The Loo of the Year Awards are run to celebrate the best public toilets in the United Kingdom, and promote high standards.
The awards competition receives sponsorship from a number of companies involved in providing products and services to washroom providers.
History First introduced in 1987, the Loo of the Year Awards competition has run annually, except for 1993.
Eligibility criteria Any type of public facility ('away from home' toilet) can be nominated for consideration. There are sixty four award categories. Eligible facilities can be located in England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.
Anyone can submit a nomination—staff, customers, visitors, managers, owners or contractors—but owners or managers must authorise entries.
Judging criteria After an unannounced inspection from an authorised Loo of the Year Awards Inspector, nominees are graded on a scale from Bronze to Diamond. Grades are awarded based on 101 criteria, and are judged on both male and female facilities, as well as any baby changing and accessible facilities provided. The criteria include cleanliness, decor, signage, accessibility and customer care.
Awards Awards are given in one of sixty three categories. An entrant receiving a Diamond or possibly a Platinum grading will be considered for one a number of major national awards in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland:
National Category Winners (up to sixty-three categories in each country) National Accessible Toilet Winner National (Baby) Changing Facilities Winner Public Toilet Entries – National Winner Individual Category Entries – National Winner Changing Places Toilet Entries – National Winner Space to Change Toilet Entries – National Winner Eco Friendly Toilet – National Winner Local Authority Award – National Winner Toilets in Education – National Winner Hygiene Room – National Winner
Other awards include:
Individual UK Loo of the Year Trophy The winner of this award is selected from one of the eight national winners in the Public Toilet Entries and the Individual Category Entries categories above. UK Corporate Provider Trophy The winner of this award is selected from organizations or authorities entering ten or more different locations and winning five or more five-star awards. Champions' League – Standards of Excellence Awards This award is presented to organizations or local authorities winning five or more five-star awards and who, in the inspectors' opinion, are maintaining a consistently high standard of management in all their Loo of the Year Awards entries. Local Authority Premier League Membership in the League is granted to the top twenty local authority public toilet providers. Washroom Technician of the Year Awards These "people awards" are open to all full-time technicians, as well as employed washroom technicians and retained washroom technician contractors. Separate Washroom Technician of the Year Award Certificates are awarded in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with Commended and National Winners for each country.
In addition, the overall UK winner (either an individual, in-house washroom technician teams or external washroom technician contractor teams) is awarded the UK Washroom Technician of The Year Trophy.
Overall "Loo of the Year" trophy winners
The winner of this category is presented with a Golden Loo Seat Trophy.
YearWinnerSector 1987 Hatton Gardens Hotel, Upton St Leonards Hospitality 1988 The Lido, Worthing Local Authority 1989 Children's World Stores Retail 1990 Eagle and Child, Gwaenysgor, N.Wales Hospitality 1991 Grampian Road, Aviemore, Scotland Local Authority 1992 Welcome Break Services, M3, Farnborough Transport 1993 No Competition 1994 Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon Heritage 1995 City of Westminster Council Local Authority 1996 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Heritage 1997 The Manor Hotel, St. Albans Hospitality 1998 Eurotunnel, Folkestone Transport 1999 The National Trust, Gibside Estate, Tyne & Wear Heritage 2000 The Oracle, Reading Retail 2001 JD Weatherspoon Hospitality 2002 East Lothian Council, Scotland Local Authority 2003 The Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall Leisure 2004 The Highland Council, Scotland Local Authority 2005 Moto Hospitality Transport 2006 The Camping and Caravaning Club Holiday Parks 2007 The Trafford Centre, Manchester Retail 2008 Asda Stores Retail 2009 McDonald's Hospitality 2010 JD Wetherspoon Hospitality 2011 Ceredigion County Council Local Authority 2012 Staffordshire County Council Local Authority 2013 Brighton & Hove City Council Local Authority 2014 Danfo UK Local Authority 2015 We Clean Cleaning & FM 2016 Gatwick Airport Transport 2017 ABM Cleaning & FM 2018 J D Wetherspoon Hospitality 2019 Intu Retail 2020 Wychavon District Council Local Authority 2021 Paultons Park Leisure 2022 Mitie Cleaning and Facility Management 2023 Hillcroft Holiday Park Holiday Parks 2024 The Centre, Livingston Retail 2025 St David's Dewi Sant Shopping Centre Cardiff Retail
See also The Good Loo Guide
References
External links Loo of the Year Award