As summer vacation begins and most covid restrictions end in England, many will be looking for a trip out of the country.
However, there are a host of travel restrictions designed to restrict the spread of covid.
The government has divided the nations into three lists – green, orange and red.
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If you are returning from a country on the red list, then you must do a covid test before leaving and then isolate yourself for 10 days in a hotel.
This applies to both people who are fully vaccinated and people who have not received both doses of the vaccine.
If you are returning from an Amber List country, if you have received both doses of the vaccine, you must be tested before traveling and show proof of your vaccination.
If you are not fully vaccinated then you should quarantine yourself at home or where you are staying for 10 days after your departure. This also applies to anyone returning from France.
Those returning to the UK from a Green List country do not have to self-quarantine, but must take a covid test and pay for another test to be performed the day after their return, as well as complete a passenger tracking form.
Here is a list of all the countries on the three lists, as of this afternoon, July 20, and information as to whether they are likely to move to another list in the near future.
The list comes from the government, but anyone planning to travel to an unlisted country should check with the Foreign Office before booking their trip.
Green List
| Anguilla | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
|---|---|
| Antarctica / British Antarctic Territory | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Australia | |
| Barbados | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Bermuda | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Brunei | |
| Bulgaria | Moved to the green list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England before, you must follow the orange list rules. |
| Cayman Islands | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Croatia | Moved to the green list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England before, you must follow the orange list rules. |
| Dominica | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| the falkland islands | |
| Faroe Islands | |
| Gibraltar | |
| Grenade | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Hong Kong | Moved to the green list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England before, you must follow the orange list rules. |
| Iceland | |
| Israel and Jerusalem | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Madeira | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. Mainland Portugal and the Azores are on the orange list. |
| Malta | |
| Montserrat | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| New Zealand | |
| Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
| Singapore | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | |
| Taiwan | Moved to the green list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England before, you must follow the orange list rules. |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Green watchlist – at the risk of going from green to amber. |
Amber List
|
Akrotiri and Dhekelia |
|
|---|---|
| Albania | |
| Algeria | |
| Andorra | |
| Armenia | |
| Aruba | |
| Austria | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Bahamas | |
| Belarus | |
| Belgium | |
| Belize | |
| Benign | |
| Bhutan | |
| Bonaire, Saint-Eustache and Saba | |
| Bosnia herzegovina | |
| British Virgin Islands | Moved to orange list 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England afterwards, you must follow the rules of the Amber List. |
| Burkina Faso | |
| Cambodia | |
| Cameroon | |
| Canada | |
| Central African Republic | |
| Chad | |
| China | |
| Comoros | |
| Congolese | |
| Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue | |
| Ivory Coast | |
| Curacao | |
| Cyprus | |
| Czech Republic (Czechia) | |
| Denmark | |
| Djibouti | |
| El Salvador | |
| Equatorial Guinea | |
| Estonia | |
| Fiji | |
| Finland | |
| France | |
| French Polynesia | |
| Gabon | |
| The Gambia | |
| Georgia | |
| Germany | |
| Ghana | |
| Greece (including islands) | |
| Greenland | |
| Guadeloupe | |
| Guatemala | |
| Guinea | |
| Guinea-Bissau | |
| Honduras | |
| Hungary | |
| Iran | |
| Iraq | |
| Italy | |
| Jamaica | |
| Japan | |
| Jordan | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Kiribati | |
| Kosovo | |
| Kuwait | |
| Kyrgyzstan | |
| Laos | |
| Latvia | |
| Lebanon | |
| Liberia | |
| Libya | |
| Liechtenstein | |
| Lithuania | |
| Luxembourg | |
| Macau | |
| Madagascar | |
| Malaysia | |
| Mali | |
| Marshall Islands | |
| Martinique | |
| Mauritania | |
| Mauritius | |
| Mayotte | |
| Mexico | |
| Micronesia | |
| Moldova | |
| Monaco | |
| Montenegro | |
| Morocco | |
| Nauru | |
| Netherlands | |
| New Caledonia | |
| Nicaragua | |
| Niger | |
| Nigeria | |
| North Korea | |
| North Macedonia | |
| Norway | |
| The Occupied Palestinian Territories | |
| Palau | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Poland | |
| Portugal (including the Azores) | Madeira is on the green list. |
| Meeting | |
| Romania | |
| Russia | |
| Samoa | |
| San Marino | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Senegal | |
| Serbia | |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | |
| The Solomon Islands | |
| South Korea | |
| South sudan | |
| Spain, including the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca) | The Balearic Islands were placed on the orange list at 4 a.m. on Monday July 19. The Canary Islands and mainland Spain were already on the orange list. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| St. LUCIA | |
| Saint-Martin | |
| St Martin and St Barthélemy | |
| St Pierre and Miquelon | |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Syria | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Thailand | |
| Timor-Leste | |
| To go | |
| Tonga | |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Ukraine | |
| United States (United States) | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Vanuatu | |
| Vietnam | |
| Wallis and futuna | |
| Western Sahara | |
| Yemen |
Red List
| Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| Angola | |
| Argentina | |
| Bahrain | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Bolivia | |
| Botswana | |
| Brazil | |
| Burundi | |
| Green cap | |
| Chile | |
| Colombia | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | |
| Costa Rica | |
| Cuba | Moved to the red list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England afterwards, you must follow the red list rules. |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Ecuador | |
| Egypt | |
| Eritrea | |
| Eswatini | |
| Ethiopia | |
| French Guiana | |
| Guyana | |
| Haiti | |
| India | |
| Indonesia | Moved to the red list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England afterwards, you must follow the red list rules. |
| Kenya | |
| Lesotho | |
| Malawi | |
| Maldives | |
| Mongolia | |
| Mozambique | |
| Burma | Moved to the red list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England afterwards, you must follow the red list rules. |
| Namibia | |
| Nepal | |
| Oman | |
| Pakistan | |
| Panama | |
| Paraguay | |
| Peru | |
| Philippines | |
| Qatar | |
| Rwanda | |
| Seychelles | |
| Sierra Leone | Moved to the red list at 4 a.m., Monday July 19. If you arrive in England afterwards, you must follow the red list rules. |
| Somalia | |
| South Africa | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Sudan | |
| Suriname | |
| Tanzania | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Tunisia | |
| turkey | |
| Uganda | |
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
| Uruguay | |
| Venezuela | |
| Zambia | |
| Zimbabwe |
As the holidays approach, we’ve rounded up some of the best days in the area that you can take as a family on a budget.
It’s a comprehensive guide to keeping kids entertained on those six week long vacation. With a choice of free, under £ 10, under £ 25 and ‘explode the budget’, there is a day out for everyone, for whatever they can afford.
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