In pictures: Winter scenes from around the UK

As temperatures drop in parts of the UK, we look at some of the most striking wintry photos from the past few days.

PA Media Aerial view of snow in East Ardsley, West Yorkshire, 14 January 2021PA Media
Snow covers houses in East Ardsley, West Yorkshire. The snow caused significant travel disruption across the north of England, with Yorkshire Ambulance Service declaring a "major incident" due to high demand
Alamy Live News A farmer feeds their livestock near Hawes, North Yorkshire, 14 January 2021Alamy Live News
A farmer feeds their livestock near Hawes, North Yorkshire
AFP A man walks along a path at Gleneagles golf course in Scotland on 14 January 2021AFP
A man walks along a path at Gleneagles golf course, after large parts of Scotland woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday
AFP People sledge down a hillside at Butterley Reservoir in Marsden, West Yorkshire, on 14 January 2021AFP
People go sledging at Butterley Reservoir in Marsden, West Yorkshire
AFP A man clears snow from his car in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, on 14 January 2021AFP
A man clears snow from his car in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross
Alamy Live News Little Horton, Bradford, silhouetted by the early morning sun, on 15 JanuaryAlamy Live News
Little Horton, in Bradford, is silhouetted by the early morning sun
Shutterstock A horse feeds in a frosty field in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, on 15 January 2021Shutterstock
A horse feeds in a frosty field in Dunsden, Oxfordshire
PA Media Cars pass through a flooded road in Leicester, on 14 January 2021PA Media
A car drives along a submerged road in Leicester, after the Met Office issued alerts for flooding in some parts of the country
PA Media A lorry passes through a flooded road in Folkestone, Kent, on 14 January 2021PA Media
A lorry passes through a flooded road in Folkestone, Kent
Shutterstock Surfers at Langland Bay, near Swansea, 14 January 2021Shutterstock
At Langland Bay, near Swansea, a surfer makes the most of a break in the wet weather