Seats & Picnic Tables : Design List
General Guidance | Perches | Seats | Picnic Tables| Design List
A perch is an informal resting point that people can lean against or use semi-seated. This design is based on an A frame construction with a small slatted seat and should be reasonably simple for a competent joiner to build. It can also be used as a basis for more imaginative designs of perch using different materials and styles of construction.
A key feature of the design is that it minimises the amount of timber and uses a single timber size with limited preparation. It also allows the height of the seat to be selected by varying the depth of insertion of the main support into the ground: this therefore allows one design to be used, without alteration, to instal perches of different heights.
A very simple timber bench adapted from a design originally included in the Countryside Commission for Scotland 's Battleby Display Centre Design Guide. It is easy to construct and install and uses readily available timber sizes. It can also be readily repaired if damaged or vandalised.
A simple timber seat with backrest, slightly modified from an original design included in the Countryside Commission for Scotland 's Battleby Display Centre Design Guide. The height of the seat has been raised to 450 - 520 to make it more convenient for people with mobility difficulties and elderly people. This type of seat is easy to construct and has proved to be a popular design.
The key feature of this design of picnic table is that the table and seats are free standing and avoid the use of spars, either above or at ground level, which could hinder access by people with mobility difficulties. The bench design can also be adapted to provide space for a person in a wheelchair on one or both sides of the table.
A picnic table designed and manufactured by the Forest Enterprise workshop in Fochabers. The seats provide space for wheelchair users to gain access to each side of the table. A version with full length seats is also available. The incorporation of backrests makes these designs especially suitable for elderly people and people with mobility difficulties.
7. 7 'Access for All' Picnic T able (Concept Design)
This Information Sheet illustrates some of the key design concepts identified by the Edinburgh Greenbelt Trust and ECAS in an exercise to develop a picnic table which is accessible to as wide a range of potential users as possible. Picnic tables incorporating these concepts have been installed at a site beside the Union Canal at Ratho near Edinburgh .