Ten Dales loos receive accolades

NATIONAL park chiefs in the Yorkshire Dales have been commended on the standard of their public toilets.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Oct 2010, 12:16 BST

Updated 19th Oct 2010, 12:16 BST

Judges from the 2010 Loo of the Year Awards inspected the 10 toilets owned or managed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and gave one a top five-star rating and put the other nine conveniences in the four-star category.

The national park authority's project and estates officer,

Paul Drake, said: "This is fantastic news for the authority and a

big improvement on last year when we received seven four-star ratings and three three-star ones.

"The loo at the Aysgarth National Park centre received the five-star rating."

The nine toilets which received four stars are at Buckden, Grassington, Linton Falls, Malham, Stainforth, Horton, Clapham, Kettlewell and

Hawes.