LOOPY signposts are leaving visitors to Brighton in a spin.

Several of the council signs designed to lead tourists to the town's top attractions are pointing completely the wrong way.

Now there are calls to sort them out before baffled visitors to Brighton give up and go elsewhere.

The confusing signs were spotted by frustrated resident Derek Brown after a stroll round the town.

He found:

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In Old Steine, signposts pointing to the library and the museum in different directions - even though they are in the same building.

In Black Lion Street, signs for the Palace Pier, the Pavilion and the Brighton Centre, all back to front.

At the Clock Tower, a sign to the Brighton Centre pointing down North Street.

In North Laine, a sign to the seafront pointing east instead of south.

Mr Brown, of Pembroke Crescent, Hove, said: "This town is justly proud of its attraction to visitors, so it saddens me that most of the signposts in Brighton are very misleading."

His concerns are being backed by Brighton and Hove councillor Brian Oxley, who said: "Tourists coming down to Brighton to see all our attractions are forever ending up on the wrong side of town. It gives a very bad image. These signs are there to make people's lives easier.

"Getting around Brighton and Hove is not easy at the best of times. Whether it's people fooling around or not, something has to be done."

Principal traffic engineer Roger Harper said he was well aware of shortcomings in town centre signs, mainly on fingerpost signs.

He added: "I am looking to let a maintenance contract to refurbish these signs early in the new financial year."

Acouncil spokeswoman said the askew signs would be "sorted out", adding: "It is something that happens from time to time, although it's not been a particular problem, and we haven't had many complaints.

"As far as we are concerned the signs aren't particularly easy to turn around, so it's far more likely that it is being done deliberately than by the wind.

"We would like people to report this kind of thing straight away when it happens."

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