Early cloud made way for another scorching summer’s day for much of the UK.
The Met Office said a reading of 30.8C was taken in Charlwood, Surrey, on Saturday morning – making it the hottest day recorded so far in 2019.
With the mercury tipped to rise as high as 34C, beaches and swimming pools became busy with those looking for a way to cool down.
By mid-morning beaches around the UK were already packed (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Others opted to take to the calmer waters of an outdoor swimming pool (Jacob King/PA)
Pedalo power created a breeze on the Serpentine boating lake in Hyde Park, London (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Visitors to Green Park, London, picnic in the sunshine (Jonathan Brady/PA)
A lemur at Yorkshire Wildlife Park at Doncaster enjoying a specially made ice lolly (Yorkshire Wildlife Park/PA)
For those stuck inland – including the thousands at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset – shade was at a premium as queues grew at free water stations.
A music fan at Glastonbury had plenty of umbrellas on hand to shelter when the sun got too much (Yui Mok/PA)
And one festival goers resorted to wearing a bag of ice as a hat (Yui Mok/PA)
The queues grew longer as the heat increased (Aaron Chown/PA)
People carry water dispensers on their backs (Yui Mok/PA)
Ice cream was in great demand (Yui Mok/PA)
Fashionable hats were keeping the sun off at the Betfair Exchange Northumberland Plate Day at Newcastle Racecourse (Clint Hughes/PA)
People took part in a beach netball tournament at Boscombe in Bournemouth (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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