Brown signs

[Stej12]

We have a farm shop and cafe wondering how to go about getting some brown tourist signs some people say they are free any help would be appreciated

 

[HatsOff]

Council highways department or tourist/small business team?

 

[Still Farming]

Your Location may help or not.
Some Councils it's a money making racket and all their rules regs and costs are crazy and detrimental to the simple requirements of businesses.
Here for example new signs from the Council got to be bi lingual, and demographic, meaning bed for hotel, cup and saucer for cafe etc etc.
So a simple sign become huge and so much info , drivers can not make out all the details .
But they will stop you from putting a simple sign up everytime.

 

[upnortheast]

Cross your local councils palm with silver & they will provide brown signs.

 

[Still Farming]

Cross your local councils palm with silver & they will provide brown signs.

Only think its thousands???
That's why all these sign written vans parked everywhere clogging parking and roads up???

 

[delilah]

Cross your local councils palm with silver & they will provide brown signs.

For brown signs to our village off the main road the council charged good money, which from memory we got nearly all of it back as a grant, from the council. Just have to grit your teeth and play the game.

 

[Kidds]

We did ours through the AA, yellow rather than brown obviously but not too much hassle. Has to be directons rather than an advert, ie. Dimbledale Farm Shop and Cafe rather than Stej12's Shop. Same line as Superstore rather than Sainsbury's.

 

[Turnip]

If the road is managed by highways England, ie an A-road or motorway, look here:

Apply for brown tourist signs on roads that Highways England manage

How to apply for brown tourist signs for tourist attraction or facility located directly off a road managed by Highways England.

www.gov.uk

But be warned as £££

A single sign may cost £8,000 to £20,000 to design and install if sited on a single or dual carriageway, depending on the size of the sign.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

It’s not just the cost to erect, they charge you a forward amount to clean, repair and take down as well!

none of which they do around here!

 

[Hesstondriver]

The brown of the sign is Pantone 469 (PMS469)

the font of uk road signs is simply known as "transport" font

a good sign company would make one for a couple of hundred pounds.

cover yourself in high viz from head to toe, don a hard hat and carry a clip board and crack on

(or do it in the dark)

 

[Still Farming]

Council weekly drive around here picking or pulling down illegal signs and prosecute you too ?