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Did IanVisits not used to have such a map?
dg writes: Yes indeed, www.toiletmap.co.uk
Appears to have disappeared, though.
martin | 07.12.17 - 7:05 a.m. | #
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Most NHS public hospitals are open and have public toilets. For example St. Thomas' by Westminster bridge.
Some University buildings around central London are open for public events and have toilets.
John | 07.12.17 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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Do hotels count.
1) Guoman Tower Hotel, Tower Bridge North side
2) Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury
dg writes: I was thinking not.
Stephen | 07.12.17 - 7:32 a.m. | #
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How come shops are fine, but pubs aren't? A Wetherspoons is usually a good option.
dg writes: Because we could overfill the map with pubs. I'm only mentioning big department stores.
Gav | 07.12.17 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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The TfL map shows Barons Court station, but I never managed to find it there.
Greg S | 07.12.17 - 7:41 a.m. | #
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What’s the difference between a publicly accessible loo in a department store and a “community toilet”?
Dan | 07.12.17 - 7:53 a.m. | #
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Isn't it slightly odd to have a separate entry for "South Bank"? I immediately looked at Lambeth and was about to send you stuff on the RFH, BFI etc, when I noticed that it was listed separately. Half the places listed there are in Lambeth and half in Southwark. I'd add the Globe Theatre to that list too - there are free loos when the box-office is open, although they're downstairs and rather hard to find.
dg writes: "Half the places listed there are in Lambeth and half in Southwark." is why I have a separate South Bank category.
Baldassaro | 07.12.17 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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Somerset House have perhaps the best I've seen. And while not encouraged many station barriers are climbable.
The toiletmap app still works.
toby | 07.12.17 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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In my experience TfL station toilets are all free, though as the map shows, some are within the barrier line and so do not qualify under today's criteria.
As the dagger symbol that indicates non-TfL provision is qualified with "You may be charged for these facilities" it rather implies all TfL toilets attract no charge.
Shieldsman | 07.12.17 - 9:28 a.m. | #
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The concept of a "community toilet" fills me with dread!
Tim W | 07.12.17 - 9:37 a.m. | #
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I'm amazed at the number of those in stations. I didn't think any were free anymore!
On the whole though, I try not to use any pubic toilets in Central London after some very horrific experiences. I pity the poor employees tasked with cleaning them!
Cornish Cockney | 07.12.17 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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This gentleman is an expert
http://recycledbogrollblues.blogspot.co.uk
Stockwell Toilet Watch | 07.12.17 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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It's a scandal the way that public loos are seen as just costs that can be scrapped rather than as an essential facility: look at an old street plan and you'll see that the vast majority have been axed. It's not just an inconvenience, it's a matter of public hygiene and it can't be good for road safety when there's nowhere available on an overnight drive.
It's all very well trying to be inclusive, but when you gotta go, you gotta go ! So you need to include all the gents-only ones that pop up overnight e.g. at Cambridge Circus and Villiers Street.
IIRC the loos at the flagship Canary Wharf tube station have been replaced by shops.
dg writes: ...and replaced, on the opposite side.
Gerry | 07.12.17 - 10:30 a.m. | #
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What are "Community Toilets"?
Green | 07.12.17 - 12:52 p.m. | #
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The Barbican no longer have male and female toilets. They have toilets with urinals and gender neutral ones.
Antipodean | 07.12.17 - 2:05 p.m. | #
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Not sure I understand the distinction between shopping centres and supermarkets. O2 centre is in but Sainsbury’s out. Both are privately owned retail environments accessible by the general public. Wouldn’t it be better to have both or neither?
Thomas | 07.12.17 - 2:05 p.m. | #
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I work in a restaurant on charing cross road and it amazes me how many people think they can use it as a public toilet. Now I've got no problem with someone who asks politely if they can use it, but the people who just ignore all staff members and charge downstairs are really annoying.
Before anyone says this is harsh, try having to clean up human excrement when someone has managed to miss the toilet. It's basically to check that they're ok and not going to cause any problems, in the same way you'd deny them service in the restaurant if they were too drunk or out if it.
