From late spring right through to the Food and Drink Festival over August bank holiday, farm shows, village fetes and moorland weddings keep portable toilet suppliers around Bolton busy. LooLocator lists independent hire firms covering the whole borough, from Westhoughton and Farnworth up to Egerton, Bromley Cross and the West Pennine fringe, so you can compare prices for a single event loo or a long-stay site unit and send one quote request instead of ringing round five suppliers.
Trafford Park haulage and site-services firm that also hires towable Ecosmart mobile welfare units with onboard toilets, canteen and drying space, plus temporary fencing, around Greater Manchester.
Marquee and toilet hire operator supplying standard chemical toilets, disabled-access units and self-contained luxury units for weddings, parties and construction sites across Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire and the North West.
Family firm at Turf Nest Farm in Astley hiring self-contained 7 and 10 person mobile welfare units, complete with toilets, washroom, mess room and drying area, to sites across Greater Manchester and the North West.
A family-run firm of 30 years hiring portable toilets and welfare units throughout North West England. PSE member.
Family-run hire firm offering standard portable toilets, luxury trailers, accessible units, urinals, shower trailers and site welfare units for events and construction across Cheshire, Shropshire and the wider North West.
Luxury toilet trailer specialists covering Cheshire and northern England, including Manchester, Liverpool and York. Free-standing trailers run from a 13 or 16 amp supply.
Founded in 1949, Chippindale Plant supplies mobile welfare units and portable toilets for hire across the North of England.
Portable toilets, luxury trailers, accessible units, urinals and showers across North West England and North Yorkshire, with nationwide cover for larger events. Honey wagon hire is also available.
A Thornbury based branch of the Eagle Plant group, hiring portable site toilets, toilet blocks and towable welfare units alongside cabins and canteens across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Hyde-based hire firm supplying chemical and mains-connected portable toilets, disabled-access units, urinals, handwash stations and self-contained welfare units for sites and events across Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond.
Mobile and static welfare units plus shower facilities, available for hire throughout Scotland and North West England.
Blackburn based hire firm supplying portable toilets, plastic urinals, baby changing and accessible units, plus luxury toilet trailers and shower units for events and construction sites across Lancashire.
Chadderton company hiring modern recirculating portable toilets with hand wash facilities, plus mobile welfare cabins, for construction sites and projects throughout Greater Manchester.
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.
Blackburn-based independent hiring standard and luxury portable toilets, disabled units, urinals, showers, hand-wash stations and mobile welfare units for construction sites and events across Lancashire and the North West.
Family-run hire of portable toilets, luxury trailers and welfare units throughout Cumbria and the North West.
Family-run since 1990, Swift Loos hires standard and accessible portable toilets across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire. The firm is EA accredited.
Family-run business in Blackburn hiring portable toilets, luxury trailers and showers throughout North West England, including Preston and Lancashire.
Wigan portable toilet hire business operating since 2009, handling site and event toilet needs across the town, Leigh, Manchester, Warrington, Liverpool and the surrounding North West.
Bolton based hire company supplying portable toilets, luxury trailers, showers, urinals and welfare units across North West England and Yorkshire. Construction hires include a free weekly service visit.
Supplies portable toilets for hire in Manchester and across the wider North West of England.
Operating since 1999, Waterloo Hire supplies portable toilets, luxury trailers, accessible toilets and welfare units across North Wales and North West England.
Wigan firm hiring sustainably powered mobile welfare units, canteen and drying-room cabins with in-house toilet servicing by its own tanker fleet, across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Building and hire group with a Bolton depot at Horwich supplying portable toilets and mobile welfare units for construction sites across Greater Manchester and the North West.
North of the town centre, Bolton runs out of streets quickly. Beyond Astley Bridge and Bromley Cross the land climbs into farmland and open moor, and villages such as Edgworth, Belmont and Chapeltown keep a proper calendar of summer shows, fetes and gymkhanas. The fields that host them almost never have mains drainage, which is why rural hire makes up so much of the local trade.
A few things worth settling before you book for a show or fair:
Suppliers listed here quote for anything from one basic unit to a full line of loos for a county-scale fair.
Not every hire is a one-off. Yards and liveries out towards Harwood and Bradshaw, barn conversions above Egerton, and building sites across Westhoughton and Horwich all take units by the week, usually at somewhere between £25 and £38 with a scheduled service visit included. If a job runs through winter, ask how the supplier handles frost, and on exposed ground below Winter Hill it is worth checking whether the unit can be anchored against the wind.
The town has its own big dates too. The Food and Drink Festival fills the centre over August bank holiday, and parks such as Queens Park and Moss Bank Park host fun runs, fairs and community days through the year. Whatever the scale, the process on LooLocator is the same: describe the site and dates once, and the request goes to independent Bolton-area suppliers who reply with their own prices.
Yes, if it stands on the public highway, including the pavement or a grass verge, you need permission from Bolton Council before it goes down. On private land such as a driveway, garden, farmyard or field no council permission is needed, though your supplier will still want clear access for delivery and servicing.
Usually, yes. Most suppliers deliver by van or trailer and need to get within a few metres of the standing spot, so a firm farm track to the gateway matters more than the postcode. Ground on the West Pennine fringe holds water, so mention soft ground, narrow lanes and locked gates when you request quotes.
A single event unit for a weekend typically comes in around £85 to £140, while longer site hire usually runs £25 to £38 a week with a weekly service visit. Prices depend on access, hire length and how many units you need, so treat these as a guide and compare quotes from a few local suppliers.