Gail

At the Toilet Map, we’re saddened by the Supreme Court’s rulings around single-sex spaces, and the implications for transgender and non-binary people’s access to toilets. Our whole project is about helping people to find toilets that meet their needs, so we can all get out, meet up, explore, work, love, play, and generally live our best lives, even when we need a wee. That challenge, and people's lives, have become that bit harder, now transgender and non-binary people have been told or made to feel they have less right to access toilets than others, spaces they’ve used their whole lives.

This exclusion from toilets that align with someone’s gender [was repeated by](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y42zzwylvo) Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson, who added:

> "I know that many businesses large and small will ensure that they have appropriate provision in place, for example many businesses have moved towards unisex provision or separate cubicles that can be used by anyone."

Let’s set aside for now that the previous government introduced a new [Building Regulation](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67167c02d100972c0f4c9b38/ADT_2024.pdf) to inhibit the freedom to provide fully unisex provision, by requiring all new non-domestic buildings to have single-sex toilets, with gender-neutral loos an extra 'if space allows'. 

Is the Minister right? 

**How many publicly-accessible toilets have gender-neutral provision?**

![A toilet in a small stone building on a green hillside with blue sea and blue skies behind.](/images/uploads/img_6413.jpeg)

The Toilet Map lists many beautiful gender-neutral toilets. We've collected this data for the last five years (toilets in general for ten). 

So, the stats:

* We list 15133 publicly-accessible toilets (as of Sept 24)
* we have information on gender-neutral toilets for 18% of these (2675 toilets). 

Within these 2675 loo-cations: 

* 54% include a gender-neutral toilet (1447 toilets)
* 46% do not (1227 toilets).

For people relying on gender-neutral toilets, toilet provision halves. By way of comparison, babies have better options - our data shows 66% of publicly accessible toilets have a baby-changing table, 34% do not.

Our data around baby-changing is also much more complete - we have information about baby-changing  for 45% of our toilets. That’s still more than half where we don’t have the info, but it’s much better than our records for gender-neutral toilets. **For four out of five toilets, we just don’t know.**

Why? It’s partly because we’ve been collecting baby-changing data for twice as long. It’s also because a website or map will  say if baby-changing is provided, so the info can be added without visiting. Websites don’t say if there’s a gender-neutral toilet. For that, we need **YOU**! - people who visit toilets, know toilets, provide toilets - to add these details and keep building a toilet map that helps so many.

We try to minimise the amount of info we ask about each toilet, to make it easy to add loos and keep the map up-to-date. The info we do request focuses on the essentials -  details that determine whether someone can use a facility, before they go out of their way to find it. Is there a wheelchair-accessible toilet? Will we need to pay? Is it even open at this time?

And we decided that ‘**is there a gender-neutral toilet?**’ is important info to know about when searching for a toilet. It is a toilet you can use with your child, so you’re not separated, worrying they might have wandered off whilst you’re still stuck in the queue. It’s a toilet where you can accompany a friend or family member to the door or handwashing area, if they need help because they’re injured, or unwell, or cannot understanding the space independently. And yes, it’s a toilet you can use without fearing being questioned, harassed or assaulted because of gender-based abuse.

But what is a gender-neutral toilet? We use this term to mean any standard toilet that can be used by anyone, regardless of gender. Unisex is another term. We could just say ‘toilet’, because when sex or gender no longer signifies who the toilet is for, that’s all it is. We don’t include the (wheelchair-)accessible toilet unless this is the only loo provided and intended for everyone, like in a coffee shop (but we ask ‘is there an accessible toilet?’ separately, which have always been gender-neutral without any problems). The gender-neutral toilet may be the only loo, it may be a whole bank of loos, it may be in addition to single-sex toilets. We don’t know - but we know that it exists. For everyone.

