Getting caught short in the centre of London is no fun. Trying to persuade a sympathetic restaurant manager into letting you use his conveniences will often result in the short shrift: “Toilets are for paying customers only.”

So a new text service, which promises to tell you where the nearest public toilet is in the City of Westminster, should be well received.

The council’s authority covers 8.5 square miles and encompasses nearly every popular shopping and socialising district of the capital.

So whether you’re drinking after work in Soho, or splashing the Christmas cash in Knightsbridge, a quick text message to 80097 with the word ‘toilet’ will prompt a quick-response text back with details of the nearest facilities and their opening times.

The only problem is that you have to spend more than a penny to make use of the service.

The ‘SatLav’ mobile phone service costs 25p for each text, with Westminster city council paying a further 9p to cover the cost.

Via TheGuardian

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