Category Archives: Days Out

Which Arenas are Accessible?

At Quingo Scooters we know how important it is to be able to go out and enjoy yourself without having to worry about the accessibility of a venue. When you’ve booked your event, whether it be a music concert or other kind of performance, it’s great to be able to look forward to it with no worries about your mobility scooter!

There are some great accessible arenas up and down the UK, and in this post we’ve put together some of the best so that you can get booking your next event!

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Quingo Accessible Attractions: Tate Liverpool

Quingo Scooters are always encouraging users to get out and about to visit interesting or unusual places on their mobility scooters, especially places that you didn’t think were accessible enough. Over our series of blog posts we’ve been sharing with you some extremely accessible attractions to explore on your mobility scooter.

Today we’re heading to Merseyside to explore Liverpool’s Tate art gallery and museum.

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Tate Liverpool

Located on the waterfront of Albert Dock, Tate Liverpool is part of Tate, which comprises of Tate St Ives in Cornwall, Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London.

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Quingo Accessible Routes: Holsworthy, Devon

Quingo Scooters know just how great it is to get outdoors and into the countryside, to get some fresh air and appreciate the fantastic scenery! In our Accessible Routes series, we’re sharing some outdoor routes for you to take on your mobility scooter.

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Holsworthy, Devon

In the district of Torridge, Devon, you’ll find the small market town and civil parish of Holsworthy. The closest city is Exeter 36 miles away, and the river Deer runs through the western boundary of the parish.

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Quingo Accessible Attractions: Mercat Tours, Edinburgh

Quingo Scooters are always encouraging users to get out and about to visit interesting or unusual places on their mobility scooters, especially places that you didn’t think were accessible enough.

Over our series of blog posts we’ve been sharing with you some extremely accessible attractions to explore on your mobility scooter. Today we’re heading to Edinburgh for a lesson in history and ghosts.

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Mercat Tours

Mercat Tours offer all kinds of different history walks and ghost tours from Edinburgh’s award winning storytellers.

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Football Clubs bid to Improve Access at Stadiums

The team at Quingo like to encourage scooter users to get out and about and visit interesting or unusual places on their Quingo mobility scooter, this includes going to support your favourite team at some of the nation’s biggest and best football stadiums.

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Stadium Access

There have been calls for years for football clubs to improve access to stadiums and smaller grounds, so that fans with limited mobility can join in the fun support their favourite team home and away.

After an investigation in 2014 by the BBC, it was found that 17 of the teams in the England’s top flight failed to provide enough disabled seating (seating for mobility scooters and wheelchairs).

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