![A metal door sign showing an icon of a toilet. Underneath it says 'FOR EVERYONE', with braille underneath. ](/images/uploads/48.jpg)

Gender Neutral Toilets on the Toilet Map

Jo-Anne Bichard

Toilets are popular local news items. Sometimes this is good news such as new toilets opening and successful refurbishments, but more often than not it’s Bad Loos News concerning vandalism, anti-social behaviours and closures that’s the story. These articles can result in multiple letters to the editors.

I’ve been collecting 'Loos in the News' articles for a number of years now. Here’s a roundup of 2025 so far.

## The Good

New toilets have been opened in [Rydd on the Isle of Wight](https://iwobserver.co.uk/there-are-new-public-toilets-in-ryde-town-centre/). [Richmond Park](https://teddington.nub.news/news/local-news/richmond-park-to-get-better-cafe-public-toilets-and-new-entrance-257352?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4V9kskC4afuDntbfxWBonY0EX36mlkEzkB4AUCLnPpl7wt6SgC-E0Y-YV5qg_aem_lyjB7wTD2o8Gs1Hl9hTcJw) in London will soon have new toilets (and a café and entrance) as will Queensferry Hawes Pier in [Edinburgh](https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14167/work-begins-on-new-public-toilets-in-queensferry).

Many councils are hampered by budget cuts and toilets are always in danger of closure. When this happens, some councils recognise the importance of provision and look for alternative ways to provide loos. [Wrexham Council](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-council-actually-wants-31104230) is exploring increasing provision through ‘co-location’. Discussions with local businesses were ongoing but it was great to see a headline that mentioned the need for more public loos. The council had a survey that found many people found existing provision problematic. Just under half reported they would use shop toilets without feeling pressure to buy something and more than half said they would be willing to pay to use toilets. The council also recognised that a fifth of the population was over 65, many of whom will need the toilet more often and may also have issues ‘holding on’.

The Parish Council of [Newton Poppleford](https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/24979111.east-devon-village-seeks-take-ownership-public-toilets/) in East Devon have approached the district council to take over their public toilet as a ‘community asset transfer’. We are beginning to see this more and more as communities recognise the importance and need for public toilets and are willing to come together to take over provision.

A public consultation in [Glasgow](https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25019410.public-toilet-charges-glasgow-removed/) resulted in nearly 2000 responses, with 95% saying current public toilet provision was insufficient. This has resulted in Glasgow City Council drawing up its first public toilet strategy to improve provision over the next decade. After 67% of respondents said that toilet provision should be free, the council is considering removing charges from four of its toilets. The council also has plans for a “flagship” public toilet and visitor centre in the city centre.

[Gwynedd Council](https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/25013383.gwynedd-council-highest-provision-public-toilets-wales/) in North Wales were praised for having the highest number of toilets in Wales with 61 public toilets and 39 as part of its Public Facilities Grant Scheme. [Taunton Council](https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/25046178.reduction-complaints-taunton-public-toilets/) reported that complaints about toilets had dropped since they had taken over the cleaning and ‘Honesty Boxes’ in [Builth Wells](https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/03/03/honesty-boxes-at-builth-wells-public-toilets-have-netted-the-council-over-500/) had netted the council over £500 towards their toilet provision.

## The Bad

Vandalism is the bane of the public toilet’s life for both the council providers and the public who want to use the loo… Whilst graffiti can be unpleasant and offensive, wilful damage often takes the toilet out of service. This can cause horrendous problems for people who use a certain loo as part of their daily routine, especially older and disabled people, people managing health conditions and families with young children. Since January there have been 10 reports of UK toilets having to close due to vandalism. In [Dareham](https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24870208.dereham-arson-attack-town-public-toilets-investigated/) Norfolk, the public toilet was closed due to it being deliberately set on fire. The [perpetrator](https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/norfolk/news/news/2025/march/dereham-arson-charge/) was caught and charged and the council then installed a [live webcam](https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25064226.live-webcam-installed-outside-dereham-public-toilets/) to monitor the entrance to the loos. However, Ashbourne Council in Derbyshire who had installed CCTV to monitor it’s provision because of vandalism, was reported by the [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj5n9dzypjo) that it appeared the cameras could view the entrance to the toilet cubicle. It would be interesting to know if this report has resulted in less people using this particular set of loos.

