Accessibility Statement

www.ginestra.co.uk has been designed to be accessible to all users, irrespective of browser type, speed of connection or physical ability. It is built to meet conformance level Triple-A of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

You can find out more about these guidelines by following the W3C-WCAG logo link below.

Accesskeys

Accesskeys are keyboard shortcuts which allow users to navigate around a website without having to use a mouse or similar device. To use these accesskey shortcuts, Windows users should press the 'alt' key together with the relevant number below, then 'enter'. Macintosh users should press the 'Ctrl' key together with the accesskey, then 'enter'.

This website uses the following accesskeys:

Accessibility

0 Accessibility Statement

Main pages

1 Home page
2 The House
3 The Gardens
4 Location
5 General Information
6 Leisure Facilities
7 Cultural Interest
8 Links
9 Contact Us

Other features

s Skip Navigation
t Back to Top of Page
l Legal Statement
p Privacy Statement

Tab Index

It is also possible to use the 'tab' key (together with 'enter') to navigate this site. ginestra.co.uk has a logical tab order through links, etc. This takes users through 'Skip Navigation' (allowing users to jump straight to the content of the page), followed by the navigational links. This is followed by links within the content of the page, and then to the Accessibility, Privacy and Legal Statements. Finally the tab order takes users to a link to details of the site designer.

W3C Web Standards

An integral requirement of conforming to the WAI Accessibility Guidelines is that the design and coding of all web pages adheres to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards.

By designing to these standards, the informational content of web pages becomes accessible to many more people, irrespective of their physical ability or the internet browsing device that they may be using.

The following W3C reference links lay down the content mark-up and styling standards that ginestra.co.uk has adopted, and that the web as a whole is moving towards: