New public toilets open in Worthing town centre

Worthing Borough Council has opened the new public toilets at High Street multi-storey car park following a five-month project to transform and modernise the existing toilets.

The new layout includes self-contained cubicles with direct access from the footpath and a Changing Places facility.

Changing Places are larger, accessible toilets with specialist access equipment to support people with disabilities and mobility difficulties.

There is also a new parent-and-baby cubicle and a dedicated accessible cubicle, which can only be accessed with a radar key to ensure it is only used by those who need it most.

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The council was awarded funding for the Changing Places facility following its application to the government's Changing Places Fund.

Cllr Vicki Wells (centre) pictured with Tavis Russell (right), Building Surveyor at the council, and Alvar Forrest (left), Site Manager at Mountjoy (Image: Worthing Borough Council)

A grant worth £100,000 was awarded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in partnership with Muscular Dystrophy UK, a charity seeking to improve the lives of those suffering with muscular dystrophy and similar conditions.

Councillor Vicki Wells, Worthing's cabinet member for the environment, said: “I'm delighted that the new toilet facilities are now open to the public.

“Clean, good quality and accessible public facilities are hugely important to shoppers, visitors and our residents, and I'm really pleased that we have been able to transform these facilities which were in desperate need of improvement.

“Revamping these toilets and adding a new Changing Places facility to our town centre is a major step forward to help restore civic pride in Worthing.”