The Netty opened in June 2025 in a converted Victorian underground public toilet in central Oxford in the middle of a roadway. With only 2 suites it is Britain's smallest hotel. The original gentlemen's toilets were built in 1895. Today, each room has its own street-level staircase. Original floor tiles were kept, and the interiors include high-cistern toilets. There is no reception, restaurant, or room service, and prices start from around £170 per night. Street view | Photos
Is there other converted toilets in the area? I remember seeing a show years back about unique housing and a lady had an apartment that was previously public toilets that looked exactly like this.
Wondering if there’s multiple or if that lady sold or opened a hotel in that spot.
Good. When I'm walking around in my hotel room in bare feet, I like to be absolutely sure that it's a place where a man with dysentery once shat out his guts and died.
If this is near a stadium, on a game night there are going to be so many people peeing in that stairway that if it doesn't have good drainage I bet it would reach the third step.
Usually the rule is that it costs at least rent of an apartment * 2. So you’d expect rent to be near £2600/month in that area. Rent tends to be the price of an apartment divided by 240 months, so you expect them to cost about £625000.
Lets check:
Average advertised (“asking”) rent in London: £2,736 per month (October 2025), per Rightmove’s rental tracker (new listings).
Average price of a flat/maisonette: £428,000
Average price of any property type: £547,000 - UK House Price Index (government)
Wow, great analysis!
Even though we now know it more or less fits, I still can’t shake the feeling that it’s basically a public bathroom. You know what I mean? And that’s why I’d probably not willing to accept the price. Or the Arrangement per sé for that matter.
I think people tended to not have sanitation at home or at work, so these must have been quite spacious in total. It’s not like it’s two bathroom stalls for these two rooms 😉
Funny thing is I pass this almost every day yet I only found out what it was about 2 weeks ago. You nevee truly know what's going on in this fucking weird place
I just might be projecting my stereotypes about the UK. But I would be worried about some drunkard pissing over the railing just as I try to leave the apartment.
There's a similar former underground Victorian public toilet in Manchester that was converted into a pub, The Temple. Been a while since I partook but I remember it being decent.
The Netty opened in June 2025 in a converted Victorian underground public toilet in central Oxford in the middle of a roadway. With only 2 suites it is Britain's smallest hotel. The original gentlemen's toilets were built in 1895. Today, each room has its own street-level staircase. Original floor tiles were kept, and the interiors include high-cistern toilets. There is no reception, restaurant, or room service, and prices start from around £170 per night.
Street view | Photos
Is there other converted toilets in the area? I remember seeing a show years back about unique housing and a lady had an apartment that was previously public toilets that looked exactly like this.
Wondering if there’s multiple or if that lady sold or opened a hotel in that spot.
I was thinking the same, pretty sure it was George Clark
Good. When I'm walking around in my hotel room in bare feet, I like to be absolutely sure that it's a place where a man with dysentery once shat out his guts and died.
If this is near a stadium, on a game night there are going to be so many people peeing in that stairway that if it doesn't have good drainage I bet it would reach the third step.
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prices start from… WHAT??? Duuude
I’m not sure if you think it is high or low.
Usually the rule is that it costs at least rent of an apartment * 2. So you’d expect rent to be near £2600/month in that area. Rent tends to be the price of an apartment divided by 240 months, so you expect them to cost about £625000.
Lets check:
For a rule of thumb it seems to fit.
Wow, great analysis! Even though we now know it more or less fits, I still can’t shake the feeling that it’s basically a public bathroom. You know what I mean? And that’s why I’d probably not willing to accept the price. Or the Arrangement per sé for that matter.
I think people tended to not have sanitation at home or at work, so these must have been quite spacious in total. It’s not like it’s two bathroom stalls for these two rooms 😉
I see. Still “Britains smallest hotel”, isn’t it? Can’t be too spacious as the name suggests.
But I can be wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time lol. 😅
Yeah, IMHO two rooms without a person in the lobby is more like a BnB than “a hotel”. But that’s just me.
Absolutely, I agree
170 per night?? 😭
Cheap for central Oxford, right?
And where is it, OP?
You were fast, I was just about to post the details. It's in Oxford, at the Martyrs' Memorial.
Funny thing is I pass this almost every day yet I only found out what it was about 2 weeks ago. You nevee truly know what's going on in this fucking weird place
But what are the exact coordinates!? so called OP!
One and a half furlongs north of the Carfax.
“Former public toilet now expensive toilet you can sleep next to”
I just might be projecting my stereotypes about the UK. But I would be worried about some drunkard pissing over the railing just as I try to leave the apartment.
Pretty sure the title of Britain’s smallest hotel goes to my parents 😂 they just need Expedia integration
I'd probably have some sort of phantom smell of stale piss and urinal soap bars if I tried to stay there
I think I would too.
It looks nice untill you realise that it's in England which means that people definitely still relive themselves there at night.
I mean can you blame them when all the toilets are being closed and turned into hotels.
Spoken like a man who’s never been to this part of Oxford in their life.
Ah yes Oxford, where everyone sounds like the Queen and their farts smell like roses
Closed all the phone boxes, where else are we going to wee
Not sure what people reliving has anything to do with it
Keeping the original tile floors. 😬
And the new kitchen was once made of compost.
There's a similar former underground Victorian public toilet in Manchester that was converted into a pub, The Temple. Been a while since I partook but I remember it being decent.
I’ve had coffee in a former Victorian era toilet in London: https://attendantcoffee.com/pages/fitzrovia
Yes, we surely must privatize every single public area.
yea it used to be a shitty place
We are now remodeling public restrooms to sleep in? What?
“Babe, I booked us a lovely honeymoon suite in Oxford.”
I saw public toilets that were underground like this when I went to Notting Hill. For a moment it looked like a NYC subway entrance.
Wouldn't surprise me if the stairs still are
I’ve been to a club, smoke bar, social club, and swingers thing all in bathrooms like this under the ground all across London,
A similar toilet , just in Shoreditch was turned into a night club called public life much fun was had by all who attended.
Saw The Bays play there back in the day. Great night out.
Let's face it, it probably still is!
Also doubled as a place to get molested/mugged back in the day. That just screams trouble.
Extremely fucking cute.
Non zero chance it still is
170 quid can live in 5 stars in most countries
You don’t stay in many 5 star hotels or hotels in a city centre for that matter, do you?