In Pictures: Wintry scenes across the UK as cold snap brings freezing conditions

Reindeer stopping traffic on the road near Aviemore (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Snow has blanketed parts of the UK as a cold snap brings freezing conditions.

The wintry conditions are expected to continue around the coasts after up to 7cm of snow fell in parts of the UK.

A robin perches on an icy tree in the Cairngorms (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

A person walking their dog in the snow in County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Snow covers St Andrew’s Church on Kiln Pit Hill in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

A train travelling from Inverness through snowy conditions near Dalwhinnie (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

A person removing snow off their car in Tow Law, County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Snow and ice warnings have come into force across the UK (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Reindeer stopped traffic on a road near Aviemore.

The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain’s only free-ranging herd of reindeer found in the Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands.

Reindeer stopped traffic on the road near Aviemore (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

A man looks at a reindeer after a herd of them stopped traffic (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

Reindeer of the Cairngorms near Aviemore (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

Parts of Scotland and the north-east of England were among the areas to see snow settle.

Further south, places including London, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Essex and Shropshire also saw snow falling.

A snow plough makes the conditions easier for drivers (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

Snow covered the area in Castleside, County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

A person cycles through snowfall in Crawley (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)

A car drives through snow in the Scottish Highlands (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

A person takes photographs of snow on an arch in Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

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