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Attractions, Days Out, Holidays, Quingo Scooters

Quingo Accessible Attractions: Docklands Canal Boat Trust, London

The Quingo Scooters team are always keen to encourage mobility scooter users to get out and about and visit interesting or unusual places. In our accessible attractions series, we aim to share some of the hidden gems; places that you wouldn’t usually visit or that you maybe thought weren’t accessible for your Quingo Scooter.

This week we’re looking at London in a completely different way and sharing information about the Dockland Canal Boat Trust.  London’s Docklands were originally built to cater for the rapidly expanding shipping industry but now comprises of sky-scraping offices and stylish restaurants and bars, all built around a vibrant cosmopolitan waterside setting.

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Attractions, Days Out, Holidays, Quingo Scooters

Where Are The Best Accessible Holidays in England?

As the weather shows signs of improving, you may want to start thinking about that summer getaway to give yourself a nice break! Previously on the Quingo Scooters we shared with you the best accessible holidays in Scotland, and this week we’re looking at the best accessible holidays in England.

Sometimes you don’t need to go far at all to have a great short break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Quingo Scooters have handpicked some of the best places to stay for you to browse at your leisure.

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Attractions, Days Out, Quingo Scooters

Quingo Accessible Attractions: Riverside Museum

Quingo Scooters are always encouraging users to get out and about to visit interesting or unusual places on their mobility scooters.

Over the last few blog posts we’ve been sharing some really interesting days out, places and attractions that you maybe thought weren’t accessible enough for your mobility scooter. Today we’re heading over to the Scottish western lowlands of Glasgow, to the Riverside Museum.

The Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel is home to over 3,000 objects that detail Glasgow’s rich past.

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Quingo Accessible Attractions: Natural History Museum

Quingo Scooters are always encouraging users to get out and about to visit interesting or unusual places on their mobility scooter, especially places that you didn’t think were accessible enough.

Today we’re sharing with you somewhere that is on everyone’s list of places to visit – The Natural History Museum. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, and it holds 80 million items for you to look at from five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. There are even specimens collected by Charles Darwin himself – great for the history fanatics!

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Uber Offer uberASSIST – Improving Accessibility

Here at Quingo Scooters we’re passionate about finding new tools and discovering how they can make travelling with your mobility scooter that little bit easier.

Back in October last year, the increasingly popular taxi company Uber launched a new feature to their London services. uberASSIST is a ‘transport option to provide additional assistance for disabled riders and others with access needs, including those who may just feel more comfortable with an extra hand when getting from A to B at the tap of a button.’

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