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Public toilets

Please note as of April 2024, five of the six public toilets are currently out of order.

Please note Islington is in the early stages of replacing all of our automated public toilets. Due to the age of these facilities and high levels of misuse these toilets go in and out of service – we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Updates

  • Highbury Fields public toilet is still open and usable but this could change at any time due to high levels of misuse. 
  • The pop-up urinal in Cowcross Street is back in use

Toilets4London app

  • The Toilets4London app gives details of toilets in the community that are available for people to use when out and about.
  • It lists more than 50 toilets in Islington, including council buildings like the Town Hall, 222 Upper Street, and libraries. 
  • We’re encouraging more businesses and organisations to join Toilets4London, and help make a real difference to their local community.

Public toilet facilities in Islington

  • There are six public toilets located around the borough.
  • Five of these are automated, fully accessible and are open 24 hours a day.
  • There is a 20p charge to use public toilets. They are free for RADAR key holders. You can buy a RADAR key from local hardware shops, such as on Upper Street and Holloway Road or online. Read more about RADAR keys.
  • There is also an attended public toilet, which is fully accessible, at Chapel Market.
  • To help deal with anti-social street urination around Clerkenwell at weekends, a pop up urinal is available in Cowcross Street outside The Hope pub.

Use the Toilets4London app for a map of your nearest public toilet in Islington. You can also use this list of toilets.

