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Woods closed after trust says trees are 'unsafe'

Alex Pope
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Fae Southwell/BBC A do not enter sign, printed on a white backing warning of danger. An image of a man has a red cross, cross him, in a red circle and a yellow and back warning sign showing a falling tree branch. Fae Southwell/BBC
Signs have been put up at the entrance of Ansetts Wood warning visitors not to enter

A wood has been closed to the public after the recent dry weather has caused its trees to become "unsafe", a trust said.

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire said Ansetts Wood, at Fulbourn Fen, Cambridge, was shut after a safety inspection.

It said that the warm temperatures had "added to the issue of ash dieback".

The area remains off limits while further assessments and work was completed to ensure it was safe for the public, it said on its website.

Fae Southwell/BBC A wood, with an entrance tapped off with red tape, showing a sign for no access and a Wildlife Trust sign in the distance and another large black sign to the right. There are brown leaves and foliage on the ground and trees all around the area. Fae Southwell/BBC
The Wildlife Trust said there were other places to visit in the area

The charity thanked visitors for their patience and it added their safety was its "top priority".

It said other areas of the Fulbourn Fen remained open.

Ash dieback, which is a fungus and originated in Asia, has spread across the country, the trust said.

It has led to "the death of thousands of trees and heads to branches dying, and leaves become blackened".

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