The closure of the public toilets on Roanhead beach in Barrow has led to a massive campaign by local residents, who are complaining that they have seen visitors urinating in public since they closed, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.
The formerly council-run toilets at Roanhead have been closed for some time after the ownership was transferred from Barrow Council to the National Trust.
Residents added their voices to that of Dalton councillor Ann Thurlow who fears the situation will get worse in the run up to the summer, where warmer weather means more visitors.
The National Trust have already taken over the surrounding car park and are taking care of the Sandscale dunes to support local wildlife.
However, Cllr Thurlow said the lack of facilities is having an adverse effect for the people that live there.
"Unless the National Trust has money to maintain or renew them or funds can be found from somewhere, a new generation of students will no longer be free to discover all that Sandscale Hawes has to offer.”
The National Trust said they are keen to re-open the facilities.
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