Road Signs and Markings

(asked on 20th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a new brown tourist sign for ruined abbeys that excludes the depiction of a spire to prevent confusion between ruined abbeys and working churches.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 23rd January 2026

The Department has made no assessment of the potential merits of creating a new brown tourist sign for ruined abbeys.

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