Britain’s most confusing street sign

A lamp-post in London containing parking restrictions has been labelled Britain’s most confusing street sign.

With no less that six panelled signs on the lamp-post, both motorists and parking wardens alike have been left baffled trying to decipher exactly what the sign says.

The signs include a match and event information line and instructions for paying by phone, in addition to no loading and the regular parking restriction signs.

Film director Justin Edgar, spent half an hour explaining to a parking warden that he had legally parked his car outside his home, after receiving a £120 fine.

Although the warden from Islington Council admitted he was wrong, Mr Edgar was still fined, despite having a valid £180 annual permit for residents, displayed in his car. He told the Daily Express that the signage was ‘the most confusing parking sign in Britain’.

Mr Edgar’s road is close to the Emirates stadium of Arsenal football club, which means there are strict parking restrictions in place on match days. It becomes even more confusing as resident parking bays are located next to metered spaces.

A spokesman from Islington Council apologised for the error and told the Daily Mail that they would refund Mr Edgar’s money.

“We’ve cancelled the ticket and apologised for the inconvenience. We have no wish to issue a ticket unfairly. The signage is accurate but having listened to Mr Edgar’s common sense observations we are reviewing what we can do to make it clearer so this doesn’t happen again,”the spokesman said.