Picture gallery: The big freeze

The UK shivered over the weekend as temperatures plummeted and ice and snow came to parts of the country.

Tulloch Bridge in the Scottish Highlands recorded the lowest temperature, reaching -12°C at 0600 GMT on Monday.

The bad weather was welcomed by children who took the opportunity to take to their sledges and make snowmen.

Animals were led out to snow-covered pastures in Morpeth, Northumberland

Frost and snow stopped racing but some riders still braved freezing conditions in Leyburn, North Yorkshire

More used to warmer climes, wallabies Bush and Blair brave the snow at Morpeth, Northumberland

Daniel Faith, two, sledging near his Co Antrim home

Glyn and Sarah Bullock on Mam Tor in the Peak District

Horses wear winter coats in the Braid Valley, Co Antrim

A kitten at Drummuck Farm Broughshane, Co Antrim

Snowploughs are in force in Aberdeenshire