Top tourist attraction in the Harborough area will not reopen this summer

The ambulance design at Wistow Maze in 2018, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS.

Wistow Maze will not reopen this summer due to the coronavrius pandemic.

The tourist attraction opens every summer from July to September to thousands of visitors.

Diana Brooks, owner of Wistow Maze, said it would be impossible to apply the Government's social distancing measures.

She said: "We have taken the difficult decision not to open Wistow Maze this year.

"It seemed impossible to us to ensure public safety and social distancing with three miles of pathways that are only 1.5m wide.

"We had to make the decision now, as a maze design needs to be created, GPS co-ordinates worked out for mapping the pathways, the field prepared and the maize crop drilled, with all the associated expenditure that goes with it.

"Latest advice it will be many weeks/months before large ticketed tourist attractions can be re-opened.

"Of all the 16 years of amazing designs we have had, the ambulance design we had in 2018 (celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS), couldn’t be more apt for today."