Britons look set for five days of sunshine this week as a spell of high pressure keeps temperatures above 20C and puts further pressure on lockdown restrictions.
Near London, the mercury rose close to 27C on Bank Holiday Monday, while the Met Office predicts sunny spells and temperatures of up to 25C on Tuesday.
Thousands of sunseekers flocked to beaches and beauty spots to make the most of the warm weather on Monday, prompting authorities to urge people to use common sense.
Bournemouth Council was forced to tell people to "think twice" before visiting the beach after its carparks reached capacity shortly before 12pm.
Meanwhile, images from Margate Main Sands in Kent and Weston-super-Mare showed beaches thronged with sunbathers lining the shore.
There will be isolated showers in the far north and north west on Tuesday, the Met says, although the majority of the country will remain dry, mostly sunny and warm.
Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin said: “All the computer models are in strong agreement that high pressure will sit around for most of next week, certainly bringing most of the south and central Britain fine and sunny weather.”
Looking ahead to Wednesday, it will be dry and sunny across England and Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland will be mostly cloudy.
There will be a chance of rain for northern coasts of Northern Ireland as well as western parts of Scotland.
Thursday will be dry, warm and sunny for the vast majority. Cloudy with a few showers in the far north of Scotland, including Shetland. Gentle variable winds.
Friday will be dry, sunny and very warm for most. There will be patchy cloud and a few showers later in Northern Ireland and western Scotland.
On Saturday the dry and mostly sunny conditions will continue for most, but it may be cloudier to the far north-west, according to the Met Office outlook.
