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Policy Guidance - brown tourist signs

Where can I get further information?

There are three publications which set out policy and technical advice on brown tourist signs:

• Traffic Signs to Tourist Attractions and Facilities in England: Guidance for Tourist Signing - General Introduction. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 8, Section 2, Part 3: TA 93/04.  The Stationery Office, 2004.
• Traffic Signs to Tourist Attractions and Facilities in England: Tourist Signing - Trunk Roads. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 8, Section 2, Part 4: TD 52/04.  The Stationery Office, 2004.
• Traffic Signs to Tourist Attractions and Facilities in England: Guidance for Tourist Signing - Local Roads. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 8, Section 2, Part 5: TA 94/04.  The Stationery Office, 2004.

The above three DMRB publications are available from:

The Stationery Office:
Tel: 0870 600 5522
Fax: 020 7873 8247
Order online

For tourist signing on roads in Greater London, excluding the M25 and A282, Transport for London (London Streets) can be contacted by telephone on 0845 305 1234 (9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday) or at londonstreets@tfl.gov.uk

For further information on the Visit England Quality Standards for tourism businesses, please contact:

• Quality in Tourism for the National Quality Assessment Scheme (for all types of accommodation establishments, including hotels, guest houses, B&B, self catering, caravan sites and camping sites):

Quality in Tourism,
Security House,
Alexandra Way,
Ashchurch,
Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire,   GL20 8NB.

Tel: 0845 300 6996
Fax: 01684 272 550
http://www.qualityintourism.com/
email: qualityintourism@uk.g4s.com

• Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service (for tourist attractions and facilities):

VAQAS Executive,
VisitEngland,
1 Palace Street,
Victoria,
London.   SW1E 5HX.

Tel: 020 7578 1400 (switchboard)
Tel: 020 7578 1451 (direct line)
Fax: 020 7578 1401
http://www.visitengland.com/corporate
e-mail: vaqas@visitengland.org

For further information on the Disability Discrimination Act, please contact:

• Equality and Human Rights Commission:

3 More London,
Riverside Tooley Street,
London.   SE1  2RG.

Tel: 020 3117 0235 (non helpline calls only).
Fax: 0207 407 7557.

Helpline (England) tel: 0845 604 6610
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
e-mail: info@equalityhumanrights.com

The development department of your regional or local tourist organisation may also produce an advisory leaflet giving local information and contacts. Also, you may be able to advertise your tourist attraction or facility on the regional or local tourism web site or provide a link from their web site to your web site, or advertise in their hard copy publicity material.

The contacts shown in the table below are intended to be of use for owners and operators of tourist attractions and facilities.

The contact details are correct as at Monday 08 March 2010. For each organisation, where two web sites are shown, the first web site listed is for tourist visitors and the second web site listed is for tourism business owners.

If you are unsure whom to contact, please visit: http://www.visitbritain.com/ukindustry/ for assistance.