Buses were packed and members of the public enjoyed play golf and tennis as lockdown measures were relaxed on Wednesday.
Birmingham City Council is cutting two metre strips into grass in its 591 parks and open spaces to help visitors adhere to the government's social distancing guidance.
More people were seen out and about after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that people should go to work if they were not able to carry out their role from home.
Employers were told to protect their workers as much as possible.
Those going back to work after nearly two months were told to avoid public transport, but for many that wasn't possible.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urged all passengers to use face coverings as many found it difficult to stay two metres away from each other.
Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, told Sky News it is "not a policing role" to enforce two-social metre social distancing.
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He added it comes down to "individual responsibility".
Footage showed the platforms at West Ham station packed with commuters this morning, with little space for people to adhere to two-metre social distancing advice.
A Twitter user named only as Drew tweeted that his bus in Hoxton, east London, was packed just after 7am.
He wrote: "Here's my usual 55 bus (I'm walking) absolutely rammed full of people.
"So, thanks, Boris?"
Julia Kate Rayworth, another Twitter user, wrote that she felt like she was on a "COVID party bus" in Blackpool.
She continued: "Downstairs is packed, no distancing being put in place. I work at the hospital and the past two days I've never felt so unsafe!"
However Sky field producer Jim Old tweeted images of quiet stations at Euston and Richmond.
He wrote: "And that's my journey thru (sic) rush hour London on 'back to work Wednesday'. I know others had different experiences this morning but what I saw was less like rush hour and more like ten at night on a wet Wednesday in February."
Socially-distanced safety training for wind industry workers on Tyneside as AIS Training re-opens at reduced capacity after the lockdown pic.twitter.com/7fzp5f0CzU
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A Tube driver told Sky News the network is "slightly busier than yesterday" when some trains were at capacity despite the original lockdown measures still being in place.
He added: "Worrying thing for me, is that hardly anyone is wearing face masks or coverings."
Transport for Greater Manchester tweeted that bike journeys have increased by 42% in the city as people were told to avoid public transport.
Tyneside wind industry workers were back in the office, but with employees' desk far enough apart to be in keeping with social distancing guidance.
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