--- title: "Carved Timber Signs and Waymarkers | Craft Wales" url: https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/signage-and-waymarkers description: "Bilingual carved timber signage, waymarkers, interpretation boards and noticeboards for councils, parks, schools and attractions across Wales." lang: en --- Image: Timber entrance sign carved croeso i and welcome to Parc Penallta in Welsh and English, with a blue Caerphilly council plaque, five carved activity panels and a painted panel showing a pony-shaped earthwork sculpture, standing on a grassy slope beside a road (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/8048fea7-ab91-48f6-a74b-bfaba7e8eb74/signage-penallta-entrance.jpg) [ What we build ] # Signs that still look right _in ten years_ Carved timber signage, waymarkers and interpretation boards for parks, trails, schools and attractions. We carve in Welsh and English as standard. Made in our own factory Installed by our own team Bespoke sizes Welsh made [ The range ] ## What we make ### Entrance and Site Signs The first thing people see when they arrive, carved and finished to suit the setting. - Made to measure - Carved and painted - Posts set into the ground - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact ### Waymarkers and Trail Posts Marking a route through a park, a wood or a school ground. - Carved timber posts - Directional arrows - Bilingual as standard - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact ### Interpretation Boards Telling people what they are looking at, built to stand out in the weather. - Angled or upright - Timber frame - Made to suit your artwork - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact ### Noticeboards Lockable boards for villages, parks and community buildings. - Made to measure - Glazed or open - Lockable options - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact ### School and Playground Signage School names, badges and garden entrances, carved into the timber or Play-Tec plastic. - Carved and painted - Welsh and English - Fixed to posts or a fence - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact ### Memorial and Dedication Plaques Carved dedications for benches, gardens and memorial areas. - Routered lettering - Timber or fitted plaque - Ask us for a quote: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact See all 32 signage and waymarkers photographs: https://craft-wales.co.uk/our-work/gallery?filter=signage-and-waymarkers [ Bilingual as standard ] ## Bilingual signs, _carved as standard_ Public bodies in Wales work to Welsh language standards, and signage is a visible part of that. We carve and router in Welsh and English every week, so working in both languages is normal for us rather than a special request. That means the layout is planned around both languages from the start, so neither one ends up squeezed in or set smaller than the other. Image: Two play panels, one red lettered Swyddfa'r Post and one green lettered Siop, joined by rods carrying coloured sliding beads (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/eb048bd3-d626-4638-9625-4ac7a75d5884/post-office-shop-panels.jpg) [ Refurbishment ] ## We can repair what you already _have._ We refurbish existing timber signage and seating when a budget will not stretch to new. We re-topped the bench tops in Ystrad Mynach town centre in European green oak, with sunk and capped fixings. [ How they are built ] ## Made to survive _the weather_ ### Posts that do not rot Galvanised steel posts are concreted into the ground and the timber legs sit over them, so the timber never sits in wet ground. ### The timber Locally sourced oak and sweet chestnut, alongside Douglas fir, larch and spruce, from managed forests. ### The finish Everything apart from green oak is finished in an oil-based product, and we recommend re-coating each spring. Green oak is left to weather naturally. ### Drawn before it is built Every structure is drawn by hand, to scale, before anything is cut. [ Who we build them for ] ## Who we make signs for ### Councils and Parks Entrance signs, waymarkers and interpretation boards for parks, trails and open spaces. See councils and parks https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/councils-and-parks ### Schools and Education School names, badges and bilingual signage for entrances and school grounds. See schools and education https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/schools ### Leisure and Tourism Signage and interpretation boards that help visitors find their way around a site. See leisure and tourism https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/leisure-and-tourism ### Sport and Community Noticeboards and carved signs for clubs, community buildings and village greens. See sport and community https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/sport-and-community ### Homes and Private Clients Residential work is handled by our sister company. About RCT Property Services https://craft-wales.co.uk/rct-property-services [ Aftercare ] ## We come back. Everything we make, apart from items in green oak, is finished in an oil-based product, and we recommend re-coating each spring. That stops the timber cracking and splintering, keeps the water out and slows the algae that makes a surface slippery. On a yearly maintenance plan we come back, inspect the timber, make good any minor damage and re-spray it. In year five we add an anti-fungal treatment. Green oak is designed to withstand the elements, and its appearance will change over time. [ How we work ] ## From first visit to final fitting. 1. 01 ### Free Site Visit We come to you, measure up and talk through what you need. 2. 02 ### Design and Quote We draw it up by hand, to scale, and give you a fixed price. 3. 03 ### Made in Our Workshop Built by our own team in Ystrad Mynach. 4. 04 ### Installed by Our Team Delivered and fitted on site by the people who made it. 5. 05 ### Aftercare We offer a full aftercare package to help your products last. ## Send us the wording Book a Site Visit: https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact Try the concept tool: https://craft-wales.co.uk/concept-builder Try the concept tool (https://craft-wales.co.uk/concept-builder) ## Structured data ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://craft-wales.co.uk/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Signage and waymarkers", "item": "https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/signage-and-waymarkers" } ] } ```