A Labour council in Cambridge has installed squat toilets said to be favoured by international visitors and are charging users £1 per visit.
The public toilets – which include three ‘squat-style flushing toilets’ – on Silver Street, opposite Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge, cost Cambridge City Council £1million to build.
They replaced a 1980s block that was repeatedly flooded by the River Cam, which runs next to it.
The council said the style of toilet was ‘preferred by some international visitors’.
Locals have since criticised the ‘crazy’ £1 charge to use the toilets, which opened last month.
Heather Boyd, from the nearby village
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