Directors have asked visitors not to travel to a popular pre-historic Nottinghamshire beauty spot over the bank holiday weekend.
The visitor centre, café, car park, cave tours and museum at Creswell Crags, a limestone gorge on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border, have been closed and out of action since March 17, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Locals are able to exercise at the site but the Creswell Heritage Trust, the charity in charge of the site near Worksop, has warned people not to travel to the site from further afield, particularly by car, amid rumours of lockdown restrictions easing.
Executive director Paul Baker said: “In normal circumstances we would enthusiastically welcome visitors this time of year but given the lockdown we are asking people not to visit other than for their short daily exercise, if they live locally.
"We want to minimise disruption for our neighbours and make sure social distancing is possible on site.
"We also want to be sure everyone is safe: the locked gates mean there is no access for emergency vehicles, and the absence of staff on site means there are no first-aiders, as there usually would be.
"It is regrettable but for safety reasons, and out of respect for local residents, we must ask people to stay away.”
