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British Standards
Summary:
This part of BS 6465 provides recommendations and guidance intended for those responsible for the surveying, assessing, planning, commissioning, designing, managing and use of public toilets.
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Publication date:
2010
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Keywods:
Public Toilets
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Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Hertfordshire Constabulary Crime Prevention Design Service; British Toilet Association
Summary:
This Guide is aimed at the Police Service, Architects, Local Authorities and any other individual or organisation involved with: building new toilet facilities; the refurbishment of existing facilities; dealing with problem sites.
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Publication date:
2010
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Crime & Anti-social BehaviourDesignPublic Toilets
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Design Guide

Author/s:
Royal Society for Public Health
Summary:
RSPH has published a report revealing the dire state of our public conveniences and its impact on the public’s health. The findings shed light on the health burden of declining public toilet provision, which directly hampers some of the UK’s wider public health efforts.
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Publication date:
2019
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Keywods:
Public HealthPublic Toilets
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Report

Author/s:
Public Convenience Ltd
Summary:
The Great British Public Toilet Map is a website to help people find toilets across the UK. It is the UK's largest database of publicly-accessible toilets, with over 13000 facilities. The information comes from the public who maintain the map for others by adding, editing or removing toilets. We also use open data and include information from councils, OpenStreetMap, private companies and organisations.
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Publication date:
2020
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Keywods:
DataLocationPublic Toilets
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Author/s:
Around the Toilet
Summary:
This website aims to show that the design of toilets is both fascinating and worthy of further exploration, but crucially that toilets provide a gateway to a much more holistic approach to making better places and spaces.
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Publication date:
2017
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Keywods:
DesignInclusionPublic Toilets
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
N/A
Summary:
Established in 1999, the British Toilet Association (BTA) is a Not-for-Profit Members Organisation working to promote the highest possible standards of hygiene and provision in all “away from home” toilet facilities across the United Kingdom.
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Publication date:
2020
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Keywods:
CampaignNewsPublic Toilets
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Organisation or Campaign