WESTMINSTER 2012 TEAM TOILET GOLD MEDAL WINNER

Many travelers and urban dwellers retain mental notes regarding handy public restrooms–Starbucks are fine but sometimes one must to ask for a key, Sainsburys usually have a baby change, etc. etc.   But what is the bird’s eye view of London’s WCs?   Which of the 34 London boroughs is most favorable for those caught short far from home?

In the spirit of the 2012 Olympics, we decided to run a comparison of all the public loos in the Bathroom Diaries database.  We found some surprising and not so surprising results.

TEAM WESTMINSTER wins the Gold with 116 loos registered with the Bathroom Diaries (the ZAGATs of restroom reviews).   Nipping at Westminster’s heels is TEAM WANDSWORTH with 113 toilets.   TEAM CITY OF LONDON is not even close for third with 99.

The sad and distant last place is a three-way tie between Hackney, Havering, and Hillingdon with three toilets each.

In the category of Disabled Toilets, Westminster and Wandsworth dominates again for first and second place with 62 and 57 toilets respectively, but Camden edges out the City of London for third.

However in the Baby Change Event, there is an upset!  Richmond Upon Thames has an impressive 34 toilets with changing facilities and Brent is second with 22.

Final results are below.  – for

	Toilets	Disabled Toilets	Baby Change
TOTAL FOR   LONDON*	1047	431	188
Borough
Westminster	116	62	11
Wandsworth	113	57	5
City of   London	99	40	12
Camden	75	43	12
Richmond upon   Thames	75	40	34
Kingston upon   Thames	61	1	1
Greenwich	54	12	1
Enfield	45	5	5
Lambeth	42	16	8
Brent	41	22	22
Waltham   Forest	38	12	13
Croydon	33	8	2
Kensington   and Chelsea	31	13	4
Islington	25	14	3
Bromley	24	15	12
Ealing	18	6	4
Hammersmith   and Fulham	16	2	1
Southwark	16	9	1
Barnet	15	6	5
Sutton	15	12	6
Redbridge	13	0	0
Harrow	12	6	2
Tower Hamlets	10	5	3
Bexley	9	5	4
Hounslow	9	2	2
Merton	9	1	1
Haringey	7	5	4
Newham	7	5	2
Barking and   Dagenham	5	0	0
Lewisham	5	4	2
Hackney	3	2	6
Havering	3	1	0
Hillingdon	3	0	0

*these results are based on data from The Bathroom Diaries, the world’s first and foremost source of toilet reviews and ratings. For more on the history of the Bathroom Diaries

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