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Plain English version of the Royal Armouries website Accessibility Statement

This page explains the main accessibility issues in simpler language. For full details, read our statutory Accessibility Statement.

We want everyone to be able to use our website. This means you should be able to:

  • read text clearly
  • use the site with a keyboard
  • use screen readers and other assistive tools
  • find information easily
  • understand the information

Unfortunately, some parts of the website are not yet fully accessible. We are working to improve accessibility.

What is not fully accessible

Documents

Some PDFs and Word documents are not fully accessible to people using screen readers or keyboards.

Interactive exhibition: Up Close

This online exhibition uses third-party software that is not fully accessible to people using screen readers.

Videos

Some videos do not have audio description yet. We are working through these and adding it where needed.

Content that does not have to meet the accessibility regulations

Videos published before 23 September 2020 do not have to meet these accessibility requirements.
We may improve older videos when we update or replace them.

Where making content accessible would be a disproportionate burden

Making all of these videos accessible now would take a very large amount of time and money. We have assessed this and decided that doing all of the work immediately would be a disproportionate burden.

  • we have a lot of old footage
  • we do not have the original files
  • the video player has technical limits

We have a five-year plan to improve the accessibility of these videos.

You can read our Disporportionate Burden Assessment (228 KB, PDF) for more information.

Request information in a different format

We can provide information in different formats, including:

  • large print
  • audio
  • accessible PDF
  • Easy Read

Email: communications@armouries.org.uk
Telephone: 0113 220 1916

We will reply within 7 working days.

Help with your device

AbilityNet provides advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Reporting an accessibility problem

If you find an accessibility problem not listed on this page, or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please email us at webmaster@armouries.org.uk

If you’re unhappy with our response

You can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
They can advise you about what to do next.

When this statement was last updated

Updated: 25 November 2025

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