Snow in the UK: Wintry weather in pictures

News imageFenella Cooper Dog in the snowFenella Cooper
"Happiness in snow" is how Fenella Cooper describes this snap of an excited snow dog in Lacock, Wiltshire

Heavy snow has fallen across much of the UK, bringing with it a flurry of opportunities to take wintry photographs.

The Met Office has yellow weather warnings for much of the Midlands and southern England, western and northern parts of Scotland, most of Northern Ireland and much of Wales - where 10 to 15cm of snow is expected in some areas.

By mid-morning large parts of the UK had snow. The wintry showers are due to die out later across most of the country.

News imagePA Wire People sledging in Greenwich, south-east LondonPA Wire
People tumbled into action to make the most of the rare snowfall in Greenwich, south-east London
News imageAnwen Brown Sheep in a snowy field in Pontarddulais, SwanseaAnwen Brown
Cold snap: Sheep shiver at sunrise in Pontarddulais, Swansea
News imagePA Media Woman loads shopping into a car in Dunstable, BedfordshirePA Media
Hopefully there's de-icer among the purchases in this trolley in Dunstable, Bedfordshire
News imageWeather Watchers/Cheslyn Phil Robin, Great Wyrley, StaffordshireWeather Watchers/Cheslyn Phil
This little robin was snapped by Cheslyn Phil in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire
News imagePA Media Snowball fight in Battersea Park, south-west LondonPA Media
Having a ball: Snowball fighters prepare to do battle in Battersea Park, south-west London
News imagePA Media Dan Ives with his daughters Eden (on the sledge) and Poppy (left) in a snow covered Buxton Park in Buxton, DerbyshirePA Media
Poppy (left) and her little sister Eden enjoy a snow-filled trip to the park in Buxton, Derbyshire, with their dad, Dan
News imagePA Wire Winston, an eight-month-old border terrier, enjoys the snow for the first time near Windsor, BerkshirePA Wire
Winston, an eight-month-old border terrier, enjoys the snow for the first time near Windsor, Berkshire
News imageBBC Snowboarders in BelfastBBC
Two young snowboarders pick a route through Cave Hill Country Park, Belfast
News imageGolda Brownlee Snowman in Ickenham, West LondonGolda Brownlee
With a carrot nose, star anise as eyes and spring onions for arms, we think this snowman in Ickenham, West London goes by the name of Stew
News imagePA Wire A jogger braves at Windsor Castle, BerkshirePA Wire
A jogger braves the deep freeze on the Long Walk at Windsor Castle, Berkshire
News imagePA Media Stonehenge in snowy solitude in WiltshirePA Media
Stonehenge in snowy solitude in Wiltshire

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