Old toilets, new London: Prices push cafés underground

Customer messages are pictured on a wall at 'Attendant', a former public toilet that has been converted into a coffee shop and sandwich bar in central London. - Photos AFP

Abandoned Victorian toilets have been converted into charming restaurants, cafés and boutiques.

With spiralling land prices turning even the darkest corners of London into potential goldmines, the city's forgotten spaces, including 19th-century public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, cafés and boutiques.