From yesterday, non-essential shops, pubs, gyms, hairdressers, cafés and outdoor attractions welcomed customers back as the country took the next step out of lockdown.
And even the temperature dipping into the evening couldn't put people off as they flocked to their local beer garden.
Our photographers were out and about to see how it all went:
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Louis Hickford, Daniel Rutherford, Alex Jones, Kim Blasbery and Tommy Davidova at the Wellington.
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Jordan Boyd, Lewis Holmes, Caia Rigby, Lewis Gregory, Adam Chadwick and Ryan Yates at the Wellington.
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Cameron Philip, David Gray, Gideon John Allen, Niamh Kerr and Wiktoria Zagozea at the Wellington.
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Taylor Mae Bishop, Aliyah Treserden, Marta Starva, Barbara Kuna, Scott Wells-Foster and Matthew Sinar at the Continental.