Winter weather finally hits the UK - in pictures

A pheasant stands in snow near Dulverton on Exmoor Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Paragliders take to the skies over Mam Tor, in the Derbyshire Peak District Photograph: Rod Kirkpatrick/F Stop Press

Commuters make their way to work in Bristol city centre as snow starts to fall Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Snow-covered fields in the Teesdale area, on the east side of the Pennines Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Belted Galloway cows feed on Birdlip Hill, Gloucestershire Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

Snow on a sign for a footpath near Wheddon Cross, on Exmoor Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A Land Rover on a road lined with snow-covered trees near Dulverton, on Exmoor Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A walker on the Pennine hilltops in Coverdale Photograph: John Giles/PA

A man takes a walk along a footpath on Dunkery Hill, near Minehead Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

People gather outside the remote Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire, the highest pub in Britain, in an attempt to glimpse the aurora borealis. The pub has seen trade soar after being pictured sitting under a shimmering cascade of green lights Photograph: Paul Kingston / NNP/North News

A black grouse picks its way through the snow in Northumberland Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A farm covered in fresh overnight snow in Northumberland Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Cross-country motorcyclists enjoy the heavy snow in Nenthead, Cumbria Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Forestry workers admire the huge icicles in County Durham Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Walkers in the snow near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire Photograph: John Giles/PA