Wedgwood is a top quality restaurant, hidden in plain sight on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. It sits in between the touristy shops and attractions, shining as a beacon of good taste in more ways than one. Set up in 2007 by the eponymous Paul Wedgwood – who appears fairly regularly on TV – Wedgwood serves “fine…
This week’s Weds Wrap is coming all the way from my current location in sunny Ibiza. I’m over here researching stylish venues on the island at the moment. Yes, I know it’s a tough life but somebody has to do it. This is not a holiday though, I can’t stress that enough – we’ve been going here,…
The Haven is a cafe, restaurant and bar in Lymmington. There are are two parts to The Haven, upstairs is a deck with a lovely view of the harbor and downstairs is the ‘snug’ which has a less formal atmosphere. They are renowned for their seafood specials which vary each day depending on what fish…
The Electric Cinema is on Portobello Road, in Notting Hill and is a restaurant and a cinema – both of which are disabled accessible, apparently. It’s a charming independent cinema – a real joy in a world full of same old multiplex chains. Instead of standard cinema seats, they have armchairs, sofas and even some…
Another Burger & Lobster and this one is in Mayfair. Unlike it’s sibling restaurants in Soho and Farringdon that we have reviewed, this one hasn’t got the best disabled access or facilities… It is a small restaurant without a disabled toilet and with steps… There is a step in to the building and three steps to…
The London 2012 Paralympic Games kicked off exactly one year ago today. We were treated to twelve days of unparalleled Paralympic sport as 4,237 athletes from 164 countries competed for 503 medals, with 251 world records being broken in the process. 2.7 million spectators turned up to watch in person with another 39 million watching…
Today marks one year since the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics. We were all witnesses to an extraordinary twelve days that perhaps changed the way people think about disabled sport forever. It was a groundbreaking games and we see today as an anniversary well worth celebrating. Tomorrow we’ll deal with the actual legacy of the…
La Suite West is a 5 star boutique hotel in a fabulous London location, right next to Hyde Park. The hotel is “the minimalist and latest creation of famed British designer Anouska Hempel.” We haven’t been here yet but we found out about their disabled access and facilities and it sounds great! The hotel’s entrance is flat and the bar and…
Weds Wrap is replaced this week with the BBS Awards for venues that excel in style, accessibility & disabled facilities. The team have been ‘flash mobbing’ around London awarding 2.5 and 3 BBS Tick certificates to those venues we’ve audited over the year. We’ve also posted a number of awards to venues out of town,…