DE Signs North East has been making signs for Hexham and the Tyne Valley for over four decades. From our workshop in Blaydon, we serve the many independent shops, pubs, restaurants, and rural businesses that make Hexham such a distinctive market town. We understand the unique character of Hexham — a historic town where signage needs to respect the heritage while still being bold enough to attract customers.
Hexham is a historic market town in the heart of the Tyne Valley, known for Hexham Abbey, the Moot Hall, and its bustling market square. The town centre has a strong independent retail scene, with shops along Fore Street, Market Street, and Battle Hill. Many of these businesses need signage that's sympathetic to the town's historic character — and that's where our 45 years of experience really shows. We're familiar with Northumberland National Park Authority and Northumberland County Council planning requirements, which can be more restrictive for listed buildings and conservation areas.
Every sign we make is designed, manufactured, and installed by our in-house team. No outsourcing, no middlemen, no compromises. We use premium materials from trusted suppliers like 3M, Avery Dennison, and Coates — ensuring your sign looks great and lasts for years, even in the North East weather.
LED light boxes, illuminated letters, and light-up fascia signs for maximum visibility day and night.
Full vehicle wraps and fleet livery to turn your vehicles into mobile advertising.
Modern LED neon signs for bars, restaurants, and retail.
Fascia signs, projecting signs, and complete shop front makeovers.
Dimensional lettering in acrylic, metal, tray, and illuminated finishes.
Frosted vinyl, window lettering, and full-colour printed window graphics.
Van lettering, vinyl graphics, and partial wraps for any vehicle type.
PVC banners, correx boards, Dibond panels (3mm aluminium composite), and pavement signs.
Directional signage, door signs, and site navigation systems for offices and public buildings.
Recent projects made in-house at Blaydon, installed across Tynedale and the Tyne Valley.
We have been making signs for North East businesses since 1978. That is over four decades of local knowledge.
Everything is made at our Blaydon workshop. No outsourcing means better quality control and faster turnaround.
We come to you, measure up, and give honest advice on the best signage solution for your budget.
Being local means we can respond quickly. Simple signs are ready within 5-10 working days; most projects complete within 2-3 weeks.
We cover all of Hexham and the surrounding areas, including:
Hexham falls under Northumberland County Council's planning jurisdiction. The town centre includes conservation areas and listed buildings, so signage proposals often need careful consideration. We have extensive experience working within these constraints and can create signs that are both compliant and visually striking. For listed buildings, we work with the council's conservation officer to ensure any signage is appropriate. Read our guide on planning permission for signs in Newcastle for more details.
Local landmarks and areas we know well include Hexham Abbey, the Moot Hall, Hexham Market Place, Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham Racecourse, and Hadrian's Wall.
Genuine reviews from North East businesses we have made signs for - collected via Google, Yell and our own website.
Yes, we cover Hexham, Corbridge, Haltwhistle, Prudhoe, Stocksfield, and all the villages along the Tyne Valley. We regularly travel out for site surveys and installations throughout the area.
Absolutely. We have decades of experience creating signage that respects historic town centres. We use traditional materials and finishes where appropriate, and we work closely with Northumberland County Council's conservation team to ensure everything is approved.
A standard shop front sign starts at around £450. Heritage-style signs using traditional materials may cost more. We provide free, no-obligation quotes after visiting your premises to assess the site.
Yes — many of our Tyne Valley customers are rural tradespeople, farmers, and estate managers who need durable vehicle graphics. We use high-quality vinyl that withstands rural conditions, including mud, gravel, and weather exposure.
We can create event signage, directional signs, banners, and branded displays for events at Hexham Racecourse and other venues across the Tyne Valley. Just give us a call to discuss your requirements.
Hexham's retail streets around the Market Place, Fore Street and Priestpopple have a strong market-town character, and the fascia work we make here respects it: painted aluminium and timber-effect fascias, traditional hanging signs and lettering that sits comfortably beside Hexham Abbey's precinct and the town's stone frontages. We also make modern full-colour fascias for the business parks and the Burn Lane industrial area, where crisp shop front signs and unit signage are the order of the day. Every job begins with a free survey covering measurements, access and consent questions with Northumberland County Council.
The Tyne Valley's trades cover big distances — from Corbridge to Haltwhistle and up the Allen Valleys — so their vans do the advertising. We fit van wraps and durable lettering for Hexham builders, tree surgeons, heating engineers and estate firms, with vehicle graphics that survive both country lanes and town parking. Artwork, print and fitting are all in-house at Blaydon, under an hour away.
Hexham's evening economy — restaurants, bars and the racing crowd around Hexham Racecourse — rewards businesses that light up. We supply LED-illuminated fascias and projecting signs for the town centre, and neon-style LED signs are popular with Hexham's restaurants, salons and bars. Interior work ranges from etched-effect window frosting to reception lettering for offices and practices.
Market towns run on events: Hexham's market days, race meetings, agricultural shows at Corbridge and Tyndale events. We print banners and display boards on weatherproof materials, and pavement signs keep retailers visible on busy Saturdays without breaking the bank.
A market town like Hexham rewards signage that looks like it belongs. Our heritage-led fascias use traditional shapes and proportions — bracket-mounted hanging signs, hand-finished paint, serif or classic letterforms — built on modern substrates, so you get the period look without the period maintenance. The paint systems and aluminium-backed panels we use will look as good in ten years as the day they were fitted, where softwood and cheap vinyl would already have tired.
At the same time, we are honest about where modern methods beat tradition. LED illumination inside a traditional-looking sign case gives warm, even light for a fraction of the running cost of the fluorescent boxes it replaces, and modern fixings mean we can mount signs without scarring historic masonry. For shops in the conservation area, we prepare the drawings and material specifications that make consent applications straightforward rather than a gamble.
Rural businesses out in Tynedale have a different priority: signage that survives distance and weather between visits. Gate signs for holiday properties, direction signage for wedding venues and farm diversification sites, and entrance totems for nurseries and workshops all get specified for open-country exposure — treated or aluminium posts, laminated prints and mechanical fixings. If a sign is an hour from anywhere, it has to be right first time.
Hexham also has a thriving professional sector — accountants, architects, solicitors and medical practices — and their signage language is quiet confidence: cut acrylic or brushed-effect lettering at the entrance, frosted glass manifestations for doors and partitions, and wayfinding that makes a first visit feel easy. We handle the whole set in one schedule so the whole office looks considered, not piecemeal.
Yes — hanging signs on forged-look or painted brackets are one of our most-loved builds for market towns. We can match the bracket style to the building, whether that is a simple stay bar on a Victorian frontage or a heavier scroll bracket for a pub, and the sign panels are built on modern materials for a long, low-maintenance life.
Yes — Corbridge, Riding Mill, Stocksfield, Wylam, Prudhoe, Haltwhistle and Allendale are all regular coverage for us, and we plan survey trips through the valley so travel stays efficient. For remote or farm sites, just flag access details at booking so the install crew arrives with the right equipment.
Call us on 0800 2888004 or request a free quote online. We cover all of Hexham and the surrounding areas.
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