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Accessibility at Wetherby Racecourse

Wetherby’s enclosures are about 90% accessible to wheelchair users, with Blue Badge parking right by the main entrance, a raised viewing platform at the finish and free entry for carers.

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Talk to the racecourse first

Use the racecourse contact page. Tell them the meeting, your ticket, how you are arriving, any equipment you use and the facilities you need.

Your visit, step by step

  1. Carers

    Essential companions and carers get free entry alongside a full-paying ticket holder.

  2. Parking

    Blue Badge parking is right next to the main entrance for the Premier and Paddock enclosures. The car parks are on grass.

  3. Viewing

    A raised viewing platform at the finish post in the Paddock, and a designated wheelchair viewing point in the Premier grandstand.

  4. Getting around

    The Paddock is all on the ground floor with stewarded, double-width doors; lifts serve the Premier’s upper floors and hospitality. There are accessible toilets in every enclosure. The Premier is about 120 metres from the turnstiles, and the Parade Ring 50–100 metres further.

  5. Park and View

    The Park and View (Course) Enclosure is reached across the grass racing track, so it isn’t suitable for wheelchair users.

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Checked 4 October 2026. This independent guide summarises the racecourse’s published information; Wetherby Racecourse runs the facilities and can change them.