Heatwave Britain

A man enjoys the sun on the seafront in Hastings Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A youth celebrates after jumping from a sea wall in Hastings Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Otters Slate and Shale keep cool with a frozen fish ice lolly in Battersea Park Children's Zoo, London Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

A woman sunbathes outside the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank, London Photograph: Sarah Lee

An office worker in sandals near London Bridge Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Children play in the fountains outside the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank, London Photograph: Sarah Lee

Giant sofas on the South Bank, London Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Girls walk across Westminster Bridge, London Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Sunbathers at London Fields Photograph: Graeme Robertson

Swimmers in the London Fields lido Photograph: Graeme Robertson

A sunbather stretches out at London Fields Photograph: Graeme Robertson