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Public Amenities

Public Amenities is for places and routes that clearly match this theme. This category includes labels such as Public toilets, Benches & Seating Spots, Picnic tables & picnic sites, and Vending machines. A spot belongs here when the theme is visible in the activity, location or facility itself, not just because it happens to be nearby.

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Public Amenities

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What belongs in Public Amenities?

Public amenities make routes practical. Mention toilets, water, seating, opening times and accessibility, especially for longer walks.

Public Amenities covers spots where this theme is central. The place should be recognizable, visitable and useful for someone actively looking for this kind of location.

Use the 4 subcategories to describe the place more precisely. Examples include Public toilets, Benches & Seating Spots, Picnic tables & picnic sites, and Vending machines.

Criteria for this category

Choose Public Amenities when the activity, function or setting of the spot directly fits this theme. The description and photo should make it clear why the place belongs here.

If several labels could apply, choose the subcategory that most concretely describes what someone can do or see at the location.

What does not belong here?

A place does not automatically belong in Public Amenities because it is beautiful, quiet or popular. The main feature must genuinely match this category.

Use another category when the place is mainly about food, views, history, sport, nature or public facilities and {name} is only a side detail.

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Subcategories that make clearer what kind of place is meant inside Public Amenities.

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