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Public toilets in Northern Ireland
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Public toilets in Belfast
Language of toilets
Local wordsWC
loo
Men's toiletsFir
Women's toiletsMná
Public toilet statistics
Toilets per 100,000 people??? (2021)
Total toilets??
Public toilet use
TypeWestern style sit toilet
Locations???
Average cost???
Often equipped with???
Percent accessible???
Date first modern public toilets???
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Public toilets in Northern Ireland are more common than they are in the Republic of Ireland.

Public toilets

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In Scotland and Ireland, toilets are often called loos.[1] Fir is the word used to indicate a men's toilets and Mná is the word used to indicate a women's toilet.[2]

Public toilets are much more common in Northern Ireland than they are in the Republic of Ireland.[2] Belfast had 40 public toilets in 2021.[3] Between 2007 and 2016, 2,000 public toilets closed across the United Kingdom.[4]

On the Top 10 Best Loos list of 2021, Edinburgh ranked first, followed by Peterborough, Brighton and Hove, Belfast and Norwich.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "10 International Toilets". HowStuffWorks. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. ^ a b Guides, Rough (2015-07-01). Belfast (Rough Guides Snapshot Ireland). Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-0-241-23822-6.
  3. ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ Development Trusts Association Scotland (2021). "Public Toilets - How communities are responding to the closure of public toilets" (PDF). Development Trusts Association Scotland.
  5. ^ Daly, Rhian. "It turns out 30 percent of London's public toilets are not accessible". Time Out London. Retrieved 2022-10-12.