Restricted Area announcemnet

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Set up destination for a garden centre on a busy main but county road and as I turned onto the road, which I know well, the sat nav announced: "entering restricted area". nothing marked on map, just the announcemnt. What does this mean?
 
Darned good question. I saw this message a couple of times in one day some three years ago on a TomTom Bridge device. I've never heard that message on a consumer device. It happened as I was about to enter a park area and a shopping center. Never did get a good answer as to why.


Do you have the coordinates for the point at which the announcement occurred?
 
Thanks, it is strange, the cordinates are50.90080, -0.20191 for the roundbout where it announced entering a 'restricted area' and i was travelling west and then north, so it was the third exit from the roundabout. i know of nothing special of the area but? It is on a Go discover device.
 
interestting, tthe only other clue i can tthink of is tthat one road off the roundaboutt was anarrow count lane and i throught it mayy had a wheight/width restricttion, i will check nextime i am around tha area. Otherwise a mystery. i will certianly look out for tthe 'speed sign'. tthe article corresspond to the area, so who knows?

Thanks for investigating.
 
interestting, tthe only other clue i can tthink of is tthat one road off the roundaboutt was anarrow count lane and i throught it mayy had a wheight/width restricttion,
Poynings Rd, 2nd exit, shows a 30mph sign but nothing for A281 NB.
The entrances to the fields are not close enough to your route direction change to matter.

If you do see something odd next you drive there please make a MSR as Willy suggested.
 
interestting, tthe only other clue i can tthink of is tthat one road off the roundaboutt was anarrow count lane and i throught it mayy had a wheight/width restricttion, i will check nextime i am around tha area. Otherwise a mystery. i will certianly look out for tthe 'speed sign'. tthe article corresspond to the area, so who knows?

Thanks for investigating.
Shhh... that area is supposed to be a secret. Those things that they grow beyond the gate on the S. exit of the round-about aren't really Poyning pumpkins. They're giant Roatan Pumpkin Habanero peppers being grown for restaurant chemical warfare!

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http://vivis-chili.dk/wp-content/gallery/habanero-roatan-pumpkin/habanero-roatan-pumpkin.jpg
 
You mentioned it was on a Discover device. Could it be something related to 'Low Emission Zones' perhaps?
 
There are some control zones related to Avian Flu. Could that be it?
Nope. The nearest HPAI is a good dozen km to the northwest from the OP's problem location.
 
That is a good possible reason, I have never heard them being 'marled' on the device but it could well be as it is in the middle of a farming community, althopugh I did not see any signs, but?
 

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