Accessibility

All pages on this site should conform with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) level-AAA (see http://www.w3.org/WAI), and should meet W3C standards for content markup (see the XHTML validator), and presentation markup (see the CSS validator). What this means is that the Heritage Open Days website will work with the widest possible range of devices and has been designed to be accessible to all users, irrespective of browser type, speed of connection or physical ability.

Access Keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow users to navigate around the website without having to use a mouse or similar device.

This website uses the UK Government recommended access keys:
1 Homepage
4 Search (Event Directory)
5 FAQs
7 Contact us
8 Legal statements
0 Access key details

The instructions for using access keys are different depending on whether you’re using a PC or a Mac, or which browser you’re using; therefore, please refer to your browser’s help guide for specific instructions on this.

If you have Internet Explorer select Alt + Access Key + Enter. With other browsers, such as Netscape, omit Enter. If you use Firefox 2 (and upwards on a PC, press Shift + Alt + Access Key If you use Safari on a Macintosh use Ctrl + Access Key.

Text Size

You can set the size of the text used on this site to small, medium, large or extra-large by clicking on the ‘A’ links presented in top right hand area of all pages. These are relative text sizes and work in conjunction with your browser’s text size controls, which are normally found under the ‘view’ menu. Your browser will remember the text size setting for this site if you return at a later date.
(This feature will not work unless JavaScript is enabled, and your security settings allow the use of Cookies. It is not available to very old desktop browsers or other devices which do not work with the Document Object Model.)