Britons bask in warm weather - in pictures

People play games on Portobello beach, Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

A couple stroll through Regents Park in London Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

An attendant puts out deckchairs on Brighton beach Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

People take to Portobello beach in Edinburgh, Scotland Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

A cyclist passes a bank of daffodils in Hyde Park, London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

People lie in the sun on Portobello beach, Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Sunbathers on Brighton beach Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Members of the public punt past Magdalen College playing fields at Oxford University Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

People walk beside the sea in Bournemouth Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A woman reclines on deck chair outside a beach hut in Bournemouth Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

People relax on the beach at Bournemouth Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Splashing in the shallows at Portobello beach, Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

A woman practises yoga on Portobello beach, Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

A dog takes a dip in the water at Waddon pond in south London Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

A boy plays on the beach in Blyth, Northumberland Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A family enjoy the warm weather on the beach at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA