Riverside Studios

The address is 101 Queen Caroline Street, W6 9BN, on the Thames at Hammersmith. Hammersmith station — District, Piccadilly, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, with the bus station attached — is about five minutes' walk, down past the church and towards the river. The building sits right on the water beside Hammersmith Bridge, so if you find yourself on the riverside path you are in the right place.

Yes — every space is step free at entry level, the theatres, the television studio, the rehearsal rooms, the café and the Bar & Kitchen alike, and a lift serves the other floors, including the cinema in the basement. Accessible toilets are on all floors, all with level entry, and there are gender-neutral wheelchair-accessible facilities with emergency cords. Each performance space leaves room to store a wheelchair or walker. The cinema has a T-loop and a wireless system carrying audio description. Assistance dogs are welcome with 48 hours' notice, and wheelchair spaces are booked by phone or email with the box office rather than online.

Yes, and it is one of the reasons to come early. A café sits on the ground floor beside the box office and is open every day, and the Bar & Kitchen serves proper food and drink with the river outside the window. Both are step free. On a clear evening the terrace by Hammersmith Bridge is the best seat in the building before you even go in.