Terrorist attacks in the UK are a real and serious danger. Crowded places, including bars, pubs and nightclubs, may feature in the attack plans of terrorist organisation in the future; as they are usually locations with limited protective security measures and therefore afford the potential for mass fatalities and casualties.

Although terrorist attacks on bars, pubs and nightclubs in the UK have been infrequent there is a long history of such attacks and there have been recent incidents in bars and nightclubs in other countries around the world.

The guide below provides protective security advice for those who own, operate, manage or work in bars, pubs or nightclubs.