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Coronavirus (COVID-19): local protection levels

Published: 15 Dec 2020

Last updated: 22 Dec 2020 - see all updates

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Find out the COVID protection level for each local area and get information on what you can and cannot do at each level.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): local protection levels

Protection levels by area

COVID protection levels by area

Enter a postcode to check a local COVID protection level. View maps of local authority area boundaries.

Find out what you can and cannot do based on the local area that you live, work or travel in.

Local authority area	Protection level
Aberdeen City	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Aberdeenshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Angus	Level 2; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Argyll and Bute*	Level 2; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Clackmannanshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Level 1; Moving to level 3 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Dumfries and Galloway	Level 1; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Dundee City	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
East Ayrshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
East Dunbartonshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
East Lothian	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
East Renfrewshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Edinburgh (City of)	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Falkirk	Level 2; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Fife	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Glasgow City	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Highland**	Level 1; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Inverclyde	Level 2; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Midlothian	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Moray	Level 1; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
North Ayrshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
North Lanarkshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Orkney Islands	Level 1; Moving to level 3 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Perth and Kinross	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Renfrewshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Scottish Borders	Level 1; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Shetland Islands	Level 1; Moving to level 3 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
South Ayrshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
South Lanarkshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
Stirling	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
West Dunbartonshire	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.
West Lothian	Level 3; Moving to level 4 at 00:01 on Saturday 26 December.

*The following islands in Argyll and Bute will move to level 3: The Isle of Coll, the Isle of Colonsay, the Isle of Erraid, the Isle of Gometra, the Isle of Iona, the Isle of Islay, the Isle of Jura, the Isle of Mull, the Isle of Oronsay, the Isle of Tiree, and the Isle of Ulva.

** All islands in Highland will move to level 3, except the Isle of Skye, which will move to level 4.

These levels are reviewed weekly. See how we decided which level should apply to each area.

There are different restrictions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

About the levels and how we decide them

Contact

Email: Covid19OutbreakManagement@gov.scot

First published: 15 Dec 2020 Last updated: 22 Dec 2020 - show all updates

22 Dec 2020
Support services section updated for all Levels.
19 Dec 2020
Updated pages to reflect FM's statement and forthcoming changes to guidance.
15 Dec 2020
Updated levels table following weekly review.
14 Dec 2020
Updated levels information to reflect change in self-isolation period from 14 days to 10 days.
8 Dec 2020
Updated levels information following weekly review of allocations.
4 Dec 2020
Minor amendment to text re children under 12 in level pages.
4 Dec 2020
Accommodation exemptions added to Level 4 information.
30 Nov 2020
Minor amendment to language in life events to include 'post-funeral gatherings'.
25 Nov 2020
Added time when temporary Level 4 restrictions will end on 11 December.
23 Nov 2020
Midlothian - to remain in level 3.
21 Nov 2020
Updated level 1 information on socialising and hospitality.
18 Nov 2020
Added information on tradespeople and working in someone else's house.
18 Nov 2020
Minor amendments to shielding guidance in level 4, childcare headings and added link to school aged childcare guidance in all levels, and amended date in hospitality guidance in level 1.
17 Nov 2020
Updated levels information following weekly review of allocations.
16 Nov 2020
Amendment to hospitality guidance in level one to clarify that from 19 November 2020 a maximum of 8 people from up to 3 households outdoors at a restaurant, cafe, pub or bar.
12 Nov 2020
Minor update to shielding guidance in levels 2 and 3.
10 Nov 2020
Local authority table updated following review of protection levels.
10 Nov 2020
Information on support services added.
6 Nov 2020
Information on domestic abuse added to each of the Level pages.
1 Nov 2020
updated with more detailed guidance and link to postcode checker.
29 Oct 2020
Added information on the protection level for each local authority area.
23 Oct 2020
Information on level specifics added.

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