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Accessibility

This site employs many features to make information more accessible:

  • All inline images have text alternates (ALT attributes)
  • Pages are organized to be fully functional, even with JavaScript and CSS turned off
  • The site can be navigated without the use of a mouse
  • Page formatting has been achieved using CSS, to ensure that the semantic structure of the information is preserved
  • Relative font sizes have been used, so text can be enlarged or reduced using the text size options available in visual browsers
  • Colours have been checked for sufficient contrast
  • This site follows Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

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Minimum browser requirements

This site has been optimised for the following visual browsers, and should also work in AT running on top of these browsers.

x = Supported.

 Windows XPWindows 7Apple OS X 10.5Apple OS X 10.6
Firefox 3.0x...
Firefox 3.6xx.x
Chrome 4.0x...
IE 6.0x...
IE 7.0x...
IE 8.0xx..
Safari 4.0..xx

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Keyboard users

Keyboard users should not be disadvantaged in navigating this site.

  • Pages may be navigated via linear tabbing
  • Links/buttons can be activated, and forms submitted by pressing ENTER
  • Skip links are provided for 'busy' sections of the page, such as tabbed boxes. Note that these are initially hidden, but become visible when focussed.

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Changing the text size

Most navigation elements are plain text. We have provided text alternatives to graphics on the site.

Those with poor sight may increase the size of the text on screen. The procedure for doing so varies between browsers:

OSBrowserInstructions
Windows XP / 7Firefox 3+
  1. 'View'
  2. 'Zoom In', or 'Zoom Out'
Windows XP / 7Chrome 4
  1. Page icon ('Control the current page')
  2. 'Zoom'
  3. 'Larger' or 'Smaller'
Windows XP / 7IE 6
  1. 'View'
  2. 'Text Size'
Windows XP / 7IE 7/8
  1. 'Page'
  2. 'Text Size', or 'Zoom In', or 'Zoom Out'
Apple OS X 10.5+Safari 4
  1. 'View'
  2. 'Zoom In', or
    'Zoom Out'

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JavaScript

This site uses browser scripting (JavaScript) to:

  1. display custom fonts
  2. hide 'busy' parts of the page within tabs
  3. detect for Flash support
  4. provide calendar date pickers
  5. improve keyboard usability

How to turn JavaScript on

You currently have JavaScript turned off.

If you have JavaScript turned off and the content you are browsing requires JavaScript, you will usually see a short warning message.

If you wish to turn JavaScript on, please follow the steps specific to your web browser:

OSBrowserInstructions
Windows XP / 7Firefox 3+
  1. 'Tools'
  2. 'Options'
  3. 'Content'
  4. Check 'Enable JavaScript'
  5. 'OK'
  6. Refresh the current web page
Windows XP / 7IE 6+
  1. 'Tools'
  2. 'Internet Options'
  3. 'Security'
  4. 'Custom Level'
  5. Scroll down to 'Scripting'
  6. 'Enable' 'Active Scripting'
  7. 'OK'
  8. 'OK'
  9. Refresh the current web page
Apple OS X 10.5+Safari 4
  1. 'Safari'
  2. 'Preferences'
  3. 'Security'
  4. Check 'Enable JavaScript'

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Flash

This site uses Adobe Flash Player to display interactive content such as:

  1. videos
  2. 3rd party booking forms

How to download Flash

Please enable JavaScript to check whether you have Flash installed.

If you do not have Flash Player installed (or have an old and unsupported version), and the content you are browsing requires Flash, you will usually see a very basic fallback, such as a static image or a link.

In this case we recommend that you download the latest version of Flash, which is available as a free download from Adobe.

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