Parts of the UK have been met with wintry scenes heading into the weekend, as frosty weather and snow make an appearance early in the new year.

Bitter conditions are expected to continue into next week thanks to an Arctic wind.

Several weather warnings are in place for parts of England and Wales as heavy snow and freezing rain are expected.

A single walker crosses the snow and ice on the way to the top of the mountain, Ben Macdui in the Scottish Highlands. They are walking towards the sunshine and the whole countryside is covered in white snow.

Walking up to the summit of the munro Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms, Scotland [Emy McCleod]

Three people working on their skis in the snow. the sun is shining in a blue sky. the group cast long shadows across the whiteness.

A group preparing skis to climb back up to the Cairngorm mountain summit [Emy McCleod]

A snowy mountain range

The view from the top of the of A’ Mharconaich mountain at the edge of the Cairngorms in Scotland [BBC/Morgan Spence]

Buildings and fields covered by snow in the Shetland Isles

There were similar snowy scenes further north in the Shetland Islands [BBC Weather Watchers/Jeannie]

A woman stands with her back to the camera in a snowy landscape. a river runs down past her left hand side. In front of her is a dramatic mountain pass.

Walking into Ben Wyvis, in the northern Scottish Highlands. [Rory Dracup]

A view of a creek cutting through frosty forest

It was a cold but beautiful day in Cornwall’s Bissoe Valley [BBC Weather Watchers/AJ]

A dog sniffs some flowers

A dog got a sniff of some frosty flowers in Waldringham, Suffolk [BBC Weather Watchers/Bettys Hot Spot]

The sun shines on trees in a snowy woodland

The sun shone on snow-covered trees in Aberdeen [BBC Weather Watchers/Mattylockers]

Two spaniel type dogs sit in the snow and ice in a forest in the Scottish Highlands.

A pair of good boys at Dulnain Bridge near Cairngorm in the Scottish Highlands [Josh McArthur-Robinson]

A dog sits in frosty grass

It was time for a rest in some frosty grass after a walk in Armagh, Northern Ireland [BBC Weather Watchers/Aimee_066]

The sun shines on some frosty tree branches

The sun was captured shining on some frosty tree branches in the Scottish village of Lairg [BBC Weather Watchers/Jack March]

Frost covers the ground in the morning near the Cairngorm mountains. A sculpture also glistens, covered in ice. In the distance, the mountains Carn na loinne and carn na coinnse xan be seen.

Frost sparkles in the morning sunshine, Grantown-on-Spey [The Cairn Distillery]

A dog stands in the snow

Another furry friend was photographed during a snowy walk, this time in Yorkshire’s Denby Dale [BBC Weather Watchers/Little Leo]

Snow covers a stone bridge over a body of water

A stone bridge in Carrbridge in Scotland was blanketed in snow [BBC Weather Watchers/Lochnessmonster]

The sun shines from behind some trees on a frosty road

This country lane in the Scottish village of Methven also got a good dusting of snow [BBC Weather Watchers/Nellington]

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