Updated coronavirus restrictions

Meeting people

You can socialise indoors in a group of up to 6 people or 2 households, including for overnight stays.

Up to 30 people can meet outside.

• Meeting family and friends – GOV.UK website

Leisure and hospitality

Indoor entertainment and attractions such as cinemas, theatres, concert halls, bowling alleys, casinos, amusement arcades, museums and children’s indoor play areas will be permitted to open with COVID-secure measures in place.

You can attend indoor and outdoor events, including live performances, sporting events and business events.

Indoor hospitality venues such as restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes can reopen.

Organised indoor sport and activity will be able to take place for all (this includes gym classes). This must be organised by a business, charity or public body and the organiser must take reasonable measures to reduce the risk of transmission.

Please continue to check the government guidance around restrictions as they may change. For information visit Sport England.

• Sport England – Step3 – Sport England website

All holiday accommodation can open (including hotels and B&Bs) and can be used by groups of up to 6 or 2 households

Face coverings/masks

Members of staff and the public must wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces.

• Face coverings/masks

Weddings, civil partnerships, religious services and funerals

Limits at weddings, wakes and other commemorative events will be increased to 30 people.

Other significant life events, such as bar/bat mitzvahs and christenings, will also be able to take place with 30 people.

• Weddings, civil partnerships and religious services – GOV.UK website

Funeral attendance will no longer be limited to 30 people, but will be determined by how many people the COVID-secure venue can safely accommodate with social distancing.

• Changes to funeral services

Visiting care homes

Care home residents will be allowed up to five named visitors (two at any one time), provided visitors test negative for COVID-19.

• Care home visits – GOV.UK website

Advice for people at highest risk of coronavirus

If you have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable you are no longer advised to shield.

However, you should continue to take extra precautions to protect yourself.

• Advice for people at highest risk of coronavirus

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