Public Conveniences

Newquay Town Council’s public conveniences move to summer opening hours:

Following the recent Government announcement that pubs, restaurants, and holiday accommodation are able to re-open from Saturday 4th July, Newquay Town Council has made the decision to extend the opening times of its public conveniences to summer hours from Friday 3rd July. This is to prepare for an increase in visitors during the summer months.

Newquay Town Council opened its accessible toilet facilities to the public on 8th June to make toilet provision available after lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Only the accessible cubicles were opened to comply with social distancing regulations. These accessible facilities will now be open for longer from 3rd July and will continue to be available for anyone to use, not just those with accessibility issues. The toilets will still be on a free to use for all basis and the Facilities team will continue to follow a step change in cleaning.

The below accessible toilets at each facility are open and their opening times are as follows:

• Chester Road (one toilet only: right-hand side, unisex). Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-18:00
• Railway Station. Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-20:00
• Killacourt. Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-20:00
• Trenance Gardens. Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-20:00
• Pentire Headland (one unisex toilet only: toilet closest to the Kraken/car park). Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-20:00
• Fore Street (on pay because this model cannot be switched to free). Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-20:00
• Watergate Bay. Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-21:00
• Porth. Summer Opening Hours: 09:00-21:00
• Esplanade. Summer Opening Hours: 9:00-21:00
• Harbour (accessible only, these facilities are not owned or operated by Newquay Town Council - we clean them via contract only). Summer Opening Hours: open 24/7

Strict social distancing and cleaning measures have been implemented by the Newquay Town Council Facilities Team to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in its public conveniences. Signage has been installed to assist with queuing and handwashing, required PPE has been procured for staff, and hand wash units have been reprogrammed to comply with current guidance.

Each facility is cleaned on a regular basis and is subject to a rigid timescale. As such they will be closed when being cleaned.. 

The Council will be monitoring the situation closely, but until social distancing measures are relaxed further - along with clear evidence on staff and user safety; the Town Council will only be progressing with opening individual accessible toilets within each facility, not the wider urinals, cubicles or indeed enclosed showers, at this stage.