In message , Judy Rigby
writes

Please ... any good, safe ideas on how I can discourage the fox from
using a particular area of the garden as a toilet ? The dear animal is
quite horribly prolific in its activities ...

There is a product called Renardine available at garden centres which I
have used before to deter foxes from maintaining a latrine. It smells
somewhat disgusting - put a short cane in the ground by the latrine, tie
a rag to it about 30/40cm from the ground and soak it with the
Renardine.
--
Robert