Shop Signs Heywood

What a Heywood shop front has to do

A town-centre sign works at two distances. From across the street it must say what you are in a couple of words; up close it carries the name, the phone number and perhaps the opening hours. Squeeze everything onto the fascia and nobody can read it from a passing car.

Takeaways have their own needs. Much of their trade happens after dark, so lighting matters more than for a shop that shuts at half five. A lightbox, or letters lit with LED modules, keeps the name readable at night, while window vinyl can carry menu highlights and delivery details. The East Lancashire Railway heritage line also brings visitors to Heywood who do not know the streets, and clear signs help them find you.

On the industrial side, units and trade counters need a sign a delivery driver can spot from the estate road. Our shop signs service covers every type we supply.

Surveying and fitting signs in Heywood

Every sign starts with a visit. One of our team comes to the premises, measures the fascia or wall, checks what it is made of and where secure fixing points are, and notes old brackets, cables or rot. We also check access: whether a tower is needed, where a van can park and whether the pavement needs coning off.

Artwork and the quote are then agreed by email, phone or WhatsApp, and you are welcome to call in at our Manchester office in M8, roughly 25 to 30 minutes away by road via the M60 and M66 or through Middleton, depending on traffic. Production runs through our production network, and our fitters come back to install.

From survey to a fitted sign

Included with your sign

• An on-site survey with measurements and photos
• A scaled visual showing the sign on your shop front
• A check on whether consent or landlord permission is likely to be needed
• Removal of the old sign where needed
• Outdoor materials such as aluminium composite, acrylic and exterior-grade vinyl
• Fitting by our fitters with fixings suited to your wall or fascia

What we look at first on a Heywood fascia

• The old board: timber fascias often hide rot or loose battens, which must be sorted before anything new goes up.
• Reading distance: letter height set for the far pavement and passing traffic, not just the doorway.
• Neighbours: how your sign sits beside the shops either side.
• Night trading: whether lighting is worth it for your opening hours, and where power can reach the sign.
• Projecting signs: brackets need a solid wall and enough clearance above the pavement.
• Windows: how much glass to cover while keeping a clear view inside, so the shop looks open.

For lit options see our illuminated signs, and for the glass itself our window graphics service.

Frequently asked questions

Shop signs for Bury, Rochdale and Middleton too

Shops a few miles away can see shop signs in Bury, shop signs in Rochdale and shop signs in Middleton. Our main shop signs page covers the whole service, and the Heywood print and signage page lists banners, boards and other local work.

Send a photo of your shop front and roughly what you want it to say, and we will arrange a survey and a fixed quote. Request a shop sign quote, ring 0161 315 1151 or WhatsApp a photo to 07737 902425.