What does local lockdown mean?

[Keepgoing88]

We are looking like our area may soon go into local lockdown but I am unsure what this actually means in terms of restrictions?? We have a local ish holiday booked for half term, will we have to cancel this? Bit confused!

What country are you in? It seems to mean different in England than the rest of the UK.
In England it just seems to mean no seeing friends or family

No, you can still go on holiday, but only with your household.

Unless it's in Wales lockdown area

Depends on your area, there's no local lockdowns in England just extra restrictions. I'm in such a area and you can travel, as it's not a lockdown.

Wales is very different.

Where are you, and where is your holiday planned? That might make a difference.

Yorkshire near Sheffield and going to North Yorkshire coast

Depends on what restrictions they give you. Ours is basically no household mixing indoors, everything else is same as rest of England without restrictions.

I’m in local lockdown in Yorkshire. We can travel & go on holiday but only with our household. We can go to pubs, bars, restaurants, soft play, the gym, the cinema.. basically everything that’s open but it’s advised only with your household. However it’s guidance only, many of these places are not enforcing it. You can still book tables of 6 at some pubs & restaurants. You are advised to only go to the park with your household but that’s not happening. Even I ‘bump’ into my friends at the park. The risk is so low outdoors. By law, we cannot meet in houses or private gardens. There are quite big fines. But family can look after children for childcare purposes. My mum still has my daughters in the week as she always has done..

Most of the people I know are still meeting up, mostly outdoors but you only have to travel to a nearby council not in lockdown & how do they know where you live?! 🤷🏼‍♀️ Ive not done this but it’s really not very enforceable..

While I'm here, does anyone know if it's allowed for a single person to provide care to one household, and be in a support bubble of their own with another? Or does the care bubble count as their support bubble?

In in lockdown in Wales. It means I had to cancel my holiday, but in a more day to day meaning. I can't now go to shops not in my borough. No m and s, next, primark etc. And no swimming pools open either.

can people in england go to wales? and vice versa?

I'm in caerphilly. No one in. No one out. But if you are in England you can drive thru to get to a non lockdown area if you don't stop.

It means not being able to mix households at all, not being able to meet in parks.
Like the march one but you can go to work and the pub of course.
You can get fined for going to see your grandchildren
People are fined if not abiding by the rules.
We have had one week since march where restrictions were loosened.
Not a lot of joy tbh.

@carly2803

can people in england go to wales? and vice versa?

I read yesterday that Wales was considering quarantining people coming in from high infection parts of England. I think they're taking things a bit more seriously in Wales.

I was really annoyed the other day they were actively encouraging people on this morning TV show to come to mid Wales on holiday. Please don't come here from places with high rates in England. Lockdown here in Wales means not being able to leave. Just cause that's not the case in England, does not mean you should come on holiday here.

can people in england go to wales? and vice versa?

Yes, as long as you're not travelling to or from a welsh lockdown area. And the only areas not locked down really are Powys and Pembrokeshire, which are full of old people and have poor healthcare provision, so ideally don't go there...