Street furniture facts for kids

Street furniture in Warminster, England

Street furniture can reflect local issues, as here at Lyme Regis, UK. The Ammonite-design streetlamps reflect the town's location on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage site.

Street furniture is the equipment on streets and roads mostly for the safety of people and their information. The term is most used in the UK, Canada and Australia.

It includes benches, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, street lighting, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, grit bins, tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains and memorials, and waste receptacles.

An important consideration in the design of street furniture is how it affects road safety.

Related pages

• Roads
• Pedestrian crossing

Images for kids

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  The signage systems of Metz, France, were created by Swiss designer Ruedi Baur.

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  Fire hydrant in Prague

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  Sidewalk valve for long defunct gas lighting company, Uptown New Orleans.

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  K2 and K6 (left) Red telephone boxes stand next to each other on St John's Wood High Street, London, England.

See also

In Spanish: Mobiliario urbano para niños