Sadly, crimes of a sexual nature are also reported to have taken place in toilets. Since January, six such incidents have taken place, all in the men’s toilet provision.

Toilets are often reported closed for maintenance. There have been four reports of these closures this year. However, two toilets in [Peacehaven](https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25037160.peacehaven-public-toilets-transformed-following-arson-attack/) and [Loddon Staithe](https://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/24864621.public-toilets-loddon-staithe-norfolk-now-reopened/) were reported to have reopened after successful refits following vandalism and a sewage leak.

## The Problems

A number of news reports have commented on how restricted opening hours are resulting in anti-social behaviour coming from people peeing in the street and in some cases pooing. [Haringey Council](https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/24890595.haringey-council-brings-1k-fine-urinating-public/) in London have decided to instigate heavy fines if people are caught doing this, whilst residents in [Hackney](https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/disgusted-londoners-fed-up-people-30857627) (London) and [Plymouth](https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/news-opinion/public-toilet-closures-blamed-antisocial-10070739) recognise that the lack of public toilets causes anti-social behaviour such as "weeing on walls".

The decline in general of public toilet provision has been noted and actively campaigned against by [Age UK London](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626wqyqzg1o). In [Scotland](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/public-toilets-scotland-shut-down-34406197) closures have become a political issue, and in Wales, [planned closures](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/communities-set-lose-public-toilets-31305601) have [people worried about going out](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/plans-close-public-toilets-branded-31336321).

The financial pressures many councils have has also resulted in planned closures in [Dartmoor](https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/dartmoor-public-toilets-close-due-10071543) and [Cambridge](https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/news-opinion/its-madness-plan-close-public-31036901). It is particularly sad to see two specific toilets close in Cambridge. The first is in Victoria Road, an architecturally designed facility that became affectionally known as the 'armadillo', and the second a similarly specially-designed provision at [Gonville Place](https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/concerns-visitors-could-caught-short-31009184) known as 'the roundabout'. Such planned closures in Cambridge (as elsewhere) have been called “madness” after public consultation which found 61% of people were against closures and recognised that such closures would lead to increased street urination.

A number of news reports this year have focused on the other uses of public toilet buildings. A toilet in [Whitley Bay](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/vera-whitley-bay-toilets-club-30888403) was used as a location shoot for a TV drama, and provision in [Wiveliscombe](https://somersetleveller.co.uk/news/plan-to-reduce-public-toilets-in-somerset-town-and-replace-it-with-community-building/) has refurbishment plans that include a community space. However, most of the Loos in the News focused on how toilet buildings were being reused not as loos. The [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjgz8wnd0o) reported on closed public toilets being converted into homes and a theatre. Toilets in [Bristol](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/diner-plan-bristol-public-toilets-10090564) were being considered for new eateries (remember what goes in must come out). Toilets in the [Isle of Thanet](https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2025/04/08/approval-for-westbrook-prom-former-public-toilets-to-be-converted-into-two-flats/#mh-comments) may be converted into flats (we do have a housing problem but we also have a public toilet problem). [Westminster](https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/disused-toilets-near-oxford-street-30939123) has agreed planning permission for one of its subterranean toilets to be converted into a bar (hopefully future customers will ‘go’ before they go), whilst [South Shields](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/politics/council/old-public-toilets-on-south-shields-seafront-gets-new-lease-of-life-as-self-service-dog-wash-5063299) are turning their public toilets into self service dog wash stations.

## People Power

Loos in the News often results in people taking action. A resident in the [Westmorland](https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24853064.woman-complains-government-watchdog-public-toilets/) area complained directly to the Local Government Ombudsman the use of card chargers for toilets being discriminatory against people who do not have access to electronic payment methods. However, the Ombudsman found they could not act as the decision was at a Town Council level. In contrast, residents of [Eastbourne](https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24853064.woman-complains-government-watchdog-public-toilets/) were in favour of card payment systems being installed if it meant the toilets stayed open.

