First UK motoring atlas launched for disabled travellers

If you are a disabled motorist, it is vital to have access to information to make your journey smoother, such as which petrol stations are accessible, where you can park when you reach your destination, and how accessible the accommodation is. For the first time, this essential information will be detailed in a definitive parking and motoring road atlas customised for Blue Badge holders.

Gowrings Mobility, the UK’s market leader in accessible transport, has launched ‘The Gowrings Mobility UK Road Atlas: the essential parking and motoring guide for Blue Badge Holders’, a unique road atlas covering all of the UK, incorporating useful information for disabled people such as parking for Blue Badge holders; accessible car parks and petrol stations; tourist information, locations of Shopmobility and mobility stores; accessible beaches; parking regulations, council by council, accessible toilets and accommodation.

The Gowrings Mobility UK Road Atlas: the essential parking and motoring guide for Blue Badge Holders’ is published by the PIE Guide. This unique Guide has been developed through extensive on-the-ground research, backed up with support and information from all the local and district councils across the country, car park owners, petrol station companies, and businesses that cater specifically for the elderly and/or the disabled community as well as key associations such as the Disabled Drivers Association and the Blue Badge Network.

The 190 page road atlas will comprise of high quality mapping split into two mapping solutions – a national road atlas and a more detailed street mapping of 65 city centres detailing all the parking options and facilities for Blue Badge holders.

The atlas contains a foreword from Paralympic athlete and Gold medallist, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson who comments, “For the first time, this atlas provides all the important, practical information that disabled people need in one handy guide. It’s perfect to keep in the car and I hope it encourages more disabled motorists to attempt journeys they may well have avoided in the past.”

With a RRP of £12.99 and available from all good stockists, readers buying direct from Gowrings Mobility can benefit from a discounted rate of £12.00.

To order a copy, call (Lo-Call) 0845 608 8020 or visit www.gowringsmobility.co.uk