Loch Lomond loos in line for £500,000 upgrades

Facilities at Luss, Tarbet and Inveruglas will close during work

July 5, 2019 Environment

**The Tarbet visitor centre will close later this month**

Visitor facilities including toilets at some of the busiest points beside Loch Lomond are in line for improvements costing £500,000.

But the facilities at Tarbet, Inveruglas and Luss will close in phases while the work is carried out, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority announced today.

Parking and bins will be improved, with a motorhome toilet disposal point at Tarbet introduced as well as 24 hour access toilets at both Tarbet and Inveruglas.

National park chief executive Gordon Watson said current toilet facilities were built in the 1990s and can’t cope with current demand – in the last four years the number of visitors using toilets around Loch Lomond has increased by 50%.

“Loch Lomond is an iconic visitor destination attracting millions of visitors each year,” he added.

“While people primarily visit for the scenery and recreation opportunities on offer, things like high quality toilets, parking, campervan facilities and bins can make a huge difference to a visitor’s overall experience.

“We recognise that closures during the latter half of the summer season are not ideal, but in order to maximise the external funding available for this project, all work requires to be carried out within this timeframe.

“Modernising facilities at these key sites will help to provide a world class experience that matches the expectations of people coming to Scotland’s first national park.”

The building in Tarbet will be closed from July 22 until late August.

The car park will remain open but coaches will not be able to access the pier road via the park authority’s car park.

The north car park and building in Inveruglas will be closed from September 2 until late October. The whole site will be closed from September 23 until late October

Dates for the work in Luss are still to be confirmed but work is likely to start in October and the park authority says it will only involve a short closure period.

The project is part funded through Visit Scotland’s Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund, which provided £260,000