A resident of [Stourbridge](https://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/24912759.rethink-demanded-plan-close-public-toilets-dudley/) has launched a campaign calling for a rethink of planned loo closures, and residents of [Llanrwst](https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/demolition-countdown-public-toilets-leaves-30944180) are hoping to stop the planned demolition of one of their toilet facilities. Reports of coach tours already not stopping at the popular tourist area will no doubt have a ripple effect for local businesses. 

It is not only residents who take action. A visitor to [Bournemouth](https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25061201.bcp-need-make-sure-clean-toilets-beach/) was reported to be unhappy with toilet provision at the popular beach. In response a member of the local council commented that more toilets would be open as the "summer season begins". As our weather becomes more erratic perhaps local councils should be more responsive, especially given the [economic benefits](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/15/welcome-green-shoots-warm-march-weather-gives-11-lift-to-uk-retail-sales) of out-of-season sunny spells.

Many residents will write letters to their local papers about their local provision. A resident of Bournemouth asked ‘[what’s happened to all the public toilets?’](https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25059476.letter-whats-happened-public-toilets-/). Many seaside towns close provision off season, but this often causes problems for residents who rely on loos all year round. A letter in [Scotland](https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24849585.public-toilets-issue-dignity-everyone---especially-women/) detailed how the lack of provision affected everyone, especially women who make up the majority of caring roles, and have aspects of biology to manage (pregnancy, periods and menopause). Letters in Salisbury warned of [‘serious consequences’](https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24850114.serious-consequences-salisbury-public-toilets-close/) and the [‘crazy decision’](https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24850114.serious-consequences-salisbury-public-toilets-close/) of planned closures.

## And Finally

There will always be odd news about toilets. Although not a public loo, the [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjev7vn4qp0o) reported on the inside story of the theft of the gold toilet at Blenheim Palace, whilst in [Sheffield,](https://www.thestar.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-crisis-in-the-public-toilet-network-thats-something-to-sing-about-5000825) Handsworth and Hallam Theatre Company are staging the award-winning show ‘Urinetown’ in which water shortages make private toilets illegal, so citizens have to pay to use the public loos. I think this calls for a day out for the Toilet Map team.

It will be interesting to see how these news stories develop. Will toilets be saved? Will toilets be built? See you in August for the next Loos in the News round up.

Loos in the News

Ollie

Welcome to the Toilet Map blog! We’re kicking off with a wrap of the year, to thank our contributors for every edit and give you a little insight into how the Toilet Map keeps up-to-date.

**First, some stats!**

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## New toilets

We've had **854 toilets** added to the Toilet Map this year, with another 800 updates of toilets we already show.

That’s amazing!

## Website Visits

**396,000 of you** visited the Toilet Map in 2024.

That’s 40% more than 2023, we’re on a (toilet) roll!

### Where did our visitors come from?

Here's a look at how visitors are discovering—and interacting with—the Toilet Map, based on the numbers:

| Source                | Visitors | Bounce Rate | Visit Duration |
| --------------------- | -------- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Direct / None         | 183k     | 61%         | 1m 42s         |
| Google                | 149k     | 55%         | 1m 36s         |
| news.motability.co.uk | 13.2k    | 42%         | 2m 02s         |
| visitlondon.com       | 8.5k     | 42%         | 2m 36s         |
| messages.uber.com     | 5.3k     | 61%         | 21s            |
| Bing                  | 5.1k     | 38%         | 3m 02s         |
| Facebook              | 3.6k     | 67%         | 43s            |
| DuckDuckGo            | 3.4k     | 43%         | 2m 30s         |
| Reddit                | 2.9k     | 36%         | 1m 46s         |
| secretldn.com         | 2.5k     | 59%         | 51s            |

Over 183,000 valiant explorers charted their own course straight to the Toilet Map, it seems many of them dive in, quickly check for the nearest loo, and head off to answer nature’s call. We're really happy that such a large number of people know to directly visit the site when they are in an hour of need.

