Bathrooms available in English Countryside

If you mean "bathrooms" in the American sense or "washrooms" in the Canadian sense, the saying "What do bears do in the woods" applies. And out in the bush you don't need a coin.

Agree. BYOTP.

We call them toilets or loos. In small villages, go to the pub, buy a drink and use their loo.

If walking in the actual countryside, find a tree and discreetly squat (if a lady). Obviously men have it a little easier here. Carry antibacterial gel if that’s your kind of thing. Please dispose of any toilet paper in an actual bin.

Some places, such as the village where I live have free public toilets, although in many places, these have closed since the recession, with government cutbacks. If you are meandering in a car from village to village, you won’t go far before finding a cafe or garden centre with facilities.

If you are undertaking a long distance hike for several days, people carry a small plastic kids shovel and you dig a hole.

All the main supermarket chains have free to use toilets and these are often located on ring roads with free parking.

Please dispose of any toilet paper in an actual bin.

And bring a bag to contain the TP until you find a bin.

Supermarkets have small plastic bags meant for diapers, they are great. Or use a doggy bag (No - not that kind of doggy bag)

Koalagirl, beware of your nomenclature.
A bathroom is a room with a bath in it. Click here for a photo of a bathroom in the countryside. I think what you are talking about is a toilet.

The term "in the countryside" usually implies not near any buildings, hence the options suggested being suggested involving trees. If you mean outside big cities, then perhaps you are looking for "toilets in small towns and villages. In which case the options are pubs and cafés (when both are open), edge of town supermarkets and some public toiets.

Wrong country, but I found myself on a backstreet in Siena with a sudden need to use the facilities. I stopped in a small restaurant and asked where the nearest public toilet could be found. Evidently the host noticed my distressed expression and pointed me to their facilities.

In Pitlochry, Scotland, the train station has pay toilets but you are not allowed to photograph the attendant.

What!!?? You are not allowed to photograph the bathroom attendant? But I collect WC attendant photos. So unfair! Who can I complain to?

Chris F,

Yes, that is definitely a Bathroom in the Countryside! Might be a bit chilly in the winter.

All toilets at British Railway stations are now free.

Chris's photo reminds me of a visit a couple years ago to the Barberini Museum in Rome. I saw a sign pointing down the stairs with a "picture" sign (man and woman). Sure enough at the bottom was a marble bath, so truly a bathroom.

In York, one of my traveling companions asked a Brit on the street where she could find a bathroom, and was directed to the Roman baths.