A fingerpost is a type of sign post consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction of travel to places named on the fingers, often including distance information.
A fingerpost at Betchworth, Surrey. The additional orange arrow shows the route of a cyclosportive.
Early wooden fingerposts in Saxony
A typical Royal Label Factory West Riding "Geared" fingerpost with the parish name and grid reference on the roundel.
A post-Worboys fingerpost with smaller signs for the National Cycle Network (in blue) and the Cumbria Coastal Way footpath (in brown).
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony.
Fingerposts and other road signage in the English village of Sturminster Marshall, near Poole
Road sign for roundabout leading to highways 1, 2 and 3 in Mariehamn, Åland
Sign in Australia reminding drivers to carry adequate supplies before entering remote areas
Sign warning of cattle crossing in a rural road of Madeira Island, Portugal
