Community testing programme areas
Updated 24 February 2021
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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