Celebrating reinstatement of damaged Greenhill fingerpost near Sutton Poyntz April 2023

One iconic image that is unique to Dorset are its fingerposts, the old road signs featuring a white or occasionally red metal roundel or finial.

They are a common feature of the Dorset countryside, and are a legacy of the early road system.

The Greenhill fingerpost located on the junction on Combe Valley Road and Plaisters Lane near Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth, is back in operation following its restoration after an altercation with a misguided lorry.

Peter Jones, a local CPRE member, has been the driving force in getting this fingerpost first restored six years ago with community effort and again for this latest repair to a damaged finger. The repairs were funded by Weymouth Council, Sutton Poyntz Ltd, Dorset AONB (provided the oak finger) and grant from Dorset CPRE. A photo shoot was held on 20th April 2023 to celebrate the reinstatement of the damaged fingerpost.

Main photo, from left Guy Dickinson (West Dorset CPRE Chair), Peter Jones, Andy Hohne (Treasurer and Secretary of the Sutton Poyntz Society), Cllr Ann Weaving (Mayor of Weymouth), Caroline Richards (Dorset AONB) and Roger Bond (Normtec).