Information sign
Youth hostel sign
What does the Youth hostel sign mean?
A brown sign pointing to a youth hostel run by the Youth Hostels Association or the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
Also known as: YHA sign
What it means
A youth hostel is ahead, at the distance or in the direction shown.
Brown signs may point to youth hostels managed by the Youth Hostels Association or the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
The sign shows a tree and a house, and may give a distance or an arrow.
Where you'll see it
On roads leading to a youth hostel.
Rules to know
Youth hostels managed by the Youth Hostels Association or Scottish Youth Hostels Association may be indicated by brown signs.
Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 122
Common mistakes
Mistake: Thinking it points to any hostel.
Instead: Only youth hostels managed by those associations are signed this way.
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- Know Your Traffic Signs (Department for Transport, Sixth edition, 2023), Direction signs on all-purpose roads, p. 122
Sign image: Department for Transport, Traffic sign images (diagram 2303). © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last reviewed 11 October 2026. This page explains the sign in our own words; for the full rules, see The Highway Code. How we source and check content