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For general advice about travel in the British Isles, the appropriate tourist boards have books and leaflets available:

 

*       English Tourist Board  

            Thames Tower         

Blacks Road

Hammersmith

LONDON W66 9EL 

(            020 8536 3000

 

*        Irish Tourist Board

Nations House

103 Wigmore Street

LONDON W1U 1QS

(            0800 0397000

 

*        Northern Irish tourist board 

            59 North Street

BELFAST BT1 1NB

(            028 90 231 1221

 

*        Wales Tourist Board

Brunel House

2 Fitzalan Road

CARDIFF CF2 1UY

    (            029 20 499909

 

 

*       Scottish Tourist Board

23 Ravelston Terrace

EDINBURGH EH4 3EU 

(            (0131) 332 2433  

*        Specialized holiday firms

             Kiloran trust

157 Blythe Road

LONDON W14 0HL

   (            020 76027404

The Kiloran Trust provides respite for carers at their London house.

 

*        Netley Waterside House

Abbey Hill

Netley Abbey

Southampton

HAMPSHIRE SO31 5FA

   (            (02380) 453686

Netley Waterside House is a holiday centre for the physically disabled that also provides respite care.

 

*        Accessible Travel and Leisure

            Avionics House

            Naas Lane

            Quedgeley

            GLOUCESTER GL2 2SN

   (            (01452) 729739/ minicom (01452) 725802

            Email: info@accessibletravel.co.uk

Accessible Travel and Leisure is the UK’s leading tour operator for travellers with disabilities.

 

*        Enable Holidays

            26 The Green

            Kings Norton

            BIRMINGHAM B38 8SD

   (            (0871) 222 4939

Enable Holidays is the first tour operator to just offer package holidays for disabled people and their families.

 

*       Calvert Trust

            Little Crossthwaite

            Keswick

            CUMBRIA CA12 4QD

   (            (017687) 72255

            The Calvert Trust offers outdoor holidays for those with disabilities.

 

*        Reach Out Projects

            Holywell Lodge

            41 Holywell Hill

            St Albans

            HERTFORDSHIRE AL1 1HE

   (            (01727) 818168

Reach out projects organize boating holidays for teenagers with special needs.

           

For other holiday ideas the Age Concern Publications fact sheet has a wide variety of holiday ideas. 

 

The Disablement Information and Support Centre on the Disabilities page keeps a file and relevant guides on holiday opportunities for people with all types of disabilities.