Piscine Saint-Roch à Ferrières

The swimming pool is located on the grounds of Collège Saint-Roch in Ferrières. It is open to the general public.

The new facilities have been designed with motor and sensory impairments in mind.

Students and members of the local swimming club can now take full advantage of the new facilities.

Strong points

Staff

There is staff available to direct and guide.

Safety

The signage makes it possible to find the way and orient oneself easily.

Parking

It is possible to drop a person off near the entrance.

Identification

The building is easy to find.

A launching device is available. Don't hesitate to ask the lifeguard for help.

There is a PRM changing room with a pool-style wheelchair available. You can always ask the staff on site for help in organising wheelchair management and the safe storage of the swimmer's personal wheelchair while they are swimming.

There is no folding seat with grab rails in the changing room, but there is a bench with a single transfer area on one side.

There is a PRM car park on the college side, some distance from the entrance, but there are plans to build 2 spaces close to the entrance.

The PRM toilets have a single fixed grab bar on the wall side. There are plans to install a fold-down grab rail.

Strong points

Parking

It is possible to drop a person off near the entrance.

Access road from the car park

There is no step to negotiate.

Entrance

The building is easy to identify.
The main entrance is accessible.
There is no step in the entrance.
The opening of the door is automatic.
The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.

Home

The payment device is easy to use.
The free space in front of the counter is sufficiently big.
The counter is at the correct height.

Horizontal circulation

The width of the hallways is sufficient.
All the transit areas are sufficiently large.

Adapted sanitary

An adapted toilet is available, well signalled and easy to use.
There is an accessible sink outside of the adapted toilet.
The sink is accessible and it is easy to use.

Shower room

The adapted shower is equipped with a seat and grab bars.
The shower is a walk-in shower.

Changing room

There is an adapted locker room with an adapted seat.

Points of attention

Access road from the car park

The floor is hardly passable in some places.

Adapted sanitary

The toilet is not properly equipped.

For those who have difficulty using conventional ladders, a launching device is available. Don't hesitate to ask the lifeguard for help.

The gently sloping foot bath has a single handrail on one side.

The corridor leading to the changing rooms and the foot bath is equipped with a handrail.

There is a handrail at the footbath exit to the pool.

The PRM WCs have a single fixed grab bar on the wall. There are plans to install a fold-down grab rail.

There is a PRM car park on the college side, some distance from the entrance, but there are plans to build 2 spaces close to the entrance.

Strong points

Parking

It is possible to drop a person off near the entrance.

Access road from the car park

There is no step to negotiate.

Entrance

The entrance is easy to identify.
The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance.
There is no step in the entrance.
The opening of the door is automatic.

Home

The reception is easy to find and close to the entrance.

Horizontal circulation

Circulation is easy almost everywhere.

Adapted sanitary

The adapted toilet is easy to find.

Shower room

The adapted shower is equipped with a seat and grab bars.
The shower is a walk-in shower.

Points of attention

Parking

The reserved parking spaces are located further than 100 metres from the entrance.

Access road from the car park

The floor is hardly passable in some places.

If you are using a white cane, you can leave it with the lifeguard while you swim.

Pedometer guidance is provided from the entrance to the reception area, then to the WC and the corridor. Then, inside the corridor in the wet area, this guide leads to the foot bath.

The gently sloping foot bath passageway is equipped with a handrail on one side.

The corridor leading to the changing rooms and the foot bath is equipped with a handrail.

There is a handrail at the foot bath exit to the pool.

Strong points

Access road from the car park

Circulation is free from obstacles.

Entrance

The entrance is easy to identify.
The entrance is located in the logical continuation of the pathway.
The opening of the door is automatic.
The staff sees the persons who arrive and can offer assistance .

Home

The reception is located in front of the entrance.
The reception has no glass partition.
Guide lines in relief facilitate circulation to the reception.

Horizontal circulation

Guide-lines facilitate circulation.
Circulation is free from obstacles.

If you are using a white cane, you can leave it with the lifeguard while you swim.

Contrasting podotactile guidance is provided from the entrance to the reception area, then to the WC and the corridor. Then, inside the corridor in the wet area, this guidance leads to the foot bath.

The gently sloping foot bath passageway is marked with a contrasting strip on the floor and equipped with a handrail on one side.

The corridor leading to the changing rooms and the foot bath is equipped with a handrail.

There is a handrail at the footbath exit to the pool.

The locker doors are not identifiable.