The Toilets Innovation and New Knowledge Exchange (TINKLE) is here to connect you with design knowledge about public toilets, customer toilets, workplace toilets and other non-domestic toilet facilities. 

We have the latest in toilets information, guidance and ideas in the UK, for those who are interested in the design, management and operation of toilets.

TINKLE aims to create better toilets for all, by sharing existing resources, providing a network of toilet experts available to contact, and by encouraging open discussion of challenges in toilet design.

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An outdoor space, between two single-story buildings at right angles. The far building has many doors with toilet symbols. The side building has storage, for the play equipment that fills the space. There are trees and seating, as well as plants on the building roofs. A sign on the right says 'Engaged'

Engaged: a toilet on every high street

by | August 16, 2023 | PDF | 0 Comments

Engaged is a design research project by Royal College of Art and PiM.Studio Architects. It’s aim is to investigate the reuse of vacant high street units as toilets. The Engaged Final Report shares how our research, findings and new directions for this idea. It...
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Image of Front page of Guide, orange background, toilet roll with 'Don't Panic' written on the last piece

Publicly Accessible Toilets after COVID-19: an update to design guidance

by | April 6, 2022 | Guidance | 0 Comments

This new guidance shows how future toilets can be designed to be more hygienic, and also more accessible and inclusive, as a critical part of public health infrastructure. “In the wake of COVID-19 there is an opportunity to consider the future of public toilet...
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Image of Front page of Guide, orange background, toilet roll with 'Don't Panic' written on the last piece

Publicly Accessible Toilets after COVID-19: an update to design guidance

by | April 6, 2022 | Guidance | 0 Comments

This new guidance shows how future toilets can be designed to be more hygienic, and also more accessible and inclusive, as a critical part of public health infrastructure. “In the wake of COVID-19 there is an opportunity to consider the future of public toilet...
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RESOURCES

Find published information on toilet design. Our resource bank includes guidance, standards, regulation, toolkits, websites and research.
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Network

Connect with our network for expert or peer-to-peer advice. Our network includes experts across many aspects of toilets, available for contact. 
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LATRINALIA

Our forum, open to all, where you can ask and answer questions, participate in open debate, share new resources, support campaigns and enable research.
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TINKLE is managed by the Public Toilets Research Unit (PTRU), in partnership with the Toilet Consortium and the British Toilet Association. 

The PTRU undertakes inclusive and people-centred design research to improve toilet provision for all. The PTRU is part of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, at the Royal College of Art.