PNFS Signposts – Considerations for selecting locations.
We always need:- The landowner’s consent
- At a junction of footpaths and/or bridleways in walking country
- Accessible for installation and future maintenance
- In parishes and areas which have few or no existing PNFS signs as ‘silent ambassadors’
- Close to a wall or fence, if in a field used by horses or cattle
- In the shelter of trees, which minimises the need for maintenance
- In locations where lost walkers face potential danger, e.g., those regularly visited by Mountain Rescue teams in bad weather.
- Locations near busy roads or roads treated with salt in the winter, e.g., the A57
- Locations adjacent to an existing Highway Authority or Peak District National Park footpath sign
- National Trust (NT) estates, unless we have a donor willing to accept their ban on memorial plaques (e.g., S526 above Alport Castle, donated by the ‘Friends of the NT’)
- Locations where vandalism is a likely problem.