http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Public Toilets en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:13:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-383396 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:11:19 +0000 chdot 383396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Access to public toilets is a fundamental necessity. Improved access to these facilities means better inclusion in local communities and the city, benefiting everyone. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.thrivinggreenspaces.scot/project/public-toilets-edinburgh’s-parks/1" rel="nofollow">https://www.thrivinggreenspaces.scot/project/public-toilets-edinburgh’s-parks/1</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-380696 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:18:50 +0000 chdot 380696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/21/i-dream-about-toilets-i-admit-it-the-man-on-a-mission-to-improve-britains-loos" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/21/i-dream-about-toilets-i-admit-it-the-man-on-a-mission-to-improve-britains-loos</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-378800 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:37:26 +0000 chdot 378800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Local businesses and residents have shared their frustration after Edinburgh Council failed to find funding for new public toilets in Portobello ahead of the summer season</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-locals-fume-council-fail-31073245" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-locals-fume-council-fail-31073245</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-374070 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:44:52 +0000 gembo 374070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent public for those caught short and other vested interests.</p> <p>Cottage industry no less.</p> <p>Had bizarre story from bike shop in Douglas. The community council had a benevolent donation from the wind farm owner to buy the long closed lavatories. </p> <p>£7k</p> <p>South Lanarkshire Council sold them to another bidder for £14k.</p> <p>They are now back on the market for £28k if you fancy some bogs? No way to develop them into anything else. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-374051 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:37:51 +0000 chdot 374051@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>is- Accessible map of Edinburgh <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/jcaGa7pUNXqrAcC6A" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/jcaGa7pUNXqrAcC6A</a> Totally free, no ads, should work on almost any phone and I can update it if people tell me what to add/edit. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/teamgreenjacket/status/1768405052253684103?" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/teamgreenjacket/status/1768405052253684103?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-373213 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 20:24:26 +0000 chdot 373213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/02/britons-on-the-scarcity-of-public-toilets" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/02/britons-on-the-scarcity-of-public-toilets</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-371654 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:25:33 +0000 chdot 371654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>interesting news for the @LivingRent_Edi Gorgie/Dalry public toilet campaign in Council papers released tonight</p> <p>turns out the developer of the site at the corner of Dalry Rd &amp; Morrison St has a legal duty to include a public toilet....</p> <p>1/2</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/rsmcksg/status/1723054762109641036" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/rsmcksg/status/1723054762109641036</a></p> <p>“</p> <p>while it seems clear at this stage of the development that there are no plans to include a public toilet there, perhaps this could be an opportunity to get funds for one elsewhere in the area</p> <p>more information at Item 7.3 in the link below: </p> <p>2/2</p> <p><a href="https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&amp;MId=6734" rel="nofollow">https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&amp;MId=6734</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/rsmcksg/status/1723054769483268203" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/rsmcksg/status/1723054769483268203</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-371408 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:45:39 +0000 steveo 371408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>With all the things the tourist tax could be used for it is going to have to be pretty substantial. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-371404 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:44:42 +0000 chdot 371404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/edinburgh-tourist-tax-council-could-use-money-raised-to-help-pay-for-public-toilets-and-removing-graffiti-4392683" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/edinburgh-tourist-tax-council-could-use-money-raised-to-help-pay-for-public-toilets-and-removing-graffiti-4392683</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-357305 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:01:02 +0000 chdot 357305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/01/the-urinary-leash-how-the-death-of-public-toilets-traps-and-trammels-us-all" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/01/the-urinary-leash-how-the-death-of-public-toilets-traps-and-trammels-us-all</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=3#post-355824 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:24:50 +0000 Yodhrin 355824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Men, eh" - go to a festival or two and any notion you have that it's a gendered issue will quickly vanish. I recall once waking up in the tent and thinking "huh, forecast wasn't for rain today...". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-355818 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:57:26 +0000 chdot 355818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-plans-new-public-toilets-as-part-of-deals-for-cafes-in-citys-premier-parks-3421297" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-plans-new-public-toilets-as-part-of-deals-for-cafes-in-citys-premier-parks-3421297</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-350763 Mon, 17 May 2021 13:22:02 +0000 steveo 350763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Corstorphine public toilets up for sale including office space at the rear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-350759 Mon, 17 May 2021 11:10:34 +0000 chdot 350759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/edinburgh-council-urged-to-explain-decision-which-looks-like-spelling-closure-for-colintons-public-toilets-3237883" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/edinburgh-council-urged-to-explain-decision-which-looks-like-spelling-closure-for-colintons-public-toilets-3237883</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349906 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:28:22 +0000 gembo 349906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lack of discretion, attempt to find a Bush or loup a wall </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349889 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:12:28 +0000 fimm 349889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gembo, is your objection to them peeing outdoors, or merely their lack of discretion? (Men are very variable in the latter, I find.