“Please can you all be aware that The Crown Estate ownership of Swinley Forest will be shut from dusk tonight until further notice due to the impending bad weather that is forecast for tonight and early tomorrow morning. This includes all of the mountain bike trails.
Our rangers will posting signs on entrances this afternoon informing visitors and will be patroling the forest areas in the morning and advising people to leave.
We plan to review the situation mid moring on Monday both to assess the ongoing weather forecast and to ascertain the extent of any damage that may or may not have occured.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but please be assured we will endeavour to open up all areas as soon as possible.
If you can share this message wth any people you know who will be affected by this closure we would be very grateful.”