Getting a toilet delivered in a historic port town takes a little planning. The old quarter around King's Lynn Minster and the Custom House has narrow streets and cobbled yards, while newer estates off the A47 and the Hardwick roundabout are far simpler drops. LooLocator lists independent portable toilet suppliers covering King's Lynn and West Norfolk, so you can compare quotes for builds, events and long stays and pick a firm that knows the access.
Rackheath plant and tool hire business near Norwich that also hires 6 and 12 person towable mobile welfare units across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Lincolnshire.
Norwich-based supplier of portable toilets, accessible units, urinals and welfare facilities for hire across Norfolk and beyond. Part of the Latta Hire family.
Luxury toilet trailers plus standard and accessible portable loos for hire throughout East Anglia. Clients include Newmarket Racecourses.
Beck Row hire company near Bury St Edmunds supplying standard and luxury portable toilets, shower units, accessible facilities and handwash stations for festivals, weddings and construction sites.
Family-owned since 2007 and run from two depots, Karzees hires portable toilets, luxury trailers, accessible units, urinals and welfare units across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.
Family-run North Norfolk business offering short and long term portable toilet hire for weddings, parties, building sites and roadworks across the region.
Huntingdon based supplier of portable toilets and welfare units serving Cambridgeshire and East Anglia. Acquired Broadland Toilet Hire.
Norfolk marquee and event firm that also hires self-contained 2+1 luxury toilet trailers, needing no mains water, for weddings and functions throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and wider East Anglia.
Plant hire firm at Winfarthing near Diss that hires 6 and 10 person mobile welfare units with toilet, wash and canteen facilities to construction sites across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
Northampton hire firm supplying anti-vandal portable toilets, toilet and shower units and site welfare across the East Midlands and East Anglia, with an eco range using solar hybrid power for longer site hires.
Norwich based company hiring standard portable toilets, accessible disabled units and portable urinals for building sites and events throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
Family-run firm at Stickford near Boston hiring portable toilets and construction welfare units, along with towable water bowsers and fencing, across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
Luxury toilet trailer specialist serving stately homes across East Anglia, taking in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. Standard portable toilets are also available.
Norwich company hiring handcrafted shepherd's hut bathrooms fitted with fresh-flush toilets and showers, aimed at weddings and events across East Anglia.
Gorleston based supplier hiring standard and luxury portable toilets plus disabled-access units for weddings, events and work sites across Norfolk and Suffolk.
A farmer-founded business hiring portable and accessible toilets around Cambridge, Peterborough, King's Lynn and Norwich.
Deliveries in central King's Lynn need a bit of thought. The historic streets between the Tuesday Market Place and the South Gate include narrow one-way stretches and cobbled lanes such as Nelson Street, and a delivery vehicle with a trailer or lorry-mounted lift cannot always stop outside the door. Suppliers will usually ask about the drop point before quoting: is there a driveway, a rear yard, a gate wide enough for a unit on a sack truck?
A few practicalities worth settling in advance:
July is the pinch point in the town's calendar. The King's Lynn Festival fills venues such as the Corn Exchange and St George's Guildhall, and Festival Too puts free live music on the Tuesday Market Place, so suppliers serving central sites get booked up well ahead. Marquee weddings at country venues across West Norfolk and shows around the Sandringham Estate add to summer demand. If your date falls in July, book units several weeks ahead rather than chasing availability in the same fortnight.
Outside event season the work is steadier: new housing on the town's edges, refurbishments in the old core, and long-running units on the Hardwick industrial estate. Farms out in the Fens hire welfare units for harvest crews working far from mains drainage; weekly hire generally sits in the £25 to £38 range with a scheduled service visit. On rural drops, check the track will take a delivery vehicle after wet weather.
Yes, if it stands on the public highway, including pavements and verges, you need a licence from Norfolk County Council, the highway authority, before the unit goes down. On private land, a driveway, garden, builder's yard or fenced site, no council permission is needed, though landlords may want notice.
Usually, yes. Most units travel on a trailer or small lorry and are wheeled the final stretch on a sack truck, so cobbles and tight corners near the quayside are workable. Tell the supplier about one-way restrictions, arches or rear-yard gates when you book so they send the right vehicle.
As a rough guide, a standard single unit costs about £25 to £38 a week for site hire with servicing included, and around £85 to £140 for an event weekend. Quotes vary with delivery distance, how often the unit is serviced and how long you keep it, so compare a couple.