# The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, Part 4: Symbols and legends used in combination with a white panel

Extent: E+W+S

Sign table — Schedule 4, Part 4
(1)
Item
(2)
Description
(3)
Symbol
(4)
Required legends
(5)
Variants to column 4 legends, or legends that may be included
(6)
Legend height (by reference to x-height)
(7)
Applicable Part 5 item
1
Loading prohibited
1. “No loading”
2. A time period
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
2
Parking place
1. A time period may be included
2. A permitted parking expression may be included
3. A type or types of user may be included and, where the user is a type of permit holder, a permit identifier may be included
4. A legend provided for at 3 above may be varied by the addition of “only” or “only at all times”
5. The name of the traffic authority may be included
6. A parking place identifier or a zone identifier may be included
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
3
Parking place where vehicles may be parked partially on the verge or footway
(Alternative types)
1. A time period may be included
2. A permitted parking expression may be included
3. A type or types of user may be included and, where the user is a type of permit holder, a permit identifier may be included
4. A legend provided for at 3. above may be varied by the addition of “only” or “only at all times”
5. The name of the traffic authority may be included in the sign
6. A parking place identifier or a zone identifier may be included in the sign
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
2, 4, 5, 7, 8
4
Parking place where vehicles may be parked wholly on the verge or footway
(Alternative types)
1. A time period may be included
2. A permitted parking expression may be included
3. A type or types of user may be included and, where the user is a type of permit holder, a permit identifier may be included
4. A legend provided for at 3 above may be varied by the addition of “only” or “only at all times”
5. The name of the traffic authority may be included
6. A parking place identifier or a zone identifier may be included
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
2, 4, 5, 7, 8
5
Parking place reserved for loading and unloading
“Loading only”
1. “Loading only” may be varied to “Loading”, “Goods vehicles loading” or “Goods vehicles loading only”
2. The legend may be varied to include—
(a) a time period;
(b) a permitted parking expression; or
(c) both
3. The name of the traffic authority may be included
4. A parking place identifier may be included
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
6
Parking not subject to payment conditions
“Free”
The permitted variants at item 2 apply
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
7
Parking subject to payment conditions
“Pay at machine”
1. The permitted variants at item 2 apply
2. “Pay at machine” may be varied to any of the following or any appropriate combination of the following—
(a) “Pay here at machine”
(b) “Pay at machine across road”
(c) “Pay at machine opposite”
(d) “Pay at machine” and a location
(e) “Pay at” and a description of the ticket machine in any coloured letters
(f) “Display ticket”
(g) “Pay by phone” and a telephone number and “or text” and a text number and “quoting location” and a location number
(h) “Pay by phone” and a telephone number and “quoting location” and a location number
(i) “Pay by text” and a text number and “quoting location” and a location number
(j) Disc Zone”, “Disc parking”, “Ticket Zone” or “Ticket parking”
3. “Pay” in the legend “Pay at machine”, or in any of the legends referred to in entry 2, may be varied to “For longer stay pay”
4. Where the legend refers to a ticket machine, the legend may include an arrow pointing horizontally to the left or to the right, or one arrow pointing to the left and one to the right, to indicate the location of the machine or machines
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
8
Drivers must obtain and display parking tickets
“Have you paid and displayed?”
Not less than 15 mm and not more than 40 mm

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/4/part/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-4/part-4
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