Heatwave hits UK – in pictures

Donkeys on Blackpool beach Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Spectators at Wimbledon and their golf umbrellas. Wrong sport, I think Photograph: Frank Baron for the /Guardian

Pedalos and rowing boats fill the Serpentine in Hyde Park Photograph: Clive Gee/PA

The coast at South Shields Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

Much-needed shade at the Albert memorial in Kensington Gardens Photograph: Clive Gee/PA

Spectators at Wimbledon cool themselves off with unofficial, non-endorsed water – and the All England Club's commerical arm goes bananas Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Tartan drapes: the best way to show support for Scotland's Andy Murray Photograph: Frank Baron for the/Guardian

Fountains at the Royal Festival Hall in London Photograph: Reuters

Taking time out at Glastonbury Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

A giant green chair and a cocked leg at the National Theatre in London Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Deckchairs in Brighton. In Brighton and Hove Albion colours, no less Photograph: Connors Brighton/John Connor Press

Blue sky and green grass at the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London Photograph: Clive Gee/PA