I have placed a Geocache 0.5 mile away from the Heathrow airport (LHR) boundary. The cache is not listed as it is too close, see comment below.
As this cache is located near to the airport boundary, I am unable to publish this cache. This is due to the risk of causing a security alert.
This prohibition came about after Senior Police Officer responsible for security at a Airport , was made aware of Geocaching after contact was made with him regarding the placement of a cache close to the boundary of the Airport.This Officer made a request that no geocache be placed near to the boundary of the airport, which resulted in the ban on geocaching around the airport boundaries.
We have also been contacted by Police, regarding caches place under the Flight Path at Airports, as these locations are now becoming a security issue.
We now have a situation where Police based at Manchester Airport have applied a Geocaching Exclusion Zone around the Airport Boundary. Currently they are reviewing extending the Boundary of this Zone. As such we now have to be extremely careful in regards to caches placed near all active Airports.
I am temporarily disabling your cache until you are ready.
How far away from the boundary do I need to be.
