Market toilet closure U-turn

The toilets at Peterborough Market will reopen after complaints people had been urinating in a waste area of the market.

The closure of the toilets, located in the multi-storey car park next to the market, was announced in Peterborough City Council’s budget in February.

Both public toilets and facilities for market traders were shut as a result of the decision. The decision to close the toilets was made as a result of complaints about anti-social behaviour and vandalism in them.

It meant public toilets in the city centre were limited to ones in the Town Hall on Bridge Street and ones in the Car Haven Car Park.

The decision caused anger among shoppers and market traders alike, with the doors closing on the facilities at the end of March.

A petition with hundreds of signatures was handed to the council in an attempt to keep the toilets open.

Now the council has confirmed the loos will be open during market trading times. A report from the authority said it would cost the council £275 per week.

The report said: “The market toilet facilities were closed. This has resulted in people urinating in the waste area of the market, several complaints being received, and a petition being brought to the council from market traders and members of the public.”

The toilets will be open 9.30am-4pm Tuesdays-Saturdays.

Peterborough Market