Policy paper

Community testing programme areas

Updated 24 February 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Following national lockdown restrictions, we’re expanding the eligibility of community-led testing to all local authorities across England.

If you are a business or member of the general public, find out if your area offers rapid testing for people without symptoms.

The lower-tier local authorities that are currently rolling out community testing are listed below. This list will be updated on a regular basis.

East Midlands

  • Ashfield
  • Amber Valley
  • Bassetlaw
  • Blaby
  • Bolsover
  • Boston
  • Broxtowe
  • Charnwood
  • Chesterfield
  • Corby
  • Daventry
  • Derby City
  • Derbyshire Dales
  • East Lindsey
  • East Northamptonshire
  • Erewash
  • Gedling
  • Harborough
  • High Peak
  • Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Kettering
  • Leicester City
  • Lincoln
  • Mansfield
  • Melton
  • Newark and Sherwood
  • Northampton
  • North East Derbyshire
  • North Kesteven
  • North West Leicestershire
  • Nottingham
  • Oadby and Wigston
  • Rushcliffe
  • Rutland
  • South Derbyshire
  • South Holland
  • South Kesteven
  • South Northamptonshire
  • Wellingborough
  • West Lindsey

East of England

  • Barbergh
  • Bedford
  • Breckland
  • Broadland
  • Broxbourne
  • Cambridge
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Dacorum
  • East Cambridgeshire
  • East Hertfordshire
  • East Suffolk
  • Fenland
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Hertsmere
  • Huntingdon
  • Ipswich
  • Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Luton
  • Mid Suffolk
  • North Hertfordshire
  • North Norfolk
  • Norwich
  • Peterborough
  • South Cambridgeshire
  • South Norfolk
  • Southend-on-Sea
  • St Albans
  • Stevenage
  • Three Rivers
  • Thurrock
  • Watford
  • Welwyn Hatfield
  • West Suffolk

London

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Bexley
  • Brent
  • Bromley
  • Camden
  • City of London
  • Croydon
  • Ealing
  • Enfield
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Haringey
  • Harrow
  • Havering
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Islington
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Merton
  • Newham
  • Redbridge
  • Richmond upon Thames
  • Southwark
  • Sutton
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Waltham Forest
  • Wandsworth
  • Westminster

North East

  • County Durham
  • Darlington
  • Gateshead
  • Hartlepool
  • Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
  • North Tyneside
  • Northumberland
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • South Tyneside
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Sunderland

North West

  • Allerdale
  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Blackburn with Darwen
  • Blackpool
  • Bolton
  • Burnley
  • Bury
  • Carlisle
  • Chester East
  • Chester West and Chester UA
  • Chorley
  • Copeland
  • Eden
  • Fylde
  • Halton
  • Hyndburn
  • Knowsley
  • Lancaster
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester
  • Oldham
  • Pendle
  • Preston
  • Ribble Valley
  • Rochdale
  • Rossendale
  • Salford
  • Sefton
  • South Lakeland
  • South Ribble
  • Stockport
  • St Helens
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Warrington
  • West Lancashire
  • Wigan
  • Wirral
  • Wyre

South East

  • Ashford
  • Basildon
  • Basingstoke and Deane
  • Braintree
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Brentwood
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Canterbury
  • Castle Point
  • Cherwell
  • Colchester
  • Dartford
  • Dover
  • East Hampshire
  • Eastleigh
  • Elmbridge
  • Epping Forest
  • Epsom and Ewell
  • Fareham
  • Folkstone and Hythe
  • Gosport
  • Gravesham
  • Guildford
  • Harlow
  • Hart
  • Havant
  • Isle of Wight
  • Milton Keynes
  • Maidstone
  • Maldon
  • Medway
  • Mole Valley
  • New Forest
  • Oxford
  • Portsmouth
  • Reading
  • Reigate and Barnstead
  • Rochford
  • Runnymede
  • Rushmoor
  • Sevenoaks
  • Slough
  • Southampton
  • South Oxfordshire
  • Spelthorne
  • Surrey Heath
  • Swale
  • Swindon
  • Tandridge
  • Tendring
  • Test Valley
  • Thanet
  • Tonbridge and Malling
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Uttlesford
  • Vale of the White Horse
  • Waverley
  • West Berkshire
  • West Oxfordshire
  • Winchester
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Woking
  • Wokingham

South West

  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • Cheltenham
  • City of Bristol
  • Cornwall
  • Cotswolds
  • Dorset
  • East Devon
  • Exeter
  • Forest of Dean
  • Gloucester
  • Mendip
  • Mid Devon
  • North Devon
  • North Somerset
  • Plymouth
  • Sedgemoor
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset West and Taunton
  • South Gloucestershire
  • South Hams
  • South Somerset
  • Stroud
  • Teignbridge
  • Tewkesbury
  • Torridge
  • West Devon
  • Wiltshire

West Midlands

  • Birmingham
  • Bromsgrove
  • Cannock Chase
  • Coventry
  • Dudley
  • East Staffordshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Lichfield
  • Malvern Hills
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • North Warwickshire
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth
  • Redditch
  • Rugby
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • South Staffordshire
  • Stafford
  • Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Tamwoth
  • Telford and Wrekin
  • Walsall
  • Warwick
  • Wolverhampton
  • Worcester
  • Wychavon
  • Wyre Forest

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • Crave
  • Barnsley
  • Bradford
  • Calderdale
  • Doncaster
  • East Riding
  • Hambleton
  • Harrogate
  • Hull (Humber)
  • Kirklees
  • Leeds
  • North East Lincolnshire
  • North Lincolnshire
  • Richmondshire
  • Rotherham
  • Ryedale
  • Scarborough
  • Selby
  • Sheffield
  • Wakefield
  • York City