Vandalism forced early closure of public toilets in Falmouth

Over the Easter weekend, ongoing vandalism culminated in all the locks on the cubicle doors in men’s toilets on Prince of Wales Pier being broken.

In a post on Facebook, Falmouth Town Council announced that, as a consequence, it would now be closing the toilets early at 5.30pm for the “foreseeable future” rather than 9pm.

As well as the broken locks there was also graffiti and the council has constantly been playing catch-up having to replace and mend the fixtures and fitting on a regular basis.

All of the locks were broken (Image: FTC)

All the damage has again been repaired and the council says it hopes that closing the toilets at 5.30pm will help deter the vandals.

In the post on Facebook the council thanked people for their patience and understanding saying: “Due to ongoing vandalism that culminated in all the locks on the cubicle doors in the men's toilets being broken over the Easter weekend, the public toilets on the Prince of Wales Pier will be closing early at 5.30pm for the foreseeable future.

“Our facilities team have [sic] been working hard to rectify the damage and all locks have now been replaced and/or mended and the graffiti removed.

Graffiti was removed (Image: FTC)

“Until further notice the toilets will be closing at 5.30pm in the hope that this will deter the vandals and avoid the costs involved in having to replace/mend the fixtures and fittings on a regular basis.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding.”

The early closure follows persistent vandalism of the toilets in Kimberley Park last year.

The broken locks have now all been fixed (Image: FTC)

Last year Falmouth Town Council, which operate the toilets was forced to close them at 4pm rather than the usual time of 8pm over the summer.

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This followed persistent vandalism and graffiti issues in July 2022 that were costing upwards of £400 a week to rectify.

Last year the council said since then, there had been little evidence to support returning the toilets to their original closing time of 8pm.