Cloisters Shopping Arcade

Location: Cloisters Shopping Arcade links Hay Street and St Georges Terrace and is between Milligan and King Streets. The arcade provides pedestrian access and has a large array of cafes: take away, sit down and self-serve style, plus retail shopping. The Cloisters Square is located directly adjacent to the arcade and level access is available between the Cloisters Arcade and Cloisters Square. A heritage building ‘The Cloisters’ is located on the St Georges Terrace end of the arcade at ground level.

As the Perth City precinct is on a gentle slope, the Hay Street end of the arcade is at street level from Hay Street, while the St Georges Terrace end is at Plaza (upper) level. Access from the Cloisters Shopping Arcade to St Georges Terrace is via an escalator or a lift located in the adjacent Mt Newman House building.

The arcade is wide, level, flat and tiled. Access into all shops and cafes is level.

Summary:
Level access from Hay Street with lift access, located in Mt Newman House, from St George’s Terrace
Signage is well located and easy to read
No public accessible toilet within the arcade
Level access into all shops

Opening hours (public access):
Mon - Fri 6.30am - 6pm
Sat 7.30am - 2pm
No public access on Sundays or public holidays

Public transport: Train and bus stations are a long walk from Cloisters Shopping Arcade. The Red CAT bus stop, His Majesty’s Theatre is at the front of the arcade (stop 18) or on the corner of Hay and Milligan Streets (stop 19).

Accessible Parking:
Cloisters Car Park with vehicular access off St Georges Terrace or Hay Street. Pedestrian access from the car park to the Hay Street level of Cloisters Shopping Arcade is via a lift. This path of travel is unobstructed.

His Majesty’s Car Park located over the road from the Cloisters Arcade. There is an unobstructed path of travel from the car park to the Arcade, however there is not a designated pedestrian crossing.

Pedestrian Access: There is level and unobstructed pedestrian access from Hay Street into and throughout the arcade.

Access from St Georges Terrace is via:
escalators from ground level foyer of Mt Newman House (200 St Georges Terrace) to Plaza level of Cloisters Arcade; and
a lift from the ground level foyer of Mt Newman House to Cloisters Square (plaza level of Cloisters arcade). There are double, glazed, automatic opening doors from the plaza level of the lift to Cloisters Square.

Lift (Mt Newman House): Pedestrian access from St George’s Terrace (ground) to Cloisters Square (Plaza) is via the lift located in the Mt Newman House Foyer. The pedestrian pathway off St Georges Terrace is level and even. Access into the Mt Newman House foyer is via two sets of glazed automatic opening doors.

There is no directional signage to the lift.

The lift car size is 1890mm x 1760mm with a wide doorway. The external controls are free of obstructions and positioned at 1160mm high, internal controls are 860mm – 1250mm high. Controls have good colour contrast. There is internal and external visual information. There is an external audible tone on arrival of the lift but no internal audible information.

There is a glazed, automatic opening door from the ground floor of Mt Newman House / lift foyer to the Cloisters car park and a unisex accessible toilet.

Lift (Cloisters Car Park): Lift access is available from the Cloisters Car Park to Cloisters Arcade. The lift opens at the Hay Street end of Cloisters Arcade. Refer to Cloisters Car Park for further details.

Signage: All signage is well located, easy to read and understand.

Accessible toilets: Closest accessible toilet is Cloisters Car Park, refer to Cloisters Car Park for further details. Or visit His Majesty’s Car Park which has later opening hours.

Information prepared by: City of Perth, November 2004.

Care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information however no guarantee is given that the facility is fully accessible.

Please advise the City of Perth of any access changes since publication.

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