56 Banbury Road

There is a bookable accessible parking space outside the front of the building on the far left-hand side of the car park. Please contact the department to book this space. The nearest public Blue Badge parking is on Norham Gardens or Bevington Road. Please click on the link below to view a map of Blue Badge parking in central Oxford.

• Oxford Blue Badge parking map (PDF)

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The main entrance is stepped; there is a small set of steps which have no handrail or nosings. The entrance door at the top of these steps is manual with large vision panels. 

There is an external platform lift at the rear of the building. This takes you down to the basement entrance. This lift cannot be used independently - you must contact the Careers Service in advance to request assistance to use the lift. Please note that the intercom next to the lift is out of service. The basement entrance door is manual.

There is step free access around the basement which has 2 seminar rooms and an accessible toilet. 

There is an internal platform lift between the basement and ground floor. 

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The main entrance is stepped. Once inside the building the reception desk is on the left. 

If using the step free entrance you'll need to come up to ground floor level on the wheelchair platform stair lift. Once at the ground floor level the reception desk is on the right.

The reception desk is at a wheelchair accessible height and has an induction loop.

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Accessible toilet

There is only one accessible toilet available in the building, located in the basement area. To get there, come through the accessible entrance and the accessible toilet is on the right-hand side as you go in.   

Standard toilets

On the ground floor, there are toilets located in a lobby off the main descending stair case near the reception area, along the corridor leading from the main entrance on the right-hand side. In the basement area, standard toilets are located at the bottom of the stairs on the right-hand side. All toilet facilities in the building are gender neutral.  

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There is an external stair lift - to the left of the main entrance there is a ramp sloping downwards that takes you along the side of the building. This leads you to a stair lift down a small set of steps. You'll need to use the intercom next to the lift to call a member of staff to come and assist you.

There is a stair lift between the basement and ground floor only. There is stepped access only to the upper floors of the building. 

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The main staircase in the building leading from the basement to the ground floor has a continuous handrail on the left hand side (ascending), and contrasting nosings, as well as a stair lift.  Stairs to the upper floors have wooden bannisters and contrasting tactile nosings.  Steps to the main entrance have no handrail or nosings. 

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There are two doors at the entrance.  The outer door, accessed via a small set of steps, has visual panels and is manually operated. Though heavy, it is often propped open.  The inner door is also manual, with visual panels.  The staff are happy to help visitors if necessary.

The level entrance door is opened manually.  If you contact reception via the intercom, someone will come and guide you into the building.

Doors to seminar and interview rooms have long visual panels.  They will usually be held open when there is an event taking place, but if this isn’t the case, they are not heavy.

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There are three seminar rooms available: one on the ground floor  (Career Lounge) and two in the basement area (Centenary Room and Garden Room). The Career Lounge is located to the left hand side of the reception area.  The rooms in the basement area are adjacent to the accessible entrance or if coming from reception please go down the main staircase. All seminar rooms have flexible furniture which can be rearranged as needed. The rooms in the basement area have infra-red hearing support systems. Please ask if you wish to use the hearing support system and the department will provide you with a receiver. 

All seminar room doors have long vision panels and will usually be held open when there is an event taking place.  

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The main common seating area is on the ground floor to the right hand side of the reception.  There are several chairs, sofas and a low coffee table.  There is plenty of space for wheelchair users.  There are coffee vending machines across the room at a convenient height for everybody and a smaller seating area with a round sofa and table.

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There are six small interview rooms in the building: two in the library, two in the ground floor seminar room and two in the Centenary Room. There is a table with two moveable chairs arranged in the centre of each room, with enough of space to move around. Most wheelchair users should find the tables are at an accessible height. The doors all have a clear width of at least 75 cm. 

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There is a counter loop at reception and infra-red hearing support systems in the two seminar rooms located in the basement area.  There is currently no hearing support in the ground floor seminar space.