Astbury Falls |
These web pages however are not designed to give a comprehensive guide to each area but to give a taste of what can be seen and done, it is important to note that there may be other accessible places within the area that we did not visit.
N.B. All accommodation included in the regions has been assessed by one of our wheelchair user researchers for accessibility (unless otherwise stated). For accommodation inspection gradings e.g. Diamond ratings, follow the links to each providers own website.
Our website pages are updated on a weekly basis please check our News/Events page for the latest additions.
We now have four 'Wheelchair Users' guides (one on accessible attractions, one on accessible walks and trails, one on accessible activities and our latest guide for accessible transport ) to accompany the Shropshire webpages please click on our Publications page for more details.
As a result of many enquiries we have also compiled a series of factsheets of UK wheelchair accessible holiday accommodation with additional requirements e.g. (one with ceiling hoists , one with wheel in showers and one where both accommodation and care can be provided).
Other fact sheet titles include ' wheelchair accessible accommodation with on-site fishing' and 'holiday information for children with disabilities'.
Our latest fact sheet has been compiled as a result of a specific request and gives information about accessible accommodation where pets are accepted.
You can download each of them in pdf from our Publications page.
Our main pages are UK based, for information on accessible holiday destinations in the rest of Europe or worldwide check out our links page. There is also a factsheet of accessible overseas accommodation either owned by a wheelchair user or recommended by one. We have recently added a fact sheet for travel insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions You can download them in pdf from our Publications page.
If you prefer we can e-mail or post any of the factsheets above please e-mail us or send A5 SAE (1 x 1st class stamp per fact sheet required) to the address in contact us.
Wanted..... Your own accessible holiday ideas! Please see News and Events for more details.
Please feel free to contact us with any queries through our e-mail and we will reply promptly. N.B. We regret that this individual enquiry service is suspended until we can source funding for a salaried administrator to support our volunteers.