The “first taste of winter” caused traffic delays and school closures in parts of the UK on Tuesday as the country saw wintry showers and a light blanketing of snow.
Weather warnings covered the east and north of England, the Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber, with yellow alerts coming into place for the South East, South West and London and lasting until Saturday evening.
Snow covering Holmfirth, West Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Horses are exercised on the gallops at Sam Drinkwater’s Granary Stables, Strensham, Worcestershire (David Davies/PA)
Snowy conditions in Carr Gate, West Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
The Met Office, which described the conditions as “the first taste of winter”, said 5-10cm of snow would prove disruptive in England.
Buxton in the Derbyshire peaks woke up to snow on Tuesday (Peter Byrne/PA)
Snow surrounds All Saints Netherthong Church in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Early morning on a snowy street in Warwick (Jacob King/PA)
Sheep graze in a snow-covered field on a farm in Clayton West, West Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
