TRAVEL
Travel Restrictions
Below are the only reasons you could legally leave the country during lockdown.
Reasonable excuses to travel from 29 March 2021
Here are the only permitted 'reasonable excuses' for legally travelling out of the UK under pandemic regulations.
To travel anywhere inside in the common travel area – the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands
To travel for work that cannot be done from the UK
To carry out voluntary or charitable services that cannot be done from the UK
To attend a course of study that cannot be done from the UK
To return to your home country for a vacation between 29 March and 29 April if you’re a foreign student studying in the UK
To travel for training or competitions if you’re an elite sportsperson
To fulfil a legal obligation or participate in legal proceedings
To complete certain aspects of a property purchase
To seek medical assistance, attend a clinical appointment, avoid illness/injury or to escape a risk of harm
To attend an expectant mother giving birth at the mother’s request
To visit a person receiving treatment in a hospital
To stay in a hospice or care home
To take someone to a medical appointment under certain circumstances
To provide care and assistance to a vulnerable person
To provide emergency assistance to any person
To visit a friend or family member who is dying
To attend a funeral
To get married or attend a wedding/civil partnership ceremony
To meet family members who live in a different country where a child is involved in various circumstances
To partake in certain aspects of child adoption
To vote in an election or a referendum where it’s not possible to vote from the UK
To leave if you’re in the UK on a temporary basis/are not resident
If you’re the child/dependent of a person who has a reasonable excuse to travel and no alternative care arrangements can be made