A disused toilet block is to be renovated to stop walkers in the Yorkshire Dales getting caught short.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will provide £11,025 from its sustainable development fund towards the refurbishment of toilets in Hebden, near Grassington.
The authority agreed to the funding at a meeting of the finance and resources committee on Monday.
Andrea Burden, sustainable development officer, told the meeting: “Hebden’s a conservation area, and it’s a very popular stopping point for people visiting the national park.
“The facilities have been closed for up to ten years, and therefore they’re in quite a poor state of repair, so they need modernising.
“Bringing the public toilets back into use is a very positive step that the parish council wish to take.”
The toilets would be open to the public between 8am and 10pm each day.
A card reader allow users to make a fixed donation as they enter.
The income would be used to cover cleaning, power and upkeep of the facilities.
Councillor Richard Foster, who lives in Hebden, said the toilets were shut by Craven District Council.
He added: “The village is busy. We do get a lot of walkers coming through the village and there’s a pub and a cafe.
“People do park up in the morning and wander off. They then come back and there’s no longer a toilet there.
“I do think it’s part of the national parks (role). We should be helping areas manage their visitors when they come to them.
“What happens when people do get to the toilets, and there is a closed door shut, and they’re desperate, you don’t really want to know.”
Let’s hope this is the stat of keeping more of the toilets open in small villages for locals and visitors.