Disability Resource Centre (DRC)
Old Press Site
Contact Details
The custodian for 17 Mill Lane is David Homeyard (tel. (7)69003, email dmh41@cam.ac.uk). Please contact your individual department for all other areas.
Departments and Buildings on or near site
- 4 Mill Lane
- Board of Graduate Studies
- 6 Mill Lane
- Careers Service
- 8 Mill Lane
- Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
- Mill Lane Library
- 16 Mill Lane
- Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET)
- Health and Safety Division
- Institute for Manufacturing
- Research Services Division
- 17 Mill Lane, ground floor
- Centre for Research in Arts and Social Sciences (CRASSH)
- Graduate Union
- University Card Office
- 17 Mill Lane, first floor
- Centre for International Studies
- Dept of Politics
- School of Biological Sciences
- Seminar Rooms A–D
- 17 Mill Lane, second floor
- Development Studies Committee
- Gender Studies
- Joint Schools Social Sciences
- Latin American Studies
- Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies
- Schools of Arts and Humanities, Humanities and Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Technology
- Seminar Rooms E–G
- Social Anthropology Research
- Silver Street
- Land Economy
- Laundress Lane
- South Asian Studies
- Granta Place
- University Centre
Location, Services and Transport
Between Mill Lane and Silver Street. Two minutes walk from city centre.
Nearby colleges
Peterhouse, Corpus Christi, St. Catharine's, King's, Queens', Darwin, Downing, Pembroke.
Traffic
Traffic is restricted at certain times in Silver Street, but it is still generally busy in both directions. Dangerous junctions nearby with King's Parade and Pembroke Street. Pelican crossing near Pembroke Street junction. Mill Lane is quieter.
Services and shops
City centre. There are several restaurants and pubs, including the University Centre, nearby at the Mill Pond.
Vehicle entrances
Vehicle entrance to car parks 1-3 from Mill Lane. Car park 1 can also be entered off Silver Street. Mill Lane is not a through road.
Parking
Three small car parks. Car park 2 has two disabled bays, near the disabled entrance to 17 Mill Lane. Parking is very limited — arrange in advance with your department if possible.
Other transport options
Uni 4 bus stops on Trumpington Street. There is quiet pedestrian access over the river and up Mill Lane.
General Information
Medical facilities
Several first aiders on site. First aid room in 17 Mill Lane.
Emergency procedures
Evacuation chairs fitted near staircases in 16 and 17 Mill Lane. Most buildings have their own evacuation procedures and facilities.
Other
Arrange in advance to meet a member of the department if you are visiting and will need assistance.
Physical Access
Pedestrian entrances
Buildings are in a variety of places in the Mill Lane area. Level pedestrian entrances (unsigned) from both Silver Street and Mill Lane to car parks 1 and 2, next to 16 and 17 Mill Lane.
General accessibility
16 Mill Lane and 17 Mill Lane and the Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and Mill Lane Library, have all recently been refurbished and are wheelchair accessible, with lifts and disabled toilets. Pavements are narrow and uneven, with few dropped kerbs.
Steps and ramps
Steps to some buildings. There are platform lifts to 17 Mill Lane and the Careers Service — see separate entries.
Benches and seating
No public benches or seating in the area.
Toilets
Disabled toilets in:
Visual Impairments
Signs and wayfinding
The site is very spread out, and there are no signs between buildings. Name signs tend to be small and barely visible. Large, clear signs, with touch-readable letters and Braille, on the ground floor of 17 Mill Lane.
Lighting
Public area, fairly dimly lit at night, particularly in the area of the Mill Pond.
The information on this page is the responsibility of the Old Press Site. The DRC updates information as it is recevied from the Site. To ensure the information contained here is current, please check with David Homeyard (tel. (7)69003, email dmh41@cam.ac.uk) or the individual department or building as per the contact information above.