New guidance has been issued related to the relaxation of rules on social contact that come into effect on Monday 29 March as part of Step 1b. This relaxation of social contact rules to allows people to meet in groups of up to six people or two separate households. This allows the restarting of certain sorts activities and facilities, some of which may impact holiday parks when they reopen.
From Monday 29 March:
- Outdoor sport facilities can reopen, and can be used for sport, physical activity and exercise. This applies to all outdoor sport facilities, including but not limited to outdoor gyms, swimming pools, courts, pitches, golf courses (including mini-golf), water sports venues, climbing walls, driving and shooting ranges, riding arenas at riding centres and archery venues.
- Outdoor sport for adults and children is permitted in larger numbers, provided it is formally organised (for example, by a national governing body or a qualified instructor). Where the sport is informal, it is limited to the Rule of 6 or two households.
- Organised sport participation events such as races and organised walks can take place outdoors and are exempt from legal gathering limits provided they are managed in a Covid Secure manner
- Personal training is permitted outdoors, in outdoor sport facilities, and in private gardens, where it is formally organised and follows COVID-secure guidance.
- Outdoor skating rinks and trampolining parks must remain closed.
Changing rooms should not be used, except by people with disabilities, although toilet facilities can be accessed.
Read the guidance here.