Early on in my London stay I realized that charming, amusing, puzzling, and just weird, signs would be a great subject for photos. Two characteristics of British signs that I couldn't help but notice were politeness and an elevated vocabularly. But some were just funny, too. I compiled several blog posts of sign pix, and you can see them all here. This page gives a selection of my favorites, from London and elsewhere, and you can see more in the Flickr set. Enjoy!

Bicycles warrant lots of signage...

in Wellington Plaza

many signs like this in Kensington & Chelsea

in Bishop's Park

Lots of signs to watch for on the roads if you're driving (or parking, or trying to) or even just walking...

parking notice at Vietnamese Embassy: "we will be grateful if residents temporarily concede the use of parking spaces...."
puzzled about this as I was? here's the scoop	sign near Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh
thank goodness for these helpful signs in my neighborhood!

Warnings of various kinds abound...

Ice cream: another subject requiring some signage...

Lots of signs in the parks...

near the Serpentine: no dogs worrying wildlife here	or disturbing them here in St. James's Park
you can't feed them here, either	"Winston: World's Best Dog" memorialized in Battersea Park

And some signs whose messages just sound so British, you know you're in England...

super-polite sign in Harrod's

cricket fans will understand

I hope the troops appreciate the "break"

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