\n The Grove woodland on the outskirts of Felixstowe has been used to create “unauthorised bike trails” where people have created jumps and berms on the woodland floor.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson from East Suffolk Council said: “Disturbing the woodland could cause a potential risk to safety and may breach legislation for protected species, and we are appealing to mountain bike enthusiasts to stick to designated routes and tracks.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In the woodland a sign was attached to a tree by the council, which warned mountain bikers that they are not permitted to ride through the wood and there is a public footpath where they can push their bicycles.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The sign also said in bold red writing “Digging up the woodland floor is forbidden, and you may face prosecution.”\n<\/p>\n
\n It then quoted the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 which explained that it is illegal to uproot any wild plants without consent, regardless of if they are protected or not.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The spokesperson also said: “We understand the appeal of off-road riding and we encourage cycling for its many health and environmental benefits. However, the safety of other visitors and protecting the environment of the woods is also extremely important.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We want everyone to be able to visit and enjoy East Suffolk\u2019s publicly accessible woodlands and we actively manage areas including The Grove to enhance access and biodiversity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grove woodland on the outskirts of Felixstowe has been used to create “unauthorised bike trails” where people…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-163287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114637166666052278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}