Where to go
Places to visit close to the Epilepsy Society
These venues have all been visited and recommended by family members. Do please make your own checks before visiting
Please email juliecjosephs@gmail.com if you have any other recommendations or feedback on the below suggestions.
Where to Go
Parks and Walks all with cafes
Black Park
Walks, wildlife, lake, cafe, go ape, picnic areas; beautiful at rhododendron time
Near Slough. SL3 6DS, about 20 minutes from Epilepsy Society (ES)
Langley Park Country Park
Walks, rhododendron collection, Tea rooms.
Iver near Slough. SL0 0LS, about 20 minutes from ES
Ruislip Lido
Lake, beach, miniature railway, walks, wildlife, cafes, flat terrain, suitable for wheelchairs.
HA4 7TU, about 20 minutes from ES
Rickmansworth Aquadrome
Flat terrain, suitable paths for wheelchairs. Free parking. Super cafe. Radar key needed for toilets.
Disabled sailing run from here by Rickmansworth Sailing club.
Frogmoor Lane, WD3 1NR, 15 minutes from ES
Chorleywood Common and Mission Employable
The cricket pavilion on the edge of the Common has a super cafe. Young people with learning disabilities train here. Disabled toilets. Walks are not very wheelchair friendly but lovely countryside and a warm welcome.
Rickmansworth Road, WD3 5SG, 15 minutes from Epilepsy Society.
Denham Aerodrome
Watch small planes and helicopters take off and land. Get a drink in The Crew Room cafe. Limited toilets. Outside and inside seating.
UB9 5DF, 15 mins from ES.
Where to Go
Adventure Playgrounds
Thames Valley Adventure Playground
TVAP-supporting children and adults with special needs. Multi-sensory room, lake side activity room, accessible toilets
Fridays are reserved for Adult service users. They also have special Fun Days and a Christmas Fair.
Taplow, SL6 0PR, about 30 minutes from ES
Where to Go
Garden Centres
Van Hage Garden Centre
Shopping, clothes, books, presents, cafe, garden tools, plants.
Amersham Road, Chenies, WD3 6EN, about 20 minutes from ES
Rowans Garden Centre
It takes 15 minutes to walk across the fields but it is not wheelchair friendly.
Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles HP8 4AB, about 5 minutes from ES.
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Every pound donated goes to improving the life of the people who live at the Epilepsy Society, and for the staff who support them.
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- £12 could pay for two staff vouchers in the Phoenix Cafe
- £50 could pay for new shrubs for our Nature Trail
- £750 could pay for an entire Sunday Sounds concert
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