NOTE: These restrictions are no longer effective after the UK entered a national lockdown on Tuesday 5 January 2021.
From 31 December 2020, around three-quarters of the country will face the toughest Coronavirus restrictions in England.
It comes amid recent rapid rises in cases of COVID-19 across the country. Here's a look at what the restrictions are in each tier and which areas are in which tier...
Guide to Restrictions
Tier 1 - Medium Alert
Areas of the country are given Tier 1 restrictions if they are not placed into the higher Tier 2 or Tier 3. In Tier 1, the following measures will apply;
- A maximum of six people can meet together indoors or outdoors, apart from with members of a single household or support bubble
- Everyone who can work from home should do so whenever possible
- Bars, pubs and restaurants must be table service only and must stop taking orders at 10pm and close by 11pm
- Overnight stays are permitted with household, support bubble or up to 6 people
- 15 guests can attend weddings, civil partnerships, wedding receptions and wakes - 30 can attend funerals
- Places of worship will be open but will have to follow the rule of six.
- Organised sport can continue outdoors but must follow the rule of six indoors (except for elite athletes, people under 18 and those who are disabled)
- People are advised to avoid busy times on public transport and to avoid car sharing
- Up to 4,000 people can attend outdoor live events
- Education, retail, indoor leisure, accommodation, personal case and many entertainment venues will remain open
Allocations from 31 December 2020 - Full List
Tier 4 - Stay At Home
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bedford
- Bexley
- Birmingham
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bracknell Forest
- Brent
- Brighton and Hove
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Bury
- Cambridgeshire
- Camden
- Central Bedfordshire
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Cumbria
- Darlington
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dudley
- Ealing
- East Sussex
- Enfield
- Essex
- Gateshead
- Gloucestershire
- Greenwich
- Hackney and City of London
- Halton
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hampshire
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Havering
- Hertfordshire
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kent
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lancashire
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lewisham
- Lincolnshire
- Luton
- Manchester
- Medway
- Merton
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newham
- Norfolk
- North Tyneside
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Oldham
- Oxfordshire
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Redbridge
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Richmond upon Thames
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- Salford
- Sandwell
- Slough
- Solihull
- South Tyneside
- Southampton
- Southend-on-Sea
- Southwark
- Staffordshire
- Stockport
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sutton
- Swindon
- Thurrock
- Tower Hamlets
- Trafford
- Walsall
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Warrington
- Warwickshire
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Westminster
- Wigan
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
Tier 3 - Very High Alert
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bolton
- Bradford
- Bristol, City of
- Calderdale
- County Durham
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dorset
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Herefordshire, County of
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Kirklees
- Knowsley
- Liverpool
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Somerset
- North Yorkshire
- Plymouth
- Rutland
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- St. Helens
- Tameside
- Telford and Wrekin
- Torbay
- Wakefield
- Wiltshire
- Wirral
- Worcestershire
- York
- Cornwall
Tier 2 - High Alert
There are currently no areas in England under Tier 2 restrictions.
Tier 1 - Medium Alert
- Isles of Scilly only