UK local lockdown areas in full - search by postcode to see rules where you live

More than 17million Brits are now banned from having people round for Sunday lunch as local restrictions spill out across the country.

A huge tide of people are now banned from socialising inside private homes - including in Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Once you count local action by the Scottish and Welsh governments too, the impact is enormous.

And London is locked in talks about whether to implement a local lockdown - which would mean more than a third of all Brits are living under one.

Boris Johnson originally wanted to rely on 'whack-a-mole' local restrictions to curb a rise in coronavirus. But with so many areas hit, and the virus rising everywhere, national restrictions are now on the cards.

Boris Johnson didn't want a national lockdown - but there may be no other option (AFP via Getty Images)

The Prime Minster was due to give a speech outlining new national restrictions.

For now, however, here's where we are as of today - all the areas under local restrictions, and a brief summary of what those restrictions are.

Search by postcode to see lockdown rules in your area

All the UK local restriction areas

More than 13million Brits are now banned from going round their parents' house for lunch (PA)

There are now more than 50 areas with local restrictions due to coronavirus.

Local chiefs insist these are not a "lockdown", and they're not a full lockdown like we had in March - but the nickname has stuck.

These restrictions vary massively across the UK but as far as we can tell, they all have one thing in common.

In all of these areas, you are banned from meeting up with anyone you don’t live with in any private home or garden - either your own home, or theirs.

The exception is people in your 'support bubble' in England, or your 'extended household' in Scotland. There are also some other exemptions (further down this article).

This goes further than the England-wide 'rule of six', which makes gatherings of more than six people illegal (apart from a string of exemptions).

In most of the below areas - but not all - you are also banned from meeting up with people you don't live with in any indoor venue, such as pubs or restaurants.

Many of these areas have several other local restrictions too - such as 10pm closures or travel restrictions. We detail these further down the article.

England

• Birmingham
• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Bolton
• Bradford
• Burnley
• Bury
• Calderdale
• Chorley
• County Durham
• Fylde
• Gateshead
• Halton
• Hyndburn
• Kirklees
• Knowsley
• Lancaster
• Leeds
• Leicester
• Liverpool
• Manchester
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Oadby and Wigston
• Oldham
• Pendle
• Preston
• Preston
• Ribble Valley
• Rochdale
• Rossendale
• Salford
• Sandwell
• Sefton
• Solihull
• South Ribble
• South Tyneside
• St. Helens
• Stockport
• Sunderland
• Tameside
• Trafford
• Warrington
• West Lancashire
• Wigan
• Wirral
• Wolverhampton
• Wyre

Manchester is among the huge areas hit by local lockdown restrictions (REUTERS)

Wales

• Caerphilly County Borough
• Rhondda Cynon Taf

• Bridgend

• Merthyr

• Newport

• Blaenau Gwent

• Cardiff

• Swansea

• Llanelli

• Vale of Glamorgan

• Neath Port Talbot

• Torfaen

Scotland

• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• Glasgow
• North Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire
• South Lanarkshire
• West Dunbartonshire

Northern Ireland

• All areas

Different rules in key areas of England

Below we have provided more detail on the rules in each area.

Please note it's not a complete guide as the rules as complex and very long.

The rules have also been changing constantly so it's possible some minor details could slip out of date since the time of writing.

For full up-to-date government information for your area, including the full list of exemptions in each area, please visit this page in England, this page in Wales, this page in Scotland or this page in Northern Ireland.

North East

WHERE: Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - either in private homes and gardens, or in public venues like pubs and restaurants.

PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can remain open until 10pm, but must be table service only. Between 10pm and 5am, all leisure and entertainment venues must shut completely.

TRAVEL: Public transport should only be used for essential reasons, like travelling to school or work. Take holidays only within your own household or support bubble. Travel in, out and within the area only for essential reasons.

Covid-19 cases are rising rapidly in South Shields, where local rules are in place (Newcastle Chronicle)

Midlands

WHERE: Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Leicester, and Oadby and Wigston.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - in private homes and gardens. Seeing people from outside your household is still allowed in public venues like pubs and restaurants, within the rule of six.

SHIELDING (Leicester only): Individuals who are shielding in Leicester City will no longer need to from 5 October. No one else needs to shield.

TRAVEL: You can travel in and out of the area, but take holidays only within your own household or support bubble.

Parts of Manchester, East Lancashire and West Yorkshire

WHERE: Leeds, Manchester city, Bolton, Trafford, Bury,Tameside, Rochdale, Salford, Preston, Oldham, Wigan, Stockport, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Pendle and Blackburn.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - either in private homes and gardens, or in public venues like pubs and restaurants.

SHIELDING (parts of Blackburn only): Individuals who are shielding in parts of North East Blackburn will no longer need to from 5 October. No one else needs to shield.

TRAVEL: You can travel in and out of the area, but in Oldham you should only use public transport for essential reasons. Take holidays only within your own household or support bubble.

People can't go to pubs and restaurants to eat in in Bolton (Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)

Lancashire

WHERE: Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle, Preston, Rossendale, Hyndburn, Burnley and South Ribble, West Lancashire, Chorley, Wyre, Fylde, Lancaster, Ribble Valley.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - either in private homes and gardens, or in public venues like pubs and restaurants.

PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can remain open until 10pm, but must be table service only. Between 10pm and 5am, all leisure and entertainment venues must shut completely.

TRAVEL: You can travel in and out of the area, but only use public transport for essential reasons. Take holidays only within your own household or support bubble.

Merseyside and Cheshire

WHERE: Liverpool, Wirral, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Halton, Warrington.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - either in private homes and gardens, or in public venues like pubs and restaurants.

PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can remain open until 10pm, but must be table service only. Between 10pm and 5am, all leisure and entertainment venues must shut completely.

TRAVEL: You can travel in and out of the area, but only use public transport for essential reasons. Take holidays only within your own household or support bubble.

Bolton

WHERE: Bolton.

SOCIAL CONTACT: Do not socialise with people you don't live with, unless they're in your support bubble - either in private homes and gardens, or in public venues like pubs and restaurants.

PUBS AND BARS: Food and drink venues can serve until 10pm, but must be takeaway only. Between 10pm and 5am, all leisure and entertainment venues must shut completely.

BUSINESSES: Casinos, skating rinks, bowling alleys and indoor play areas must not open.

TRAVEL: Travel in, out and within the area only for essential reasons. Take holidays only within your own household or support bubble.

Bolton has one of the strictest sets of rules (Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)

Exemptions to the rules

There are exemptions to the rule on meeting up with people outside your household. In England, these can vary but generally include:

• where everyone in the gathering lives together or is in the same support bubble
• to attend a birth at the mother’s request
• to visit a person who is dying (the visitor can be someone the dying person lives with, a close family member, friend or, if none of those is visiting, anyone else)
• to fulfil a legal obligation
• for work purposes (see guidance on working safely in other people’s homes), or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services
• for the purposes of education or training
• for the purposes of childcare provided by a registered provider
• to provide emergency assistance
• to enable one or more persons in the gathering to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm
• to facilitate a house move
• to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person
• to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children where the children do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents