From music weekends in Victoria Park to marquee weddings out towards the Kent Downs, Ashford's summer calendar mostly happens on grass, a long way from any plumbing. LooLocator is a directory of independent portable toilet suppliers who cover Ashford and its villages, from the town centre out to Wye, Charing and Tenterden. Tell us what you are running and we pass your details to local firms for quotes; event weekend hire typically lands between £85 and £140.
Family-run firm based at Roses Farm, East Farleigh near Maidstone, hiring standard portable toilets and disabled-access loos for parties, fetes, building sites and farms across Kent and Sussex, with free delivery in ME postcodes.
Plant hire business with an Ashford depot in South Kent, hiring mobile and static welfare units and portable toilets alongside excavators, telehandlers and wider construction plant for the Ashford and Maidstone area.
Family-run luxury toilet trailer and urinal hire covering South East England, with 30 years of experience in events.
Kent firm hiring luxury toilet trailers plus standard and accessible portable loos across Kent, Surrey, London, Essex and Sussex. It also manufactures bespoke luxury trailers, including solar eco loos.
Welfare hire firm near Lingfield in Surrey, supplying towable and static welfare units, welfare vans and site power across the South East, with low and zero-carbon options including solar and hydrogen units.
Specialists in 12ft to 24ft mobile welfare units, with portable toilets and showers also available across Essex, London and Kent.
Portable toilet hire covering Kent and London from a base in Maidstone.
Rainham firm hiring chemical portable toilets and solar-powered mobile welfare units, alongside site cabins and containers, across Greater London, Essex, Kent and the South East.
Maidstone firm supplying portable toilets, luxury trailers, accessible units, urinals, showers and welfare units across Kent and the South East. Serves events, construction and agriculture.
Toilet and shower trailer specialist for festivals, weddings and film and TV work, hiring luxury trailers, accessible units, urinals and showers across Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and London.
Margate specialist hiring mobile and static welfare units, canteen cabins and solar-powered stacked welfare units for construction sites across Kent and the South East.
Ashford-based operator hiring site, event and disabled-access portable toilets along with luxury toilet trailers for builders, weddings and private functions throughout Kent.
Sevenoaks-area operator hiring portable and disabled-access toilets, welfare units and tanker waste services for construction sites, schools, councils and outdoor events across Kent, Sussex, south east London and Essex.
Stockport-based cabin hire company offering portable toilet and welfare cabins alongside office and storage units, covering the North West and, from a Kent depot, the South East.
Washroom-trailer specialist at Smarden near Ashford in Kent, hiring luxury toilet trailers, showers and accessible units including off-grid solar-powered ranges, serving Surrey and the wider South East.
Snodland firm in Medway hiring mobile welfare vans fitted with a toilet, hot and cold water and solar power for site teams across London and the South East.
Luxury mobile toilet specialist hiring luxury trailers and accessible toilets across Kent, within 60 miles of Folkestone.
Portable toilet hire operator running depots at West Drayton, Oxfordshire, Kent and Sussex, supplying standard and accessible chemical toilets with holding tank emptying and scheduled servicing across the South East.
Family owned since 1961, Rawley Plant hires portable toilets, showers and welfare units across London, Essex, Kent and the South East. PSE member with ISO 14001 accreditation.
Canterbury-area hire firm supplying chemical and mains-connected toilets, toilet blocks, welfare units and solar-powered off-grid loos across Kent and neighbouring counties.
Portable toilet and welfare unit hire for the construction and events sectors across London, Essex and the South East, backed by a 24/7 emergency service.
Hires portable toilets, showers, urinals and welfare units across Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire and the South East. Its luxury trailers run under the Site Event brand.
Epping-based supplier of standard and hot-water portable toilets plus event and accessible units, hiring to all London boroughs and across Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and the wider South East.
Independent, family owned firm in Newdigate supplying luxury trailers, portable toilets, accessible units and urinals across Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire and London.
Kent-wide portable toilet hire from Dover, with HSE approved and CDM 2015 compliant site toilets.
Luxury trailer and portable toilet hire across Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire, with accessible units and showers also available. The VIP trailer range caters for events of up to 1,000 guests.
Ashford's event calendar centres on Victoria Park, the big green space beside the Great Stour where the ornate Hubert Fountain stands. The park hosts music days, fun runs and community festivals through the summer, and none of the temporary kit matters more than the toilets. As a rough rule, a daytime event needs one unit per hundred guests, and more where there is a bar.
Beyond the town itself, the borough is thick with outdoor occasions. Godinton House and Gardens opens its grounds for fairs and open-air theatre, Eastwell Manor near Boughton Lees hosts countryside weddings most weekends from spring to autumn, and villages such as Wye, Charing and Great Chart run their own fetes and shows. Tenterden's folk festival each October rounds the season off. Suppliers listed on LooLocator quote for everything from a single smart unit at a marquee wedding to a full bank of loos with hand-wash stations for a park festival.
Ashford is one of the fastest-growing towns in the South East, and the building sites show it. Housebuilding at Chilmington Green and Finberry, commercial work around the M20 junctions and steady barn conversions across the surrounding countryside keep site toilets and welfare units in demand. Weekly hire in the area typically runs £25 to £38 with a scheduled service visit, though access and hire length affect the final price.
A few practical points for hiring around the borough:
Yes, if it sits on the public highway, including pavements and road verges, you need permission from the council before it goes down. On private land, such as a driveway, garden or site compound, no permission is needed, though it is worth checking access for the service vehicle.
Four to six weeks is a sensible lead time for June to September. Wedding season at venues like Eastwell Manor and Godinton, plus park events and village fetes, stretches local supplier calendars in high summer. Last-minute hire is often possible, but choice of unit narrows fast.
Typically £85 to £140 for an event weekend and £25 to £38 per week for longer site hire, with a service visit included. Exact prices depend on the unit type, hire length and how far the supplier travels, so it pays to compare a couple of quotes.