Sylvan Car Park toilets reopen after refurbishments - but you have to pay 30p
After months of the public toilets being shut at Sylvan Car Park the facilities have reopened after a refurbishment but are now the first ones in the borough where there will be charge to use them.
High Peak Borough Council announced on Friday November, 14 that the loos had reopened.
A spokesperson for the council said: “The refurbished toilets in Sylvan car park, Buxton are now back open.
“This follows a program of works to improve and refurbish the facilities.”
The toilets had previously received lots of complaints about the condition of the facilities and were the target of repeated incidents of vandalism.
Work started in April and the council said as well as offering residents better facilities, these improvements will create a’ much better impression on visitors to the town as they are often one of the first amenities coach parties visiting Buxton are likely to use’.
Now there is a 30p payment to use the loos - which needs to be made on card payment.
Councillor Linda Grooby for Buxton said: “It's 30p but they will be kept in better condition.”
Jacqui Owens commented on the news and said: “I don’t mind paying as long as they are kept clean all the time , and not dripping in water like the ones at the town hall were when I went in once, I think they had just used a hose all over.”
However there have already been some teething problems, with Jackie Misell-Mellor saying she paid her money but the door would not open.
As these are the first toilets in the High Peak where a charge is being introduced, the council say they will be keeping this position under review but say the charge is ‘not considered to be a barrier to those wishing to use the toilets’. The Sylvan Car Park toilets will be open 8am until 6pm. There are still free toilets in the town centre; the Market Place toilets are open 8am to 5pm and the Pavilion Gardens car park toilets are open 8am until 5pm. Other facilities in Pavilion Gardens including those in the park and building are managed by Parkwood Leisure. The improvement work is part of a rolling programme to improve public toilets across the Borough and currently Chapel-en-le-Frith public toilets are closed for refurbishments.