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

WorldEnvironment
20 Nov 2025 • 1:03 AM MYT
The Independent
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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.

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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.

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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.

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