Accessibility statement for Beamish.org.uk published XXXXX

This accessibility statement applies to www.beamish.org.uk

This website is run by Beamish Museum. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • XXXXXXXXX

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: media@beamish.org.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

  • email media@beamish.org.uk
  • call 0191 370 4000

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Beamish Museum is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

 Compliance status

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Navigation and accessing information

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

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Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared March 2026. It was last reviewed on March 2026.

This website was last tested on XXXXX against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Beamish Museum. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by Bloom. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

You can read the full accessibility test report [XXXXXX].