In Pictures: Britain wraps up as temperatures plunge

The unseasonably warm embrace that cloaked the UK from the worst of the autumn weather has vanished into the November air as temperatures plummeted.

Recent highs which saw the mercury loiter around the early and mid-teens have given way to much cooler weather, and forecasters have not ruled out the chance of sleet, ice and some light snowfall in parts.

Wrapping up warm for a punt along the River Cam in Cambridge
Wrapping up warm for a punt along the River Cam in Cambridge
The wet weather continues
The wet weather continues
Waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham
Waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham
Kite surfers at Tynemouth, North Tyneside
Kite surfers at Tynemouth, North Tyneside
WEATHER Cold
WEATHER Cold
Bewick’s swans preen their feathers at Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Gloucestershire
Bewick’s swans preen their feathers at Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Gloucestershire
Temperatures plunge in Oberwiesenthal, Germany
Temperatures plunge in Oberwiesenthal, Germany
Pamplona
Pamplona
Looming clouds in Pamplona, northern Spain
Looming clouds in Pamplona, northern Spain

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