Public Toilets: Resources
Local Council Toilet Map
Age UK London has created a unique map showing the actions taken by Local Authorities across London on toilet provision. This map will be updated and we invite councils to let us know what they are doing to provide more toilets.
Presentations and Materials from London Councils Event 18th April 2023
Cardiff Council Presentation (ppt)
Cardiff Council Toilet Guide (pdf)
Cardiff Council Community Toilet Scheme Leaflet (pdf)
Cardiff Council Community Toilet Scheme Sticker (png)
Tower Hamlets - Community Toilet Scheme Presentation (ppt)
Tower Hamlets Community Toilet Scheme Leaflet A5 (pdf)
Tower Hamlets Community Toilet Scheme Sticker (pdf)
Tower Hamlets Toilet Poster (pdf)
Tower Hamlets Community Toilet Scheme Welcome Leaflet A5 (pdf)
Lewisham Community Toilets Map (pdf)
Gail Ramster Royal College of Art/Helen Hamlyn School of Design Presentation (pdf)
Age UK Blog
- London Councils Event by Dom Taylor
Public toilets: Reports, guides and other information
Overview
- Local authorities. Planning, development and public information – briefing paper – Age UK London (2022)
- Improving Public Access to Better Quality Toilets A Strategic Guide – Communities and Local Government (2008)
- The Toilet Paper – London Assembly Health Committee (2021)
- Royal Society for Public Health – Taking the Piss – The decline of the great British public toilet (2019)
- Toilet Manifesto for London – KOVE and Positive Ageing in London (2020)
The Views of Londoners
Toilet strategies
- Local authorities and toilet strategies – briefing paper – Age UK London (2022)
- Local toilet strategy – Cardiff Council (2022)
Inclusive design
- Publicly Accessible Toilets after COVID-19: a 2021 update to inclusive design guidance – Royal College of Art (2021)
- Publicly Accessible Toilets: An Inclusive Design Guide – Jo-Anne Bichard & Gail Ramster (2011)
- What a great public toilet looks like by Dr John Miles of KOVE
Engaged project (reusing empty premises for public toilets)
- Regeneration Workshop report – Public Toilets Research Unit (2022)
- On-the-Ground: DLR report – Public Toilets Research Unit & PiM (2022)
- Pre-feasibility Study – Public Toilets Research Unit & PiM (2022)
Community Toilet Schemes
- Community Toilet Schemes Briefing Paper – Age UK London (2022)
- Report by Margit Physant MSc – Age UK London (2022)
Presentation, Local campaigning (London Loos), Age UK London, May 2023
Loos for Haringey campaign group
Additional resources