- Travel Advice
DFAT advice for United Kingdom
When travelling to United Kingdom, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for United Kingdom.
| United Kingdom overall | This Advice is current for Sunday, 21 March 2010. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information under Safety and Security: Civil unrest/Political Tension (Northern Ireland). The overall level of the advice has not changed.
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Summary
- We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in the United Kingdom because of the risk of terrorist attack.
- Pay close attention to your personal security and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security threats.
- The United Kingdom remains a potential target for terrorist activity, with terrorist attacks occurring in 2005 and 2007.
- On 22 January 2010 UK authorities raised the threat level for the United Kingdom from 'Substantial' to ‘Severe’, meaning that a terrorist attack is assessed as ‘highly likely’.
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 has spread throughout the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) provides useful information for individuals and travellers on its website. For further information and advice to Australians, including on possible quarantine measures overseas, see our travel bulletin on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
- organise comprehensive travel insurance and check what circumstances and activities are not covered by your policy
- register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency
- subscribe to this travel advice to receive free email updates each time it's reissued.
