WILLITON is to be 'road checked' for the level of its accessibility for the disabled. Williton Parish Council is hoping to seek the co- operation of disability groups to check out shops, businesses and the suitability of pavements for people in wheelchairs. The issue was raised by Cllr Peter Cleere at the authority's monthly meeting on Monday. He said he had been asked to bring up the problems of pavement access by a villager who had only recently begun using a wheelchair. "Since then I have been watching how people in wheelchairs cope in the village and it's damned hard for them. "They have tremendous difficulty because many of the pavements are narrow and sloping. "Very often wheelchair users are forced to go out into the road and you get the impression that to car drivers they are nothing but a nuisance." Cllr Cleere said when it came to getting into shops, the problems were just as severe. Although the village's Co-Op supermarket was relatively "disabled friendly", anyone in a wheelchair would find it impossible to get into the chemist, which has steps to its entrance, and would also have difficulty getting into the County Stores, which has relatively heavy doors. Cllr Cleere said he did not wish to single out any particular businesses but thought it would be useful to carry out some sort of survey to identify the problems experienced by wheelchair users. Vice chairman Cllr Bill Gulliford said he knew of one local wheelchair user who travelled to Bridgwater to use the NatWest Bank because the Williton branch had several steps to its entrance.