PK Porthcurno
Overview
PK Porthcurno is a museum located in the small coastal village of Porthcurno Cornwall, UK. Porthcurno was the point at which many submarine telegraph cables—transatlantic and to other locations—came ashore. The first cables were direct current impulse transmitters.
Contact details
Eastern House Porthcurno Penzance Cornwall South West TR19 6JX United Kingdom
https://pkporthcurno.com/accessibility/
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Access guidance
- Go up 20 steps, or use the lift, to the first room of displays. The flooring is a mix of carpet, wood and vinyl throughout the museum. Lighting throughout is mainly by spotlights. Our displays include information text panels, labels, listening posts, objects for handling and interactives to explore. We even have a cable section you can try to lift up!
- Walk up 12 steps or walk along the long tarmac path to get to our museum main entrance. There are 19 more steps at the top of the path or a steep slope.
- The main toilets and accessible toilets are on the museum ground floor There are toilets signposted before you exit the bunker. There is unisex toilets and a toilet adapted for accessibility.
- Dogs are welcome on a lead all year round in our museum and cafe but not in our bunker (except for support dogs). Please make sure they go outside to go to the toilet. Please help to keep our valley safe and clean and pick up after your dog and we recommend the use of eco- friendly poo bags
- Some of the corridors in the bunker are long and thin, some well lit, and others are more dark areas.