People across the UK have been waking up to frosty conditions - after a corridor of snow swept across large parts of the country.

BBC News website readers have been sharing their wintry photos. Here is a selection:

Image copyright Stepanie Cole Image caption Stephanie Cole took this picture of a her snowy back garden in Oxted, Surrey.

Image copyright Andy Pass Image caption Andy Pass in Eastbourne was not expecting to see snow over an inch thick outside his bedroom window. "Bit of a shock," he said.

Image copyright Susan Brown Image caption Susan Brown took the opportunity to have some fun sledging in the snow in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Image copyright Mark R Bannister Image caption Mark R Bannister, in Surrey, sent in this picture of a rather dapper snowman. It was the first snowman his younger son had built, he said.

Image copyright Katrien Grobler / Twitter Image caption "Not a lot of snow in London, but we managed to scrape a small snowman together", said Katrien Grobler who tweeted this picture.

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Image copyright Wendy Neale Image caption Stephanie Cole took this photo of a snow covered Crystal Palace in south London.

Image copyright Vipin Chadha Image caption "Absolutely fantastic, the kids had been waiting for it!" said Vipin Chadha, who took this picture in Milton Keynes.

Image copyright Rob Steele Image caption "I didn't expect to wake up to that view out the window!" said Rob Steele who sent in this picture of his snow-covered road in Northampton.

Image copyright James Waring Image caption "Taking the Labrador for a walk. I'm unlikely to lose her," said James Waring who took this picture in Chipping, Lancashire.

Image copyright Oscar Windsor Smith Image caption Not everyone welcomes the recent snowfall. "We hope it goes away as quickly as it came. Access here is via a track that will be impassable if this stuff freezes," says Oscar Windsor Smith who captured this photo in Hertfordshire.