A well established guide, published in 1984, 1989, 1996 and 2003. This section includes the contents list. It is still the only integrated source of access information covering accommodation, the transport system and access to the major sights.

We are currently carrying out the research for a new edition of the guide in 2013, following the 2012 Olympics, and some of the new information is being progressively published on the website www.accessinlondon.org .

The cover design for the new
edition of the London guide.

If you want a copy, please send your address to:
Access Project (PHSP),
39 Bradley Gardens,
West Ealing,
W13 8HE, UK
or e-mail: gordon_couch@yahoo.com

The guides are distributed without charge, but we ask for a donation of £10 to £15 to help with the cost of research, printing and postage. Cheques are payable to Access Project if drawn on a British bank. If orders are coming from abroad, please send CASH in your local currency, or use PayPal. We have a UK Business Account with PayPal (www.paypal.com) called Access Project (Gordon Couch) with the e-mail address gordon.couch@virgin.net.
Note that small cheques drawn on a foreign bank are almost valueless, as the bank charges up to US$15 to process them, so we get no money at all for a small cheque !

The guide contents consist of:

• Introduction
  • How the guide is arranged
  • Units and definitions
• General Information
  • Climate
  • Emergencies
  • Maps and guides
  • Telephones
• Specialised information
  • Contact points
  • Equipment repair and hire
  • Facilities for those with hearing impairment
  • Textphones
  • Facilities for those with visual impairment
  • Price concessions
  • Toilets
  • Useful websites
• Travelling and getting around
  • Arriving by:
    • Air
    • Coach
    • Rail
  • Getting around:
    • By car or minibus
    • Parking
    • By taxi and minicab
    • Transport for London
    • Services for London residents
• Accommodation
  • Hotels (60+ accessible hotels)
  • Camping
  • Hostels
• Places of interest
  • Inner London (60 places)
  • Outer London (20 places)
• Places of worship
  • Abbeys and cathedrals (5)
  • Churches (25)
  • Mosques, synagogues and temples (10)
• Museums & galleries
  • Inner London (40)
  • Outer London (7)
• Days out
  • Beyond the north/south circular roads (10 sites)
  • Outside the M25 (20 sites)
  • Lee Valley (12 sites)
• Entertainment
  • Arts centres (10)
  • Cinemas (60+)
  • Music venues (28 jazz/pop etc + 10 classical)
  • Theatres (about 90)
• Pubs and bars
  • West End and Centre (60+)
  • City (17)
  • Outer areas (200+)
  • Places for afternoon tea (8)
• Shops
  • Central (30)
  • Suburban centres (12)
• Sport
  • Cricket (Lords and the Oval)
  • Rugby (Twickenham)
  • Soccer (11 grounds)
  • Tennis (at Wimbledon)
• Annual events
• Open air activities
  • Boating and river trips
  • Markets
  • Parks
• Exhibition halls
• Recommended itineraries
• Good loo guide
  • (listing and mapping 174 accessible toilets)

Maps and artwork include:

• links to and from accessible rail stations (out as far as Guildford, Reading, Watford, Romford, Sevenoaks, Gatwick and Epsom)
• accessible travel links on London’s underground system
• hotels location
• a diagram of accessible routes around the Tower of London
• a diagram of accessible routes around the Royal Courts of Justice
• a diagram of accessible routes around the Palace of Westminster
• a diagram of how to approach the South Bank Arts Centre
• the location of the principal shops
• maps of good accessible toilets in central London