Businesses such as restaurants and hairdressers in Waverley – the only part of Surrey not in the highest Covid tier – are being reminded not to take bookings from elsewhere.

People living in Tier 4 can be given a fixed penalty for venturing into an area with a lower level risk unnecessarily, or in fact even for leaving their home or garden.

So anyone who goes to get their hair done or have a meal out where these businesses are allowed to stay open could be made to fork out £200.

Likewise, those living in the lower tiers, such as Tier 2 Waverley, should not be crossing their borough boundary without a reasonable excuse.

Grant Scriven, who has run The Windmill Inn in Ewhurst for 17 years, said: "I don't understand how Waverley is in Tier 2, it makes no sense whatsoever.

"It's very unfair on Guildford businesses; we can go into Godalming town centre here but not Guildford's, where's the logic?"

Murray Butler, who owns Butler Farms, a poultry farm near Cranleigh, said in order to fulfil orders from people in Tier 4 he is having to take their turkey to the border and hand over at a safe distance.

"It's adding a huge amount of work," he said. "We've had a lot of cancellations, and everyone's having smaller gatherings [due to last minute government restrictions] so they're wanting smaller turkeys." Some unlucky businesses have found themselves a mere stone's throw on the 'wrong' side of the Waverley border. Cyder House Inn in Shackleford, for example, has had to cancel all its Christmas bookings, despite having a Godalming postcode. Plea from Waverley. Waverley Borough Council is asking businesses and their customers to help keep people safe by following the government guidance. A spokesperson said: "We've been in touch with the police and there will be additional patrols and visits to premises in Waverley, to remind businesses of their responsibilities and to reinforce messages about not taking bookings from customers from Tier 4 areas. "Waverley Borough Council will also be reminding both Waverley residents and people from the surrounding areas that government guidance states that they should avoid travelling into or out of a Tier 4 area, except where necessary for work, education, caring responsibilities or other medical reasons. "We are asking people to be responsible and follow this guidance, in order to help keep each other safe and to slow the spread of the virus." As of December 17th Waverley has Surrey's lowest rate of infection based on Public Health England data, although it increased from 83.9 to 207.4 in the week before. Over the border in the Guildford borough the rate is 260.4. Spelthorne has the highest infection rate in the county, 431.7. A Surrey County Council spokesperson said: "The tiering system ultimately relies on behaviour. If people don't follow the guidelines, the virus spreads fast."