Counties on UK road signs
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Counties on UK road signs
On my travels I noticed this sign on the A38 Plymouth bypass westbound just prior to the Tamar Bridge.
I cannot recollect any other sign showing a county as a destination. Country yes, eg, Scotland.
Putting aside the fact that some people class Cornwall as a separate country, where else does this occur?
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4089276 ... 384!8i8192
I cannot recollect any other sign showing a county as a destination. Country yes, eg, Scotland.
Putting aside the fact that some people class Cornwall as a separate country, where else does this occur?
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.4089276 ... 384!8i8192
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Cornwall isn't a separate country ffs.
And signs for Scotland are usually uppercase.
But no, I've never seen counties as a destination on road signs.
And signs for Scotland are usually uppercase.
But no, I've never seen counties as a destination on road signs.
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I can't recall a time I've seen a county on a road sign (as a destination). Except London.
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...which isn't a county! "Greater London", if that ever appeared on a sign, would be.
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“SCOTLAND” is used in the same way that regional destinations - “NORTH WALES”, “The NORTH”, etc, are used. I guess “CORNWALL” would be the consistent way of doing this, but I think it would be unusual.
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Regional destinations as "Mid Wales" and "North Wales" here. Don't you just love the consistency.
I'm sure I've seen a "Yorkshire" somewhere, but I don't recall where (on the A1?) but not sure if that is regional or county?
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You would be surprised how many Cornish deem the county as a country separate from England!
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And when they require a passport to cross the Tamar and have a seat on the UN, I'll consider it as such. Not a day before.
Regardless, most don't think that and it's an eccentric POV helped along by the internet age, where loud minorities can come across as more numerous than they actually are.
Regardless, most don't think that and it's an eccentric POV helped along by the internet age, where loud minorities can come across as more numerous than they actually are.
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Last time I went between France and Belgium, I didn't need a passport.
Last time I looked, the Vatican City was not a member of the United Nations.
Countries are countries when basically enough people say they are.
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We don't need a passport to cross into Wales and it doesn't get a seat at the UN but no-one disputes that it's a country.Gareth wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 17:12 And when they require a passport to cross the Tamar and have a seat on the UN, I'll consider it as such. Not a day before.
Regardless, most don't think that and it's an eccentric POV helped along by the internet age, where loud minorities can come across as more numerous than they actually are.
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Fair does. Liverpool's a country then.
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Not sure I’ve ever seen it on the A1. Maybe somewhere up in the Pennines?Alderpoint wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 09:08I'm sure I've seen a "Yorkshire" somewhere, but I don't recall where (on the A1?) but not sure if that is regional or county?
Either way - it’s not a regional destination because there’s a very specific list of those. It would just be wrong.
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Re: Counties on UK road signs
"Saltash" and "Liskeard" probably don't mean much to many British motorists and the Plymouth people are probably sick of grockles getting off too soon. Solution - since most of the occasional travellers on that road are going to somewhere in Cornwall and they know vaguely that their desination is in Cornwall, adding "Cornwall" to the sign probably does not cost much and certainly does not really add any clutter to the sign.
The German solution would be to have "Bodmin" on the sign because that is the end point of the A38 (where it joins the A30).
The German solution would be to have "Bodmin" on the sign because that is the end point of the A38 (where it joins the A30).
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Road marking on the A629 in Central Halifax offers:
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Always makes me laugh, Lancashire being marked on the road as if "here be dragons".
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Always makes me laugh, Lancashire being marked on the road as if "here be dragons".
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There's hundreds of signs that say "Bristol" on them...
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Indeed, not only a city, but it's own county too.Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:26 There's hundreds of signs that say "Bristol" on them...
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If that's the path we're going to head down, then so are Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Swindon, Stoke-on-Trent, Milton Keynes, Blackpool etc etc etc....Isleworth1961 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:51Indeed, not only a city, but it's own county too.Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:26 There's hundreds of signs that say "Bristol" on them...
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Re: Counties on UK road signs
It is a ceremonial county and a unitary authority. So is Cornwall.Isleworth1961 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:51Indeed, not only a city, but it's own county too.Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:26 There's hundreds of signs that say "Bristol" on them...
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I didn't think it was the path we wanted to head down and I wasn't leading you down it. Isn't Bristol unique in its position as city and ceremonial county?Steven wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 13:53If that's the path we're going to head down, then so are Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Swindon, Stoke-on-Trent, Milton Keynes, Blackpool etc etc etc....Isleworth1961 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:51Indeed, not only a city, but it's own county too.Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:26 There's hundreds of signs that say "Bristol" on them...
Back to the original question, does this count?
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And these in Portsmouth?Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 18:46I didn't think it was the path we wanted to head down and I wasn't leading you down it. Isn't Bristol unique in its position as city and ceremonial county?
Back to the original question, does this count?
https://goo.gl/maps/y2ivmtZgrgJZWJWE6
https://goo.gl/maps/crqJZ2ShBw9V58S58