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349866 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:40:15 +0000 gembo 349866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good points Rosie</p> <p>I was coming down the Maidens Cleugh off the Pentlands towards Harlaw last night</p> <p>Three cats really tanking it. With The fastest One I was able to warn some quite doddery dog walkers to get out the way as he was taking no prisoners.</p> <p>Then I am bumbling down as very rutted and I was on a tourer.</p> <p>What are these guys up to in the middle of the path with no bushes or even the drystane.</p> <p>You guessed it. A big pee pee. FFS</p> <p>Ranger Centre loo shut but cuh mon. In Mallorca the Germans on the Max Train will just pee next to you.</p> <p>Men eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349865 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:20:01 +0000 Rosie 349865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the Cramond esplanade there is an offical-looking sign that directs you to the public toilet. Kudos to them. </p> <p>Cafes being closed have made outings more difficult for those of us who aren't blokes.</p> <p>Provision of public toilets was a big feminist issue in the nineteenth century. That was one reason for the popularity of department stores - they were somewhere clean and safe for women to relieve themselves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349837 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:25:42 +0000 urchaidh 349837@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Two out of three public loos have closed in Portobello, four if you include the Tardis automated loo that used to be on the prom. One permanent closure at the pumping station, one long term at the cross.</p> <p>The closed set of loos is to become a 'Lobster and Champagne Bar' and there was talk of trying to take one set of loos into community ownership - Porty, eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349824 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:13:00 +0000 crowriver 349824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They didn't consult anyone before closing the toilets in London Road Gardens. Now converted into offices, home to several creative/design/advertising businesses. The toilets at Haymarket are long gone too.</p> <p>Clearly the Council were more hesitant about upsetting the residents of certain other areas, but the now the axe of ongoing public sector austerity "lite" will fall there too... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349814 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:38:53 +0000 chdot 349814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The</em> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_F.C.">Cottagers</a>?</p> <p>‘Interesting’ fact -</p> <p>Direct connection with Edinburgh - <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Leitch">architect</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349813 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:34:57 +0000 gembo 349813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I say Consult The Cottagers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-349807 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:42:48 +0000 chdot 349807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/health/edinburgh-councils-threat-to-close-public-toilets-at-colinton-sparks-residents-protests-3208358" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/health/edinburgh-councils-threat-to-close-public-toilets-at-colinton-sparks-residents-protests-3208358</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-336113 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:26:34 +0000 steveo 336113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pro-tip for Pitlochry. There is a good set of toilets in the Faskally Forest car park a few miles out of town; they're (usually) both clean and free. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-336112 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:19:54 +0000 Roibeard 336112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Netherlands doesn't have much by way of <a href="https://www.expatica.com/nl/living/integration/public-toilets-a-dutch-inconvenience-102089/">public toilets at all</a> - even shopping centres won't necessarily have them!</p> <p>Hot tip for the touring cyclist - libraries usually have toilets that aren't just for staff!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-336108 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:03:16 +0000 gembo 336108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The one toilet in Blair Atholl had a fair sized queue though on the plus side we all held the door open for each other so did not need to pay the 20p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-336106 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:45:15 +0000 unhurt 336106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/27/britain-public-toilets-coronavirus-private-interests">Britain's desperate lack of public toilets says so much about our country</a></p> <p>"Roaming the streets of Bristol with my son, before and during the pandemic, I’ve found myself doing what many others can’t do so easily: I’ve broken the law by pissing in parks and scrapyards, my son in his buggy or strapped to my chest an unwitting accomplice to my heinous crimes. If I wasn’t an able-bodied cis man, this would either be much harder or it would be impossible. If I weren’t a white man, I would most likely attract far more attention and would, if discovered by law enforcement officers, find it far harder to talk my way out of trouble. If I was homeless, and had no access to a public facility, it would be used as an excuse to remove me from public land.</p> <p>A society’s provision of public toilets may seem like a small thing but it cuts to the heart of almost everything. When out in the world, at some point everybody needs to use the toilet. Yet so often in this country we have to pay money for the privilege of doing something we have no real control over, particularly – and really this list could be endless – if we are disabled, or on our period, or pregnant, or with a baby, or suffer from a digestive disease.</p> <p>What we have in the demise of public toilets in Britain is a story with which we are becoming more and more familiar – a story about a place that sold off public space to private interests." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-336002 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:12:43 +0000 chdot 336002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/loo-with-a-view-transparent-public-toilets-installed-in-tokyo-parks" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/loo-with-a-view-transparent-public-toilets-installed-in-tokyo-parks</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-304140 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:05:46 +0000 chdot 304140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-waverley-toilet-charges-have-been-scrapped-at-last-1-4899068" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-waverley-toilet-charges-have-been-scrapped-at-last-1-4899068</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14078&page=2#post-293801 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:44:17 +0000 chdot 293801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/profscottthinks/status/1053245304814878720" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/profscottthinks/status/1053245304814878720</a> </p>