Huge thanks to [Motability](https://www.motability.co.uk/) and [Visit London](https://www.visitlondon.com/) who have consistently referenced the map on their sites. Visitors tend to spend longer exploring the site, and their visits span across multiple pages.

We're not quite sure how Uber are using the service, but we're glad that they've found a use for it!

Social media was a large driver for engagement. We found that Reddit in particular was a source of engaged users, with people often recommending the Toilet Map as part of community discussions about public toilet provision across the country[^reddit-thread].

[^reddit-thread]: Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/1ch152r/toilets_around_scotland_advice_ibd_disease/l1zhztr/

**So, who's really been winning in 2024?**

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## 2024 Council of the year **(most updates to toilet data)**

### **London Borough of Tower Hamlets**

Kudos to London Borough of Tower Hamlets who are using the Toilet Map to support their new Community Toilet Scheme (CTS), pipping CTS veterans London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames to the crown.

Our toilet mapping activity has covered the British Isles, right up to the 15 newly mapped loos on the Shetland Islands.

Special kudos to the person/s who added and updated 39 toilets on **Guernsey & Sark** back in April - one of our biggest updates and outside of our local area boundaries so missing from our Top Ten - it nearly snuck through! Locals and holidaymakers alike will be very grateful.

Edits may have been made by a member of the public, a council officer, another professional, or occasionally by us on the council’s behalf (current rate: flattery)

Here are the ten council areas with the most updates (new entry, edit or removal) in 2024

| Rank | Council Area                           | Total Updates | New Entries |
| ---- | -------------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------- |
| 1    | London Borough of Tower Hamlets        | 88            | 46          |
| 2    | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 81            | 47          |
| 3    | Dumfries and Galloway Council          | 73            | 24          |
| 4    | Argyll and Bute Council                | 64            | 15          |
| 5    | Birmingham City Council                | 50            | 15          |
| 6    | Westminster City Council               | 46            | 21          |
| 7    | London Borough of Southwark            | 35            | 21          |
| 8    | Wiltshire Council                      | 31            | 15          |
| 9    | Allerdale Borough Council              | 30            | 15          |
| 10   | Shetland Islands                       | 29            | 15          |

## 2024 Loo of the year (most visited page) 

### **Trafalgar Square** Public Toilets (4.1K hits) [^trafalgar-details]

![A landscape photograph of Trafalgar Square with the Fourth Plinth in the foreground and St Martins Church in the distance.
The entrance to the toilets is between them with a black totem sign reading 'Toilets' and symbols for male, female and accessible toilets.
The National Gallery is behind, on a raised level.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/David_Shrigley%27s_fourth_plinth_%2830730433995%29.jpg/640px-David_Shrigley%27s_fourth_plinth_%2830730433995%29.jpg "Fourth Plinth and public toilets, Trafalgar Square. Credit: Matt Brown / David Shrigley’s fourth plinth / CC-BY 2.0")

[^trafalgar-details]:
    The Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, showing entrance to public toilets behind.
    **Attribution:** Matt Brown from London, England, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

No surprises here as the map defaults to Trafalgar Square, London if it doesn’t know your location. That's why it has twice the hits of the next most popular toilet on our website. But why did we choose Trafalgar Square?

Well, London is instantly recognisable due to our familiarity with the place names, helping visitors to orientate themselves. And Trafalgar Square is special in both mapping and toilets.

Why? Here are some fun facts:

* Distances to/from London are measured from Trafalgar Square - specifically, the traffic island to the south of Nelson’s Column, a 6-way junction known as ‘Charing Cross’.
* This used to be the location of the final Eleanor Cross, a series of monuments positioned down the East of England. The monument still exists, and is now located outside Charing Cross Station.
* The loos at Trafalgar Square are a huge set of public toilets, and the only ones managed by the Mayor of London (not personally), if we ignore for a moment TfL loos and those at City Hall. They were built as part of the Square’s redevelopment and pedestrianisation in 2003.

