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How Accessible Are The UK’s Music Venues?

January 26, 2015
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Going to see a favourite band is something many people look forward to, but for those in wheelchairs, access can be tricky.

BBC Breakfast contacted 10 of the largest music arenas in the UK to get a snapshot of how accessible the main venues are.

Seven responded and said that out of 91,000 seats between them, 554 were available for wheelchair users. That is fewer than 1%.

Nikki Fox reports.

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  1. Barry's avatar
    Barry permalink
    January 26, 2015 12:31 pm

    NIA in Birmingham is very good, NEC Birmingham bad, MEN Manchester good access poor seats though.

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  2. wildthing666's avatar
    wildthing666 permalink
    January 26, 2015 1:20 pm

    The sick,disabled & wheelchair users are put in places that would otherwise be not sold to the general public, the place I go to, Fibbers in York, recently moved to a former nightclub, there is about 10 to 12 steps once inside the door OK if you can walk but difficult for me although I can walk, I use the place to see tribute bands that are a fraction of the price of the original bands. It seems most music venue’s are not concerned with either the access that disabled people have or the view they have if access is easy.

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