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Difference between No-go area and Restricted area

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no-go area—an area to which entry is forbidden:

  • The Duke has decreed the Royal Enclosure at Ascot a “no-go” area for the miniskirted or hotpanted lass.

restricted area—

1. an area in which special security measures are employed to prevent unauthorized entry:

  • Wellington Barracks is a restricted area and anyone who enters should have identification.

2. (UK) an area in which a lower than normal speed limit is operative:

  • The existing mild supervision of restricted areas is carried out by the so-called “speed cops.”