As far as looking for a free toilet when I'm out and about, Wetherspoons is always a decent bet for a relatively clean loo. At Westfield Stratford, I prefer the toilets in M&S or John Lewis than the ones in the centre
Lumma | 07.12.17 - 3:25 p.m. | #
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In answer to the question about Barons Court - the gents toilet is up on the bridge over the track. If you are entering the station from the street, it is directly ahead of you as you walk through the ticket barrier. Not sure where the ladies is though...
John McIntyre | Homepage | 07.12.17 - 3:41 p.m. | #
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Are any of these toilets open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
popartist | 07.12.17 - 4:04 p.m. | #
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On asking to use toilets in pubs:
1) For the desperate would-be user, it is a risk management exercise. If I ask and they say "no", then it will be very difficult to use it. If I don't ask, by the time a staff member objects (if they do) I will probably be already relieved.
2) Someone who is sufficiently drunk or careless or anti-social to leave a mess is probably not going to ask anyway, whatever signs or conventions say.
Malcolm | 07.12.17 - 4:49 p.m. | #
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I've never tried it personally, but I'm led to understand that holding a phone to one ear and pretending to have a conversation while walking through a pub that you have entered just to use the toilet (and then holding it while walking out of the pub afterwards) will decrease the risk of embarrassment. People are less likely to express discontent at someone who's in the middle of a phone call, and you have a better excuse for ignoring them if they do. (Or have pub staff become wise to this trick ages ago?)
Chris | Homepage | 07.12.17 - 8:43 p.m. | #
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It would be interesting to know what proportion of the listings not within academic or cultural institutions have fully 'accessible' facilities.
NckW | 07.12.17 - 11:45 p.m. | #
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Shieldsman
There are some chargeable ones on the Underground, at least the Gents on the Southbound platform at Ealing Common needed a 20p coin to access last time I was there.
Al | 08.12.17 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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I guess most of these toilets would be closed after 8pm.
MikeH | 08.12.17 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Malcolm | 07.12.17 - 4:49 p.m.
Malcolm, that reminds me of the saying "Better to ask forgiveness than ask permission"
Neesy | 08.12.17 - 9:43 a.m. | #
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My Uncle Fred tells me that every betting shop has a toilet and you are unlikely to be challenged if you stroll in to use it. As a female, would I want to chance a betting shop loo? Eeeugh.
I always check the Great British Public Toilet Map before leaving home for a new destination. If I haven't located a good prospect, I search out a decent sized doctors/medical centre, or the Town Hall. I smile at the reception staff, lament the loss of public loos and politely ask to use theirs.
In the countryside I enjoy a bush wee.
Neesy | 08.12.17 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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When the call comes to save this country from further decline, one of my first executive decisions will be to make all public toilets free and to order a nationwide programme of constructing new ones. I shall then sit back and bask in the mass idolatry, particularly from older folk.
JohnC | 08.12.17 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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How has Morrisons crept in when other supermarkets don't ?
dg writes: Just to annoy people.
Aren't supermarkets open longer hours than libraries so are more publicly available ?
kevin clarke | 08.12.17 - 12:21 p.m. | #
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@neesy I once used a bookies toilet in east London without asking and I was threatened with the police being called and that she was going to open the door from the outside (which was impossible as I had it bolted from the inside)
Lumma | 08.12.17 - 3:18 p.m. | #
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Foyles in Charing Cross Road has free toilets on the 5th floor
Smith | 08.12.17 - 9:48 p.m. | #
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As a person who suffers with bladder problems I am often faced with the issue of finding a toilet.And when you need to go, you need to go. There is, however something to help those who find themselves with the same problem as me. You can go on the internet and get a RADAR key. This opens disabled toilets, and means you can use them. I have found places such as Wickford Station, Crystal Palace Bus station etc , often only have a disabled toilet , or the main toilet is locked or broken. I have also used it at Clapham Junc for free use rather than pay for the station toilet. This however does not stop places where everything is shut, such as happened on a trip to Westerham.
david s | 11.12.17 - 5:01 p.m. | #
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where is the map ?
what looks like a link at the start of the post, is just some underlined text !!
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The City has a Community Toilet Scheme that I've definitely made use of - https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/transport-and-streets/clean-streets/Pages/Community-Toilet-Scheme-(CTS).aspx
Andrea | 15.12.17 - 7:21 p.m. | #
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