Best way to dry out kids bath towels?!

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We are renovating an upstairs under-eaves bathroom that the kids use. There are three of them. Wet towels galore. Wondering what other people have found to be the best way to dry out 3-4 wet towels (3 large bath and one small hand towel) simultaneously in a small space?!

I have two places where I can put a heated towel rail or radiator:

First space is 35cm wide x 190cm tall
Other space is 70cm wide x 135 cm tall (under a sloped ceiling)

Wondering if they might dry out better if I installed a radiator with towel rail over the top of it, rather than an upright heated towel rail? I get annoyed with towels on a heated towel rail as can't seem to throw more than one on without the others ending up bunched up underneath, but maybe that is just me being unreasonable!

Maybe they don't need a radiator to dry out? Maybe three names hooks would be enough?

How much ventilation is there? Regardless of whether the towels are on a heated rail, a radiator, or a hook, the moisture has to go somewhere. If it's a small bathroom being used by three people every day, you'd need decent ventilation to even air out the room enough for towels to start to air dry.

I find mine dry better on the hooks on the back of the door than they do on the towel rail.

I love our heated towel rail. It permanent houses 4 bath towels and a hand towel. All folded but unless dripping wet they are dry by the next morning/evening.

Growing up, my Mum always hung the towels outside under cover after baths/showers including the bath mat.

A heated towel rail or two covered with towels won't make for a warm bathroom. Any room for a cupboard that has some hot pipes going through it to dry the towels in? It would need to have a grille in it so the damp has somewhere to escape to. On the landing perhaps?

This isn’t the best solution but ours go over the landing banister- that way they are fully spread out and dry without any heat.

Agree that towels hung on a hook tend to dry better than folded on a towel rail, even a heated towel rail. Maybe a row of hooks above a radiator? If your spaces are narrow then a short but deep radiator (double or triple depth).

With that many towels I would be inclined to get one of those over radiator airers for each child’s bedroom and just keep them in their rooms. Each kid gets a different colour/pattern so you can keep track —and identify any towel droppers quickly—.

We just hang DD’s wet toweling poncho on the hook of her bedroom door and it dries overnight, but our house is a warm new build.

This is what we used to do. Works well.