THE PUBLIC toilets in Droitwich’s St Andrews Square are feeling flush after winning the highest accolade in the annual Loo of the Year Awards.
Six of Wychavon’s toilets in total have been given the highest honour of the much sought-after diamond award, only given to public conveniences with exceptional standard of cleaning and that provide specialist facilities for babies, children, and those with various disabilities.
The others are in Pershore (High Street and Church Walk), Evesham (Oat Street and Viaduct Meadow) and Broadway (Church Close).
This winners are double the number of loos which received the status last year. The rest of Wychavon’s toilets – including Droitwich’s Lido Park – were given platinum awards.
Last year Wychavon was named overall UK Loo of the Year winner and was presented with the ‘golden seat’ in honour of the achievement.
It now faces an anxious wait to find out if it has held on to the trophy and what position it now occupies in the prestigious Loo of the Year Premier League table, having climbed to fifth in 2020.
Wychavon has invested heavily in its public toilets over the last three years. Improvements include installing energy and water saving Propelair toilets, solar panels, LED lighting and combined tap/hand dryers.
Changing Places toilets have been created in St Andrew’s Square, Droitwich, Church Close in Broadway, Viaduct Meadow, Evesham and Church Walk in Pershore to support residents and visitors with various disabilities who need the space and specialist equipment not available in standard disabled toilets.
Loos in Church Close, Broadway and Pershore High Street have been completely refurbished while a new block of toilets has been built on Church Walk in Pershore.
Work has now started on refurbishing Waterside toilets in Evesham.
Coun Emma Stokes, Executive Board Member for Environment and Street Scene on Wychavon District Council, said: “Once again we are flushed with success as a result of our decision to invest in providing first class public toilets for our residents and visitors.
“These results are a real testament to our team, and contractor Mitie, who worked hard to keep our toilets open for the majority of lockdown restrictions and have not only maintained but improved on the high standards of cleanliness we have come to expect from our public loos.”
