Snow blankets Britain - in pictures

A family of snowmen on Box Hill, Surrey Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

People enjoy the snow at Greenwich Park, London Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

A train passes through snow-covered countryside near Crowhurst, East Sussex Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Baxter the Airedale terrier sports the winter look in Derbyshire Photograph: James Shooter/Rex Features

People walk around the partially frozen lake at Studley royal park near Ripon, North Yorkshire Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

A dunnock in the snow in Hoxne, Suffolk Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Sledges on Dartmoor, Devon Photograph: Clive Postlethwaite/Rex Features

A Heathrow airport employee de-ices a British Airways plane on the tarmac. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Swimmers including members of London Fields triathlon club, at London Fields lido in east London Photograph: Teri Pengilley for the Guardian

Walkers in Glencoe, near where four climbers died on Saturday following an avalanche on Bidean Nam Bian Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A robin on a tree in Washlands park, Staffordshire Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Snow blankets the Hotwells and Clifton areas of Bristol Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A snow-covered coat on a pillar in a car park in Hassocks, West Sussex Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

A snowy scene on Newcastle's quayside Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

James Egerton is pulled on his sledge by his dog at a park in Bingham, Nottinghamshire Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Snow-covered houses in Burton upon Trent Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Sledgers enjoy the snow at Wollaton park, Nottingham Photograph: Neil Squires/PA

Open-air swimming enthusiast John Donald braves the icy temperatures to swim at a lido in London Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A phonebox covered in snow in the Devon village of Drewsteignton Photograph: Clive Postlethwaite/Rex Features

People go sledging in the snow in Whitley Bay Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A squirrel takes a nut from a visitor's hand in York's Museum Gardens Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

A woman walks along a snow-covered path outside York Minster Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA