Coniston Boating Centre copyright Karen Barden

Public toilets

Check which car parks and toilets are open, and where's busy today on our car park status page


We run various toilets across the National Park - these are shown on the map and labelled LDNPA in the list below. If they have baby change facilities, these are labelled. Other toilets run by councils may have changing facilities too. Please contact these councils directly to check.

Central Lake District

Ambleside

  • Rydal Road Car Park (Lakes Parish Council)
  • Stock Ghyll Lane (Clock Tower)
  • Rothay Park
  • Waterhead Car Park (LDNPA) - 50p fee

Borrowdale

  • Rosthwaite
  • Seatoller Car Park

Bowness Bay, Windermere

Buttermere

  • Car Park (LDNPA) Baby change facilities if you have a RADAR key. 50p fee

Coniston

  • At Coniston Boating Centre Car Park (LDNPA) Baby change facilities. Closed during the winter months
  • Brown Howe Car Park (LDNPA). Baby change facilities. Closed during the winter months
  • Ruskin Avenue Car Park (LDNPA)  Baby changing facilities. 50p fee

Elterwater (LDNPA)

  • Opposite Britannia Inn - 30p fee

Hawkshead

  • Car Park (LDNPA)  Baby changing facilities. 50p fee

Kendal

  • Town Hall
  • Payable in Westmorland Shopping Centre

Keswick

  • Lakeside Car Park, behind theatre
  • Old Station Platform
  • Bell Close Car Park
  • Central Car Park

Newby Bridge Fell Foot Park (National Trust)

Rydal

  • White Moss Common (Lowther Estates). Baby change facilities.

Seatoller

  • Seatoller (National Trust). Baby change facilities.

Whinlatter

  • Forest Park Visitor Centre

Windermere

  • Booths Supermarket
  • Beech Hill (LDNPA) Baby change facilities.
  • Ferry House on west shore of Windermere next to the ferry. (LDNPA)
  • Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre. Baby change facilities inside and also in the Car Park toilets.

Western Lake District

Bootle

  • Car Park

Broughton-in-Furness

  • Off the Square

Eskdale (LDNPA)

  • Closed during the winter months

Gosforth

  • Car Park

Haverigg

  • Foreshore Car Park

Millom

  • Lancashire Road Car Park

Ravenglass

  • Village Car Park (LDNPA). Baby change facilities.

Seascale

  • Car Park

Silecroft

Wasdale Head (LDNPA)

Whitehaven

Eastern Lake District

Appleby

  • Moot Hall
  • Broad Close

Glenridding

  • Main Car Park next to Ullswater Information Centre (LDNPA) Baby change facilities if you have a RADAR key or ask Information Centre staff if on duty. 50p fee.
  • Jenkins Field

Longsleddale (LDNPA)

Penrith

  • Blue Bell Lane
  • Southend Road
  • Sandgate

Pooley Bridge

  • Behind Information Centre

Other areas around Ullswater

  • Aira Force

Grasmere

  • Stock Lane car park (LDNPA). Baby change facilities. 50p fee