The other toilets in our Top 10 are more likely due to massive tourist numbers from Big Ben to Piccadilly Circus. But watch out - Westminster Underground Station toilets on Parliament Street are currently closed for [much needed redevelopment](https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/westminster-and-hugh-broughton-roll-out-12-7m-toilets-revamp-proposals?eea=*EEA*&eea=WnlTak8yRFh3ZzBNT29Wallnd25uRXVVa3pjaDI1UWdDaXM3NS9Ud1grND0%3D&utm_source=acs&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FABS_AJ_EDI_SUBS_DAILY_19_11_24&deliveryName=DM289884) by Westminster City Council.

### Most visited toilet pages

| Rank | Location                                                                                                     | Visits |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| 1    | [Trafalgar Square](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/9c87f46cef7571c34d4a9f6a)                               | 4.1K   |
| 2    | [Charing Cross Station](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/b3d7be6461b0d74c913219f0)                          | 2.6K   |
| 3    | [Cafe in the Crypt](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/a5187bec9c4c584ab68734d3)                              | 2.5K   |
| 4    | [Westminster Underground Station (in subway)](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/1b2a8eca18a105b40607fb79)    | 2.2K   |
| 5    | [Horse Guards toilets](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/da2d6315d2d29d364869d0f8)                           | 2.1K   |
| 6    | [Craven Street Temporary Urinal](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/c6fd90101169345ac973c15f)                 | 2.1K   |
| 7    | [Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/2f55f7ab3b94a4396870ff78)           | 2K     |
| 8    | [Westminster Bridge](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/97d128d08d0fdf9111a6054d)                             | 2K     |
| 9    | [The National Gallery](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/644a91db011d9a18db57e8ef)                           | 1.8K   |
| 10   | [Piccadilly Circus - inside Underground Station](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/c49bebbca720d77c5ea1a1bc) | 1.8K   |

**So, how did the year start?**

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## 2024 First edit of the year 

### Friockheim Public Toilet Block, Scotland [^friockheim-attr]

![A brick church with red door, cream window surrounds and a clock tower.
It sits at the corner of a road junction, twice the height of the village buildings behind.
The sky is blue with stormy clouds.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Friockheim_and_Kinnell_Parish_Kirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1455639.jpg "Friockheim and Kinnell Parish Kirk, Scotland. Credit: Anne Burgess / Friockheim and Kinnell Parish Kirk / CC BY-SA 2.0")

[^friockheim-attr]:
    Friockheim and Kinnell Parish Church.
    **Attribution:** Anne Burgess / Friockheim and Kinnell Parish Kirk / CC BY-SA 2.0

We had one toilet updated last New Year’s Day, and what a loo it was!

[Friockheim Public Toilet Block](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/9bf2c4f5fa6e78a72e5f1f93) on the East Coast of Scotland. A locally-run toilet, managed by volunteers, and refurbished following a fire in 2021[^friockheim-more-details].

[^friockheim-more-details]: **Details:** Owned By Angus Council & Maintained [Friockheim Park Community Volunteers](https://friockheimpark.weebly.com/) Community Group. Male & Female Toilet Facilities, Award Winning, Community Maintained, Clean & Safe. We are pleased to be able to provide Free Period Products in the ladies toilets in partnership with HeyGirls & Free Period Angus. Farnell Road, Friockheim, Arbroath, DD11 4XB

Friockheim also boasts a 24h [Changing Places toilet at The Hub @ Friockheim](https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=1451), impressive stuff for a village of 1130 people.

So now we've covered the first update of the year... **[will yours be the last?](https://www.toiletmap.org.uk/loos/add)**

## And that's a wrap!

Thank you so much for every edit made to the map, whether you have added, edited or removed a toilet online, or sent us details of changes to make, by email or the feedback box. We’re grateful for every input, to help us help you find the loo!

Here’s to more and better toilet mapping in 2025 x

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Toilet Map Blog

Loos in the News

Gender Neutral Toilets on the Toilet Map

Our 2024 (Toilet) Roll of Honour