List of 'essential' shops that can still open during third lockdown

Non-essential businesses have been asked to shut up shop as England enters its third national lockdown - but there are a number of venues that can still remain open.

Under the latest lockdown rules, non-essential retail such as clothing and homeware stores have been ordered to close.

The restrictions were announced on Monday evening after Boris Johnson addressed the nation and introduced the lockdown in an effort to reduce the spread of Covid.

However, some businesses and venues providing essential goods and services are permitted to stay open as long as they follow Covid-19 secure guidelines.

Only shops that provide essential services are allowed to open (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Here is the list of venues that are allowed to remain open:

• essential retail such as food shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, garden centres, building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences
• market stalls selling essential retail may also stay open
• businesses providing repair services may stay open, where they primarily offer repair services
• petrol stations, automatic (but not manual) car washes, vehicle repair and MOT services, bicycle shops, and taxi and vehicle hire businesses
• banks, building societies, post offices, short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses
• funeral directors
• laundrettes and dry cleaners
• medical and dental services
• vets and retailers of products and food for the upkeep and welfare of animals
• animal rescue centres, boarding facilities and animal groomers (may continue to be used for animal welfare, rather than aesthetic purposes)
• agricultural supplies shops
• mobility and disability support shops
• storage and distribution facilities
• car parks, public toilets and motorway service areas
• outdoor playgrounds
• outdoor parts of botanical gardens and heritage sites for exercise
• places of worship
• crematoriums and burial grounds

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Public services

The majority of public services will continue and you will be able to leave home to visit them.

These include:

• the NHS and medical services like GPs and dentists.
• Jobcentre Plus sites
• courts and probation services
• civil registrations offices
• passport and visa services
• services provided to victims
• waste or recycling centres
• getting an MOT, if you need to drive when lawfully leaving home