Parts of the north of England awoke to scenes right out of the front of a Christmas card after snow fell overnight.
In County Durham, snow-crusted fields were bisected in black by newly ploughed roads, while the sunrise over Deepdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park lent the frosty scenes a warming glow.
A view of snow-covered fields from the A689 near Kilhope in County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA)
An aerial view of a gritter ploughing snow by a farmhouse near Carrshields in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA)
A gritter ploughs snow over Fleet Moss in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Danny Lawson/PA)
A quad bike navigates the morning commute near Beckermonds (Danny Lawson/PA)
An abandoned car near Fleet Moss (Danny Lawson/PA)
