COVID protection levels by area
From Monday 2 November each area of Scotland will be assigned to a COVID protection level. There are 5 protection levels, sometimes called ‘tiers’.
Find out what you can and cannot do based on the local area that you live, work or travel in.
There shortly be a postcode checker here to help you confirm your local area. You can also check your local council on GOV.UK.
| Local authority area | Protection level |
| Aberdeen City | Level 2 |
| Aberdeenshire | Level 2 |
| Angus | Level 2 |
| Argyll and Bute | Level 2 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | Level 3 |
| Clackmannanshire | Level 3 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Level 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Level 2 |
| Dundee City | Level 3 |
| East Ayrshire | Level 3 |
| East Dunbartonshire | Level 3 |
| East Lothian | Level 3 |
| East Renfrewshire | Level 3 |
| Falkirk | Level 3 |
| Fife | Level 2 |
| Glasgow City | Level 3 |
| Highland | Level 1 |
| Inverclyde | Level 3 |
| Midlothian | Level 3 |
| Moray | Level 1 |
| North Ayrshire | Level 3 |
| North Lanarkshire | Level 3 |
| Orkney Islands | Level 1 |
| Perth and Kinross | Level 2 |
| Renfrewshire | Level 3 |
| Scottish Borders | Level 2 |
| Shetland Islands | Level 1 |
| South Ayrshire | Level 3 |
| South Lanarkshire | Level 3 |
| Stirling | Level 3 |
| West Dunbartonshire | Level 3 |
| West Lothian | Level 3 |