Published: 12:47, 31 December 2020 | Updated: 13:00, 31 December 2020
New Year’s Eve saw bitterly cold conditions for much of the UK and more snow, as some hardy swimmers braved the North Sea for a bracing dip.
The sun rises over South Shields lighthouse on the north east coast (Owen Humphreys/PA)Frost covers a grassy bank looking out over the Avon Gorge and Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol after overnight temperatures dropped below freezing (Ben Birchall/PA)Mist and frost hang around colourful houses in Hotwells during a cold start to the day in Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)Swimmers in the freezing North Sea at King Edward’s Bay near Tynemouth on New Year’s Eve (Owen Humphreys/PA)Swimmers take the plunge at King Edward’s Bay (Owen Humphreys/PA)Deer in a frost-covered Richmond Park, in south-west London (Yui Mok/PA)A cold start to the day for joggers in Richmond Park (Yui Mok/PA)A swan makes its way across a frozen pond (Yui Mok/PA)Snow on rooftops in Bishop Auckland, County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA)Huskies being walked in Whitworth in County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA)Riders in a frost-covered Richmond Park (Yui Mok/PA)Jack Austin does a backflip off a snowball on Knutsford Heath in Cheshire (Martin Rickett/PA)Two children drag a sledge through woods on Knutsford Heath (Martin Rickett/PA)
