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A coloured arrow on a post, marking a right of way and its status.
Also known as: Public footpath arrow, Coloured arrow on a post
A coloured arrow on a post marks a public path, and in England and Wales the colour states the legal right: yellow for footpath, blue for bridleway. It is one of the few colour codes that carries a legal meaning rather than a stylistic one.
Marks the line of a public right of way, with the colour stating which class of right applies: yellow for a footpath, blue for a bridleway, plum for a restricted byway and red for a byway open to all traffic.
England and Wales · Contexts: Navigation
Carries that colour coding only in England and Wales. Other countries mark trails with their own conventions, and the same colour means nothing in particular elsewhere.
Contexts: Navigation
Is supplemented on named routes by a distinct emblem — an acorn, a shell — that identifies the trail rather than the right.
Contexts: Navigation
A solid arrow of a single colour on a small square or roundel, fixed to a post and turned to point along the line of the path.