The English Riviera earns its living in summer, and Torquay sits right at the centre of it. Regatta week, the Agatha Christie Festival and a full calendar of weddings, fetes and seafront gatherings all need proper loos, often booked at short notice. LooLocator lists independent portable toilet suppliers who cover Torquay and the wider Torbay area, so you can compare local firms and send one quote request instead of ringing round.
Family business established in 1992, hiring portable toilets, accessible loos, urinals, showers and welfare units across Somerset and the South West. Solar welfare units are part of the fleet.
Portable toilet, luxury trailer and shower hire from the Chew Valley, serving Bristol, Bath, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Devon. A Loo of the Year Award winner.
Family business hiring portable toilets and luxury toilet trailers across Cornwall and Devon.
Family-run for more than ten years, supplying portable toilets and showers across Cornwall and the South West. The firm also manufactures its own toilet trailers.
Newton Abbot company hiring steel toilet and shower welfare units, including electric shower cabins with waste tanks and bowsers, from depots across Devon, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and South Wales.
Couple-run luxury toilet trailer hire covering Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall.
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.
Exeter firm with more than 20 years of experience, supplying portable toilets, accessible units, urinals and showers across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset.
Barnstaple firm hiring luxury toilet trailers alongside building site portable toilets, urinal blocks, accessible units and shower and wash basin units for events across the South West.
A division of Kal Marquees, Jaks Jons supplies portable toilets, accessible units and urinals across Dorset, Somerset and Devon from Bridport.
Luxury toilet trailer hire from Broadhempston, with trailers rated for events of up to 250 people. Covers Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the wider South West.
Luxury toilet hire specialist based in Cullompton, working across Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Dorset.
Torquay hire of handmade shepherd hut units fitted as boutique toilets, showers and urinals, using fresh water flush rather than chemical systems, for weddings and events across the South West.
Portable toilet and luxury trailer hire covering Cornwall and Devon, with over twelve years supplying premium event toilets.
Tool and plant hire company with depots including Bodmin and Exeter. Alongside its machinery range it hires portaloo site toilets and welfare accommodation for construction sites and events.
Luxury toilet trailer hire based near Ilminster in south Somerset, with warm-water, porcelain-fitted units plus attendant and on-site servicing options, covering Somerset, Dorset and Devon.
Bideford operator running event and site portable toilets from yards near the A377, serving North Devon for parties, building sites and shows.
Torquay's event calendar runs hard from May to September. Torbay Royal Regatta brings crowds to the harbourside in late August, the International Agatha Christie Festival draws visitors every September, and Torre Abbey Meadows and the seafront host fairs, fun runs and open-air gatherings through the summer. Add the weddings held at Cockington Court and in the bay's hotels and you have a lot of demand for a limited pool of event toilets.
For a small event, a couple of standard units usually does the job; a typical event weekend runs somewhere around £85 to £140 per unit, though prices vary with season and site. Larger gatherings may want to think about:
Suppliers listed on LooLocator quote directly, so you can compare a few before committing.
Torquay is a hilly town, and that matters more for toilet hire than you might think. Delivery vehicles need to get reasonably close to where the unit will stand, and some of the steeper drives and narrow lanes around Babbacombe, Wellswood and the older terraces above the harbour take a bit of planning. When you request quotes, mention anything awkward: a steep or shared drive, a lane with no turning space, or a garden only reachable through the house.
For builders and renovators working on the town's Victorian and Edwardian housing stock, a single site loo on weekly hire typically costs somewhere in the £25 to £38 a week range, usually with a weekly service visit included. Longer bookings often bring the rate down. Suppliers serving Torquay tend to be based around Torbay and the wider South Devon area, so delivery is rarely a long trip.
Only if it sits on the public highway, including pavements and verges, in which case you need permission from Torbay Council before it arrives. On private land such as a driveway, garden or fenced site, no permission is needed, though the supplier will still want clear, level ground.
Four to six weeks is a sensible minimum for July and August, when English Riviera events, regatta week and wedding season stretch local stock. For a big date, such as a bank holiday weekend, book earlier still. Outside peak season most suppliers can deliver within a few days.
Usually, yes. Most units arrive on a flatbed or trailer and are wheeled the last stretch by hand, so a steep drive or tight lane rarely rules a job out. Tell the supplier about gradients, steps and turning space when you book so they send the right vehicle.