Where is the public toilet in London?

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I just found this little bit of useful advice and am passing it along. Mike S. It's Good to Know: How to Find a Public Restroom in London You're sightseeing in an unfamiliar city, you feel nature's call... and there is no restroom in sight. Travelers in London, at least, can rest easy. The Westminster City Council, which governs the part of the city with such popular tourist attractions as Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, has launched a mobile phone text message service. Texting the word "toilet" to the number 80097 yields directions to the nearest public convenience. (Source: Reuters)

Interesting. For those without a mobile phone... we'll pop into a pub when the need arises. They're pretty much everywhere in London. We'll use the loo, then order a refreshing beverage and take a short break to rest the feet. It's a nice break. Large department stores also have public toilets, as do some of the larger tube stations (but these usually aren't free.) And McDonald's works in a pinch, too (we do this when traveling in the US, too.) And we always make it a point to use the loo before we leave a tourist attraction (they always have facilities.)

What I would add is not to presume that there will be a public restroom when in a shop. I used to work in a large chain bookstore in central London and was constantly asked by overseas visitors where the restroom was. People generally seemed shocked that there wasn't one! It's certainly not as common to find public toilets in London as it is in other parts of the world.

The washrooms on the Kensington Gore side of Hyde Park are open until about 2000 during the spring and summer months, and until 1800 at other times of the year. There are City of Westminster washrooms near Liberty (behind Oxford Circus), around the corner from the Transport Museum in Covent Garden, under a traffic island in the Strand across from the Royal Courts of Justice and one in the City on Bishopsgate across from Liverpool Street station. The latter closes at 1500 every day, though, which surprised me a bit, but thanks to the attendant for her patience earlier this week! There are fabbo facilities at Piccadilly Circus station, seriously well maintained. The Caffe Nero on High Street Ken used to have the smallest Womens' WC in London, but they've remodelled the thing. The smallest (and least accessible - doors that can't open completely because the space is too small) award goes to Costa Coffee on Argyll Street. Boo, hiss.