The big freeze continues in Britain as temperatures dipped as low as minus 8.3C (17F) in Shap, Cumbria, on Friday night into Saturday morning.

The Met Office has warned many areas on Saturday and Sunday could experience sub-zero temperatures reaching double-digits.

People sledging in Kent
People head out to sledge in the Blue Bell Hill area near Maidstone, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Snow-covered mountain in Lake District
Snow covers Blencathra in the Lake District (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Man jogs in snow
A man runs past St Mary’s Lighthouse at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Cars abandoned in the snow
Abandoned cars on the A30 in Basingstoke (Steve Parsons/PA)

Car covered in snow
Sleet and snow continued across the early hours of Saturday morning (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Ice trail
A man blows fire on an ice sculpture of a griffin, part of York Ice Trail (Danny Lawson/PA)

Man clears snow from driveway
A man clears a driveway in the Blue Bell Hill area (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Car drives past snow-covered tree
A car is driven past a fallen tree brought down by the weight of snow, near Walderslade Woods (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Man clears snow from car
A man clears snow to try free his car in Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire (Ben Birchall/PA)

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