Signs for tourist destinations
Inset: Stack-type sign with a brown background showing an elephant, the word "Zoo", a distance of 3 miles and an arrow pointing to the right
Inset: Flag-type sign pointing to the left with a brown destionation, the text "Model village" and a distance of 1 1/2 miles
Tourist destinations may be shown on separate signs with brown backgrounds, or on brown panels incorporated into other direction signs. See page 84 tor tourist signs on motorwars.
A map-type sign on a white background shows the route ahead for Lampton via the B1144 and a yellow on green panel showing (A 11), the route to the left is a major road to Dorfield and the B1321, and the minor road to the right points to a brown panel containing an elephant and the word Zoo.
A flag-type sign pointing to the left on a white background shows Linscombe Bay, 3 miles, and a brown panel with the text "Smugglers Caves" and 2 1/2.
Symbols are often used to indicate the type of destination. These may be shown on road maps. Once the full name of a tourist destination and its symbols have been shown on a sign, subsequent signs may show only the associated symbol. Examplaes of symbols are shown below. (Inset: A flag-type sign pointing left on a brown background containing a picture of a steam locomotive)
- An italic lower case i: Tourist information
- A castle: Castle
- A manor house: Historic house
- Some leaves on a stick: National Trust
- A white square with 3 blocks sticking out of each side: English Heritage
- A fir tree, a carousel with a single horse and a roush bushy tree: Theme park
- Three vertical lines, with some diagonal signs and three dots in the diagonal bit: Country park
- A parrot: Bird garden
- A duck: Nature reserve
- A sheep: Farm park
- A lion: Safari park
- A sand ccastle with a flag: Beach
- A building with a capital M in it: Museum (England)
- A Roman centurion's helmet: Roman remains
- An aeroplane's propeller: Aviation museum
There are also symbols for sports and leisure facilities.
- A football which is geometrically impossible: Football ground
- A cricket wicket with a ball knocking one stump over and dislodging a bail: Cricket ground
- A figure wearing a zip-down top: Sports sentre (England)
- A chequered flag: Motor sport
- A flag pointing to the left: Golf course
- A jockey riding a horse: Race course
- A fish with a line coming out of its mouth: Fishing
- A person riding a bicycle: Cycle hire
- Two skittles, one upright, one falling over: Ten-pin bowling
- A figure crouching on skis on a slope: Ski slope
See pages 103 and 104 for symbols and brown signs used for tourist facilities such as camp sites, restaurants and hotels. Some symbols are directional and face in the direction in which traffic turns at a junction. For ahead destinations, symbols generally face left. Some tourist attractions may use a general symbol, depending on whether they are in England, Scotland or Wales.
- A white and red rose: England
- A white thistle on a blue oval background: Scotland
- A red dragon on a white background: Wales
Examples are provided below this text:
- A brown rectangular sign with the text "For railway museum follow A121": This sign is used in advance of a junction, advising drivers of the route to be followed where it is not practicable to sign a tourist destination at the junction itself
- A flag-type sign pointing to the left with the text "Tourist route to Donford" and a white and red rose, also a stack-type sign with a brown background, an arrow pointing to the left, the text "Greenfield Country tour" and a white and red rose: Direction signs may indicate a route through and area of special interest
- A brown rectangular sign with a picture of a steam locomomtive and the text beneath "Steam railway 300 yards", also a rectangular sign with a picture of a castle and the text "Archer Castle 10 miles": Signs showing the distance ahead to a tourist attraction
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