ACCESSIBILITY

Longhirst is committed to meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act and has made efforts to ensure this website is accessible to those with special needs, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments.

We have strived to make this web site adhere to priority 1, 2 and 3 guidelines of the W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

Links have title attributes describing the link in greater detail and wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Links to our terms, conditions and privacy policy, our web site map and this accessibility statement appear on every page.

The site is free of frames, using XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS for visual layout. Tables are only used for tabular data. The site content has been tested in browsers without images or javascript enabled to ensure legibility.

Some items on this website utilise Javascript, although all content is available should Javascript be disabled or unavailable.

Access Keys

Windows users can navigate with the access key feature by typing ALT+access key. On an Apple Mac, you would use CTRL+access key. Internet Explorer users may need to hit the "enter" key to activate a link.

On Windows, access keys take precedence over application commands, which can be accessed from the keyboard by first typing the menu shortcut key (usually ALT) followed by the letter corresponding to the desired menu item.

A site map link is available at the top of every page.

Access keys for the main (horizontal) navigation menu are set up as follows:

[alt] or [ctrl] + h home
[alt] or [ctrl] + a about longhirst
[alt] or [ctrl] + y your stay
[alt] or [ctrl] + y longhirst offers and events
[alt] or [ctrl] + y longhirst news
[alt] or [ctrl] + b business venue
[alt] or [ctrl] + w weddings
[alt] or [ctrl] + s sport and leisure
[alt] or [ctrl] + c contact
[alt] or [ctrl] + p accessibility page
[alt] or [ctrl] + m web site map

Access keys for the left hand side (vertical) menu are arranged:

[alt] or [ctrl] + 1 first menu item
[alt] or [ctrl] + 2 second menu item
[alt] or [ctrl] + 3 third menu item