With the assistance of Tenby Harbourmaster Chris Salisbury; generous sponsorship from - Tenby Aces, Tenby Lions, the Rotary Club of Tenby and Tenby Round Table and an Enhancing Pembrokeshire grant, this next phase of the town council’s continuing scheme sees the introduction of new wheelchair accessible picnic tables and two new child adapted beach wheelchairs.
The eight picnic tables will be located at Tenby Harbour while plans are in hand to locate one of the beach wheelchairs on the South Beach and the other on the Harbour beach to complement Pembrokeshire Coast National Park’s existing beach wheelchairs on North and Castle Beaches.
Mayor of Tenby, Clr. Mrs. Sam Skyrme-Blackhall said: “This is an excellent initiative that will help make Tenby more accessible for those that live here and visitors.
“My fellow Councillors and I are determined that we will do all that we can to help everyone enjoy the best of Tenby.
“The ‘Accessible Tenby’ initiative sets out to overcome barriers for people with disabilities, whether those disabilities are seen or hidden.
“I am so pleased that, in difficult times for fundraising, so many people and organisations have come together and, working with the Town Council, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and Pembrokeshire County Council have enabled this to happen.
“I hope that we can continue to improve accessibility in and around Tenby,” she continued.
“There should be no barriers for anyone to enjoy Tenby.
“Tenby Town Council is committed to making Tenby a friendly and welcoming place to all regardless of ability and will continue to work with Pembrokeshire County Council’s Access Officer and the National Park to improve access around the town,” added the Mayor.The beach wheelchairs will be available to pre-book from July via the National Park’s online booking system. You can email enquiries to: [email protected]