Public toilets

We are investing more than £1 million on new accessible permanent toilets in Edinburgh. Find out more about the progress on the new public toilets for The Meadows, Leith Links, and Inverleith

We may need to close toilets at short notice or if we need to do repairs.

Opening times

  • Bruntsfield Links, (has accessible toilet) 10am to 8pm
  • Harlaw (near visitor centre) Pentlands, (has accessible toilet) 10am to 6pm
  • Hermitage of Braid, Braid Road, 9am to 4pm
  • Castle Hill, 10am to 8pm
  • Colinton, 300A Colinton Road (has accessible toilet) 10am to 7pm
  • Cramond 10am to 7pm 
  • Hawes Pier, South Queensferry 10am to 8pm
  • High Street, South Queensferry (has accessible toilet) 10am to 8pm
  • Inverleith Park (Temporary), 10am to 6pm
  • Lauriston Castle 10am to 4pm
  • Meadows, Hope Park (has accessible toilet) 10am to 8pm
  • Portobello, Pipe Lane (has accessible toilet) 10am to 8pm
  • Portobello, Bath Street 10am to 8pm
  • Princes Street Gardens Ross Bandstand (has accessible toilet) 10am to 4:30pm 
  • Princes Street Gardens West (has accessible toilet) 10am to 8pm 
  • Saughton Park, Courtyard (has accessible toilet) Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4pm
  • Saughton Park, Winter Gardens (has accessible toilet) Monday to Friday 9am to 3.15pm Saturday/Sunday 9am to 1.30pm
  • Stockbridge, Hamilton Place 10am to 7.30pm
  • Straiton Place Park, Portobello (Temporary) 10am to 8pm
  • Taylor Gardens, (has accessible toilet) 10am to 7.30pm

Public toilet Christmas and New Year opening hours

Our public toilets opening hours over Christmas and New Year are

Wednesday 25 December

  • all public toilets closed

Thursday 26 December, Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 January 2025

  •  only public toilets open will be West End, Cramond, Pipe Lane and South Queensferry from 10am to 4pm.
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• Nicolson Square toilets are closed • The Castle Terrace toilets will be closed until further notice.