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Foot and Mouth Disease

Access to CCW sites and to the Welsh countryside is open, despite a further outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) in Surrey.

Both Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government have stated that there is no need for people to stop visiting the countryside and, at the present time, the only impacts on visitor attractions are those which result from the restrictions on animal movements and animal gatherings.

Current veterinary advice is that outside of a Protection Zone where an outbreak has occurred, the risk of visitors to the countryside spreading the disease is low.  Any decision to close public rights of way and access land will only be taken where it is clearly necessary to do so.

CCW advises visitors to observe any local bio-security measures that have been put in place.

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