Waymarker Post

Date published: 30 March, 2015

This is for the installation of a treated and routed timber waymarker post.

Your Woods In and Around Towns Operational Plan map must clearly identify where the waymarker post will be located.

Waymarker post:

  • minimum of 75 millimetres square sawn or 100 millimetres diameter, and 1,000 millimetres in height
  • set in well-rammed stone and earth, or concrete if required, to a minimum depth of 600 millimetres
  • routed disc and / or arrow; standard 80 millimetre dimensions; three millimetres deep and painted

Please ensure you abide by conditions set out in the Forestry Grant Scheme claim form and guidance.

Paths for All: Signage Guidance for Outdoor Access – A Guide to Good Practice

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