Name Site address Times available
Holloway Road Automated Public Convenience Junction off Holloway Road/Camden Road N7 0RN 24hrs
Seven Sisters Road Automated Public Convenience Seven Sisters Road (near junction with Fonthill Road) N4 3GG 24hrs
Highbury Crescent Automated Public Convenience Highbury Crescent (near Highbury Pool) N5 1RN 24hrs
Highbury Fields Automated Public Convenience Highbury Fields Tennis Courts (off Church Path) N5 1RN 24hrs
Newington Green Automated Public Convenience- Currently Closed Newington Green N16 9PX 24hrs
Islington Green Automated Public Convenience -Currently closed Islington Green (Essex Road) N1 8DU 24hrs
City Road Automated Public Convenience - currently closed Junction of City Road/Central Street EC1V 8AY 24hrs
Chapel Market Public toilets Chapel Market
  • Monday to Saturday: 8am to 6.30pm
  • Sunday: 8am to 4pm
Cowcross Street Urilift Cowcross Street urinal only available Friday and Saturday: 7pm to 6am
Archway Library Hamlyn House , Highgate Hill N19 5PH
  • Monday and Wednesday: 9.30am to 8pm
  • Friday and Saturday: 9.30am to 5pm
Cat and Mouse Library 277 Camden Road, N7 0JN
  • Tuesday: 9.30am to 7pm
  • Wednesday: 9.30am to 1pm
  • Thursday: 9.30 to 7pm
  • Saturday: 11am to 5pm
Central Library Fieldway Crescent N5 1PF
  • Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9.30am to 8pm
  • Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: 9.30am to 5pm
  • Sunday: 1pm to 5pm
Finsbury Library 245 St John Street EC1V 4NB
  • Monday and Thursday: 9am to 8pm
  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Lewis Carroll Library 166 Copenhagen Street N1 0ST
  • Monday and Wednesday: 9.30am to 7pm
  • Friday: 9.30 to 1pm
  • Saturday: 11am to 5pm
Mildmay Library 21-23 Mildmay Park N1 4NA
  • Monday: 9.30am to 1pm
  • Tuesday and Thursday: 9.30 to 8pm
  • Saturday: 11am to 5pm
N4 Library 26 Blackstock Road N4 2DW
  • Monday and Wednesday: 9.30am to 8pm
  • Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: 9.30am to 5pm
  • Thursday: 9.30am to 1pm
North Library Manor Gardens N7 6JX
  • Tuesday and Thursday: 9.30am to 8pm
  • Friday 9.30 am to 1pm
  • Saturday: 11am to 5pm
West Library Bridgeman Road N1 1BD
  • Tuesday and Thursday: 9.30am to 8pm
  • Friday and Sunday: 9.30am to 5pm
222 Upper St N1 1XR Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Islington Town Hall N1 2UD Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Newington Barrow Way council office N7 7EP Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Archway Leisure Centre Macdonald Road N19 5DD
  • Monday to Friday: 6.30am to 9.30am
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8.30am to 5pm
Cally pool 229 Caledonian Road N1 0NH
  • Monday to Friday: 6.30 to 9.30
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8.30am to 5pm
Finsbury Leisure centre Norman Street EC1V 3PU
  • Monday to Friday: 9am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 6pm
Highbury Fields - sports area Highbury Crescent, London N5 1AR (Next to the tennis park keeper's hut) Monday to Sunday: 8am to 9pm
Highbury Fields Playground Highbury Crescent, London N5 1AR (in the children's playground) Monday to Sunday: 12 noon to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Highbury Pools Highbury Crescent, London N5 1RR
  • Monday to Friday: 6.30am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 6pm
Ironmonger Row Baths 1 Norman Street EC1V 3AA
  • Monday to Friday: 6.30 am to 9.30pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 9am to 6pm
Islington Tennis Centre Market Road, London N7 9PL
  • Monday to Friday: 7am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 10pm
Sobell Leisure Centre Hornsey Road, London N7 7NY
  • Monday to Friday: 6.30am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 6pm
Tufnell Park Playing Fields Campdale Road, London N7 0EB Monday to Sunday: 8am to dusk
Kings Square Gardens King Square, London EC1V 3QX Monday to Sunday: 12pm to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Wray Crescent Open Space Thorpedale Road, London N4 (in the children's playground) Monday to Sunday: 12pm to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Whittington Park Holloway Road, London N19 4EG (changing room building)
  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 6.30pm
Whittington Park Holloway Road, London N19 4EG (children's playground)
  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 6.30pm
Rosemary Gardens 14-18 Southgate Rd, London N1 3DU (next to the football pitch)
  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 10pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 6.30pm
Caledonian Park Market Rd, London N7 9PL (next to the cafe) Monday to Sunday: 10am to 5pm
Foxham Gardens Yerbury Road, London N19 (in the playground) Monday to Sunday: 12pm to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Fortune Street Park Fortune Street, EC1 (by the coffee concession) When the coffee shop is open - usually Monday to Friday: 9am to 3pm
Gillespie Park Gillespie Rd, London N5 1LE (in the Ecology Centre) Monday to Friday: 9am to 3pm
Barnard Park Copenhagen St, London N1 0ER (in the children's playground) Monday to Sunday: 12 noon to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Elthorne Park 23 Hazelville Rd, London N19 3NF Monday to Sunday: 12 noon to dusk. Times vary based on time of year.
Finsbury Square Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1RR (by the bowling green) Monday to Sunday 12 noon to dusk, only between May and September.
St Luke's Community Centre EC1V 8AJ
  • Monday to Thursday: 9am to 7pm
  • Friday: 9am to 6pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 11.30am to 3.30pm
Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission EC1Y 1AU

 

  • Monday: 11am to 3pm
  • Tuesday to Saturday: 10.30am to 4pm
  • Sunday: 9.45am to 12.30pm
The Arc N1 7DF Monday to Friday: 7.45am to 7pm
Brickworks Community Centre N4 4BY
  • Monday to Friday: 8am to 10pm
  • Saturday: 8am to 4pm
  • Sunday: 8am to 6pm
Andover Community Centre N7 7RY Monday to Friday: 8am to 4pm
New Orleans Community Centre N19 3SY Friday: 10am to 3pm
Hornsey Lane Estate Community Centre N19 3YJ Monday to Friday: 8am to 6.30pm

If you need to report a problem

To report a problem with our public toilet facilities please call 020 7527 2000 or email us at WRC.FacilitiesManagement@islington.gov.uk.

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