Cycleways: Road Signs and Markings

(asked on 2nd January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on standardising signage for national and local cycle routes; and whether she plans to introduce a national approach to cycle route signage.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 12th January 2026

Signing for national and local cycle routes has been standardised since 1981. Current signs are prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

Active Travel England routinely checks signage quality on their route check tool, to make sure the use of signs is consistent.

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