THE REFRESHMENTS AREA |
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The refreshments area is separated from the main concourse by a mainly glass wall with several sets of doors, the ground floor is a basically rectangular area with a piece, occupied by Dixons, missing from the west corner. The upper levels of this area are divided into three parts:
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4 seats facing southwest first door to concourse second and third doors to concourse |
The northeast part of this area is beneath a lowered ceiling, under the Reef Bar.
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3 entrances, separated by pillars, to Rocket, wine and ready meals 2 entrances to Bodyshop window to Bodyshop 2 windows to WH Smiths, entrance from main concourse door to Reef Bar |
Go through this door to the lift, in front of you, the call button is to your right of the door.
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Boots Monsoon Marks & Spencer |
A row of pillars runs about one metre from this wall.
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2 entrances to Sainsbury's blank door exit from station, towards the taxi rank |
There are two large, square pillars across the end of this passage, slope up to glass wall with central automatic doors. The slope continues, past two more square pillars, onto the pavement. There are departure and arrival boards high up on the northwest side of this passage.
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display board, jutting out blank door |
Glass wall juts out northeast to form a short corridor with:
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| automatic door to concourse |
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Currency Express, counter with 3 windows blank door |
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entrance to Van Heusen, shirts and ties RBS, NATWEST cash points 2 photo booths pillar with phones on northeast and southwest sides |
We're now at the foot of the escalators between the ground and first floor levels. The downward escalator, descending northeast lies southeast of the upward escalator, ascending southwest. Beyond the escalators, is a recess with:
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defibrillator pillar with phones on northeast and southwest sides |
The Paddington Bear statue is in the recess northwest of the escalators.
Northeast of here is Yo Sushi, about 1.5 metres from the northwest wall, with seats round.
Continuing Northeast
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flower stall row of pillars, running Northwest/southeast, supporting the lowered ceiling |
There's an area of back-to-back seats just beyond these pillars.
Southeast of Yo Sushi is a seating area with tables and chairs belonging to Café Ritazza.
Southeast of the flower stall is a kiosk called Clinique, cosmetics, to the southeast of which steps go up southeast to the Reef Bar. There's a trolley point to the southwest of these Steps.
Steps go up southwest to the first floor level from southeast of the foot of the escalators. There's a trolley point southeast of these Steps, with a lift beyond this. There's a tactile mat in front of the lift door, with the call button to your right of the door.
Going southeast from the photo booths are four pillars with phones on the east and west sides.
Southeast of the cash points is a pair of pillars with back-to-back seats, southeast of these is a Tie Rack kiosk, with free standing displays round.
There's another pair of pillars, (northwest/southeast), southeast of Tie Rack and northeast of Sainsbury's.
From the main concourse, go up the escalator to the northeast of the Underground station entrance onto a short bridge, go through the automatic door in front of you, into the Reef Bar.
There's a seating area with chairs and tables in front of you and to your left, the bar is to the left, northeast, beyond the seats. Once through the door, turn left beyond the pot plant into the seating area, the bar is to your right.
If you continue southeast from the door, you're on a balcony with the bar to your left and a barrier across the end.
The door to the lift is in the end of the left-hand side of the balcony. Having gone through this door, you need to bear slightly right, avoiding beer kegs, to locate the lift door, the call button is to your right.
For the stairs, turn right (southwest) at the end, continue to a barrier and turn right again (northwest) to face the stairs. Go down 9 then 10 steps, going northwest to the ground floor, There's tactile flooring at the top of these Steps.
This first floor level has a mainly tiled floor, except for the areas towards the northwest and southeast sides which are glass.
Go up 17 steps, going southwest, or take the right-hand escalator. There's tactile flooring at the top of these steps.
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glass barrier lift, call button to your left of the door glass barrier juts southwest free standing board |
Continue southeast into a passage with a glass barrier on each side. The doors to the Hilton Hotel are in front of you.
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glass barrier down escalator from second floor level, descending northeast up escalator to second floor level, ascending southwest Sanity, music shop glass floor returns blank recess to southwest |
| doors, entrance only from the escalator from the concourse |
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blank recess display pillar glass barrier escalators to ground floor level, opposite those to second glass barrier steps up to second floor level, tactile flooring at the foot barrier recess to steps to ground floor level |
This is an area with seating, there's an atrium in the middle surrounded by barriers. The top of the escalators from the first floor level is in the west corner of the atrium.
Either take the upward escalator, opposite that from the ground floor into the west corner, or go up 11 steps, going northeast, curve round to your right 180 degrees, up 11, going southwest, into the middle of the northeast side.
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barrier steps from first floor barrier lift, call button to your left of the door |
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tables and chairs Eatcounter |
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4 entrances into the Mad Bishop and Bear Bar fire exit staff entrance |
© 2004, Terry Robinson