Fingerposts in West Sussex

West Sussex examples

West Sussex has many extant fingerposts. Their detailing is generally as follows:

• Round metal posts painted in black and white bands, with a bulge in the middle black band
• Posts topped with roundels, either:
• an old version with a hollow roundel with the initials WSCC (for West Sussex County Council, the highway authority) as in the photo below
• a new version with WSCC over the top and the village name at the bottom
• Wooden arms for destination names and mileage, with square ends, sometimes with scallops in the corners
• Mileage to the destinations are given to the nearest quarter mile.

Fingerpost in Westbourne, West Sussex with WSCC roundel and square-ended, non-scalloped fingers[J Purkiss 2006]