Nearly 40pc of the loos were recommended to be fully or partially closed in north Norfolk, in a bid to plug North Norfolk District Council's growing deficit, forecast to reach £9m in three years.

This includes sites in Stalham, which would have become the only town in the district to not have a public facility, while other sites earmarked for closure included Potter Heigham, Hickling and Walsingham.

The public toilets in Walsingham (Image: Google)

The move led to campaigns being launched to save the facilities, with councillors fearing it would disproportionately affect people with health conditions and the elderly.

Others worried visitors, such as the thousands of pilgrims that venture to Walsingham each year, would be affected by the lack of toilets.

But now some of the stringent measures have been curtailed, with terminations either paused or scrapped altogether.

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