Re-opening Guidance

From 8 August 2020:

• Theatres and concert halls (on a restricted basis, for the purposes of rehearsals)

From 10 August 2020:

• Socially distanced spectators can attend indoor sporting events

From 1 September 2020:

Subject to the control of the coronavirus transmission rate, the following will be permitted from Tuesday 1 September 2020:

• reopening of theatres and concert venues to socially distanced indoor audiences
• reopening of indoor bars, pubs and private members’ clubs that only sell drinks

From Friday 3 July 2020 the following tourism and hospitality businesses are permitted to reopen:

• Guesthouses, guest accommodation, B&Bs, hotels and hostels.
• Restaurants, cafés, coffee shops.
• Visitor attractions.
• Betting shops

From 3 July 2020 the indoor spaces of pubs and bars will be permitted to be used for the provision of substantial meals with the serving of alcohol being ancillary to this. Permission to open will be on a table service basis, ie customers will not be permitted to order either food or drink from the bar area of an establishment.

Pubs and bars with outdoor spaces, such as beer gardens, will be able to serve alcohol (where their licence permits them to do so) in these spaces on a table service basis.

However, at this stage hotel spas and leisure facilities will not be permitted to open.

From 6 July 2020 the following can re-open:

• nail, beauty, hair salons and barbers and tanning services, electrolysis or acupuncture
• spas
• massage parlours
• tattoo and piercing parlours

The relaxation pertaining to spas does not apply to thermal treatment aspects of spas, including saunas and steam rooms, hydrotherapy pools and cold and ice rooms

From Friday 10 July 2020 the following will be permitted to re-open:

• Indoor gyms
• Outdoor leisure playgrounds
• Indoor weddings and marriage ceremonies can take place in places of worship and other venues
• bingo halls and amusement arcades
• cinemas

From 11 July 2020:

• Outdoor horse racing and equestrian competitions
• Outdoor competitive games and sporting events (no spectators allowed)

From 16 July 2020: 

• Libraries

From 17 July 2020:

• indoor sports courts and skating rinks
• leisure centres 

Swimming pools, soft play areas and bowling alleys cannot re-open at this stage.

From 24 July 2020:

• Swimming pools in leisure centres, hotels and private facilities will be enabled to open;
• Wet treatments in spas, such as saunas, steam rooms and hydrotherapy pools will be permitted to resume;
• Bowling alleys will be enabled to reopen;
• Indoor and outdoor funfairs will be enabled to reopen.