Winter has brought snow and ice to parts of Britain. Freezing temperatures and clear skies have led to frosty starts and travel chaos – but also to beautiful photos.
IBTimes UK presents a gallery illustrating how the country has been turned into a winter wonderland as New Year approaches.
Moorhens wake up as the rising sun begins to burn off overnight frost at the National Trust's Dunham Massey Park in Altrincham, Greater ManchesterChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesA deer stag is silhouetted against misty morning light in Dunham Massey Park in AltrinchamChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesFrost covers fallen leaves in Dunham Massey Park near Altrincham, northern EnglandPhil Noble/ReutersA deer crosses a stream after a snowfall at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, central EnglandDarren Staples/ReutersA man walks through Victoria Park at sunrise in LeicesterDarren Staples/ReutersSunlight glints off frost-covered gravestones in a cemetery in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, northern EnglandPhil Noble/ReutersThe morning sun tries to break through freezing fog on the hilltops in the High Peak near Macclesfield, CheshireChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe winter sun rises over fields near BathMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesPeople walk their dogs at sunrise in Knutsford, Cheshire, northern EnglandPhil Noble/ReutersTwo people are silhouetted against the rising sun in Richmond Park, west LondonAndrew Cowie/AFPAn abandoned car and a telephone box stand in snow near Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Dales, central EnglandDarren Staples/ReutersA crashed car stands abandoned on a snow-covered verge near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, northern EnglandPhil Noble/ReutersSnow-covered trees stand against a deep blue sky near the village of Marsden, northern EnglandOli Scarff/AFPSnow creates a picturesque scene in the countryside near the Staffordshire village of HanburyChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesA double-decker bus travels over Standedge between snow-covered fields at dusk near the village of Diggle, northern EnglandOli Scarff/AFP
