If you live in a medium risk area, would you travel to London?

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Just for a day out.

No. You'll inevitably spend some of the day indoors. While legal, this carries the same risk as meeting up with a group of londoners in a private home, which is something that is not allowed because of the danger it poses. So I wouldn't do it just now due to this risk

We're still medium risk until tonight in London (and they're only doing it over the whole area as we're such a mobile population - where actually I live has 50 per 100,000)

I cannot stress how empty the centre is - how easy it is to go places and do things - 80% less footfall

I travelled at 9.15 am yesterday on the tube - there was no one in my carriage

Nope. More due to the train journey to get there.

If you're at all worried go to big, ventilated places - Tate Modern/V and A/British Museum/Harrods and Fortnums and Selfridges/St Paul's/Westminster Abbey

It's so quiet

No, because now is the time for people to rein it in a bit.

I would, but I do live in London

Yes you should. You’ll have a lovely time

Yes. I went last week. The trains are empty and the city centre is quieter than my local town centre

Yes.

NHM is open, so is Kew.

The parks, Hamleys, churches, loads of places are open.

I go in to London least once a week.

If we hadn't to self isolate thanks to a case at school we'd be going for half term.

Not a chance.

I'm going today from a tier 1 area to visit my sister before the restrictions kick in tomorrow,
she lives on a quiet residential street so won't see anyone just get out the car and go into her house

Oh just read london is going into tier 2, so i probably wouldn't

Yep. In fact I’m planning to next weekend.

Debating this at the moment and had planned to go next week. We’re in a medium risk area with a much higher number of cases than London. It’s the public transport that worries me.

Yes. I did last week and I will next week.

I travel in daily for work. I'm planning a few trips in over the holidays and am looking forward to them. From what I read about covid, a good way to avoid infection is avoiding pro-longed contact indoors with others so take this into account and your risks would be the same as elsewhere.

For medical issues I continued to travel into London during lockdown. There were plenty of empty carriages on usually busy commuter trains going into Waterloo. I walked everywhere - have started getting buses & the top deck is pretty much empty. The number of people around is massively reduced even now lockdown is over.
I was planning on booking some museum visits around appointments but not so sure now - more due to last minute cancellations than actually visiting places!

Yes, absolutely. I am in a tier 2 which should be a tier 1 (Essex). There are now places with high rates of infection that are in lower tiers. It’s ridiculous and makes a mockery of the whole tier system. So I will be ignoring the tiers from now on and making my own decisions.

No. But not because.of "the risk", I wouldn't go there anyway.

@moomoogalicious Indeed it is, but have you compared the rate of infections to the area you live in. It’s not so quite “black and white” as you think. I am in Essex on tier 2 but I have family in two different parts of the country who are in tier 1 despite having higher rates of infection. You need to do your own risk assessment rather than relying on the Governments tier system which is a joke.

@BunsyGirl I had planned to go in over half term with my youngest, so I guess you're right. When I went last week it was empty so 'safer' than my own area in regard to social distancing!

I think half term week here in London will be busy in town especially the museums and Hamleys, Covent Garden areas. My son said Covent Garden and Soho were v busy last weekend-busier than all the media scenes of Liverpool partying. I think we will go into town for a couple of days but maybe avoid the South Bank and bigger museums.