Bannockburn accessibility guide

Facilities

Café

• The café is at the back of the visitor centre, down the main corridor from the main entrance.
• From the main entrance to the dining area, there is level access. To get to a table, there are no steps.
• The dining area is self-service.
• The route through the dining area is 800mm wide, or more.

Activity Room

• The Activity Room is next to the café and is sometimes open.
• It contains colouring-in sheets, toys, books and games for everyone to use.

Toilets

• We have a lift, which provides access to all floors.
• From the main entrance to the public toilet, there is level access.
• The toilets are on your left-hand-side as you come in the main entrance.
• There are ladies’ toilets, gents’ toilets, an accessible toilet and a baby changing room.
• The accessible toilet has a wide doorway, safety rails/bars, and automatic hand-activated flush, taps and hand dryers.

Shop

• The gift shop is on your right-hand-side as you come in the main entrance.
• From the main entrance to the shop, there is level access.
• Our shop is packed full of Battle of Bannockburn merchandise.
• The route through the shop is 800mm wide, or more.

Learning Room

• The Learning Room is next to the gift shop and is sometimes open.
• It contains replica armour and weapons for everyone to try on and handle.

Front desk

• The front desk is on your right-hand-side as you come in the main entrance, on the other side of the gift shop.
• A member of staff will greet you when you enter the building.
• Tickets for the guided tour of our immersive experience can be purchased at the front desk.
• Tours start from next to the front desk. Tours last approximately 1 hour.

Visitor experience

Immersive experience and tour

• The immersive experience is a series of films and exhibits that tell you about the Battle of Bannockburn.
• It has low lighting so visitors can see the films clearly.
• Visitors should expect to be on their feet for the duration of the tour, although there is a small amount of seating throughout the experience for those who require it.
• Visitors enter the immersive experience through the black curtains.

Prologue

• The first room of the Experience is called Prologue. In here, you will watch two films that explore the lead-up to the battle from both the Scottish and English perspective.

Battle Room

• In the Battle Room, the guide will talk you through the events of the battle using the tabletop battle map.

Main Exhibition Room

• In the Main Exhibition, floor-to-ceiling screens showing scenes from the battle surround the room.
• The volume in this room is quite loud.
• The guide will narrate the scenes.
• Afterwards, there will be time to explore the other exhibits in the room.

Epilogue

• The last room of the experience is called Epilogue. In here, you will watch a final film that tells you about the aftermath of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Outside

• From the main entrance to the parkland, battleground and memorials, there is level access.
• There is a timeline of events at the back of the visitor centre.
• The Physic Garden contains herbs that would have been used for medicinal purposes at the time of the battle.
• The Rotunda (the round wall) was opened in 1964 to commemorate the battle. The flagpole was erected in 1870. The cairn inside the Rotunda was built in 1957.
• The statue of Robert the Bruce was unveiled in 1964.

For more information and to book tickets, please visit the Battle of Bannockburn page.

Guide last updated: May 2023