Introduction / Description
Discover the beautiful Lincolnshire coast at Ingoldale Park, close to the popular resort of Ingoldmells and Skegness.
Our holiday park is home to a wide selection of self-catering accommodation, including holiday apartments, houses, bungalows, cottages and caravans. Some of our accommodation is adapted for disabled access and is ideal for guests with restricted mobility. All offer outstanding value for money!
Located in the seaside village of Ingoldmells, our park is only a 2-minute walk from beach while the popular Fantasy Island complex – one of the region’s biggest tourist attractions – is only 5 minutes away. Elsewhere, the many cafes, eateries and entertainment venues are within walking distance.
Our Skegness holiday park is the perfect base from which to discover more of the Lincolnshire coast and countryside, with the Lincolnshire Wolds only a short distance away and a vast stretch of coastline just waiting to be explored.
Four Spacious, accessible holiday accommodation units with oil powered under floor heating throughout, in the busy resort of Ingoldmells on the East Coast of Lincolnshire. All four units have three or four bedrooms, sleeping six or eight people in comfort, ceramic floor tiling throughout, wide doors, high level wc’s, wheelchair friendly kitchens. We have worked hard to make these units as accessible as possible to enable less-able visitors to enjoy their stay to the full.
Arrival & Car Parking
Your unit has one designated parking space, with plenty of adjacent space for another vehicle or two. These parking spaces offer excellent all round access to your vehicle. If you need any assistance with luggage etc. from your vehicle to the unit, please ask at Reception as there is plenty of help available for you. The surface of our car park is tar and chip, there is a little loose gravel over the top, and it is largely level and easy on the feet and wheels. The units themselves have a wide level concrete path all the way around them, with a gentle ramp at both ends, and a good strong steel handrail on the ramps. There is a single, speed calming, sleeping policeman ramp on the entrance drive, to remind you to keep your speed to 5mph on the Park at all times. Our signage is clear, and when required, reflective. The Park, and the car park, and the path around the units are well lit at all times.
Entrance & Reception
Ingoldale Park has one main vehicular entrance. It is a steep slope, however, there is a pedestrian entrance – exit via a public footpath through an adjacent caravan park Kingfisher Park, onto Sea Lane, Ingoldmells is completely level for walking and wheelchairs. We always show guests with mobility problems how to find this access. It is not suitable for cars.
If you need assistance during any part of your stay, arrival or departure just call into Reception by phone or in person. Although we do not offer any personal care we are always willing to help with lifting – carrying of items such as luggage etc. If you cannot leave your vehicle unaided you just need to toot your car horn outside Reception to draw our attention to your arrival.
You are welcome to have two sets of keys for your holiday property.
Our external doors are wide width singles (87cm) with a small weather bar upstand of approximately 4mm. This does not cause problems for motorised or manual wheelchairs. There is a handrail on the outside wall of the unit, beside the door, so you are able to steady yourself if necessary, whilst you open your door during your holiday.
Reception is manned between the hours of 9.00 and 5.00 Monday to Saturday, and 9.00 till 2.30 on Sunday’s. Other times can be arranged by prior arrangement, there is also an emergency telephone displayed in your unit handbook, and on the door of Reception at all other times. We always recommend a 999 call in all emergencies. 112 from mobile phones.
There are DocM pack handrails in all accessible shower-rooms, fitted at standard heights. (Drop rail beside toilets etc.). These are pale cream – white in colour, and made of a rigid plastic material though the drop bars are metal.
Reception has a high level desk, but Staff are able to come around the desk to talk to our guests, Reception has a wide door (100cm), and a level, tiled floor, although there is a very shallow ramp externally to allow easy access for wheels of all kinds.
We do accept Service Dogs, by prior arrangement.
Accessible Rooms & Bathrooms / Accessibility
Bedrooms and Sleeping Areas
All bedrooms at Ingoldale Park have hoist accessible beds. Each unit has one double bed, and all the remaining beds are 3ft singles arranged two per bedroom. Bed blocks available on request. All the beds can be moved, at least slightly, this will help with accessibility. One bed in each unit has a fully encapsulated mattress for guests with incontinence. There are no rugs in the bedrooms for safety reasons also no floor lamps in the bedrooms. There is at least one bedside lamp in each bedroom. There are some touch lamps.
Bathroom – Shower Room – WC –
Each unit has one accessible, level access shower room, with a shower, hand basin and high level toilet, and in addition, each unit also has a second toilet and hand basin in an en-suite room with a standard shower. In Somersby, Ashby and Roxby Apartments the en-suite toilet and basin is attached to the double bedded room. In Tumby Apartment the en-suite is attached to the twin bedded room. The shower rooms have excellent contrast wall tiling, a non – slip pimple finish floor, and lever taps at the basin and shower. There are hand rails – grab rails around the toilet and shower cubicle area. There is no door on the shower area, it is open fronted. There is a static shower chair with lifting arm. On request this can be replaced by a shower chair on wheels (two sizes available) which is also a commode chair – fitting over the toilet as it does. Roxby Apartment has a very large shower space, ideal for guests who need to be showered in the ‘prone’ position. Some guests bring an airbed for this purpose, and a shower bed would easily fit in the space available. It is important to mention this requirement when you make a reservation. We do not provide a commode bucket.
Self-Catering Kitchen
The kitchens are large light, and airy, with excellent lighting, including a spotlight bar. There is a larder fridge with a small freezer above. A stainless steel single drainer sink with clear under space access. Lever taps over the sink. There is a speaking microwave, a cordless kettle, an electric toaster and a hob and eye level single oven. Tumby and Ashby Apartments have a gas hob, the other two units have electric hobs. There is clear under space access beneath the hobs. The hob controls are on the edge nearest to you. There is no eye – level storage area. All storage can be accessed from a wheelchair. All the floor surfaces are under floor heated non-slip ceramic tiles. There are no rugs or lamps. The dining suites have at least 6 chairs arranged around an oval wooden dining table with a pedestal leg arrangement. There is a carver chair with arms in each unit if required. All wheelchairs can wheel up to the dining table with comfort.
Public Areas / Dining / Room Service
The sitting room in the Apartments are all tiled floors with underfloor central heating, they have leather upholstered sofas and chairs in a variety of combinations, and all have at least one velour upholstered high seat single chair, there are a number of scatter cushions. More cushions and pillows are available on request if this would make you more comfortable during your stay. Blocks are also available to lift the height of the soft furnishings if requested. There is a TV with free – view, a DVD player and a remote control in all sittings areas, and several smaller televisions in the bedrooms. In the sitting room you will find a comprehensive Information Folder. Please do take time to read it and let us know if it has helped you.
Additional Information
Laundry
There are no washing machine facilities in any of the units at Ingoldale Park, however launderette facilities are available on nearby Coastfields Holiday Park.
We ask all guests to smoke outside perhaps on the patio area outside the double doors? Proof that a dog is an assistance dog will be required when the reservation is made. We ask that access around the unit for the assistance dog is limited as much as possible. Your own dog bed, and bowls would need to be provided. Because many of our guest suffer from severe allergies to pet dander and hair we can only allow assistance animals into one unit, this is The Ashby.
