Forecasters have warned of likely travel disruption on Tuesday, including cancelled flights, with severe fog forecast to hit much of the UK.

Some patches of freezing fog overnight are also likely and the extreme conditions are expected to last until midday on Tuesday.

The Met Office said: “Fog is expected to form widely across southern and central England and some eastern parts of Wales on Monday evening, persisting overnight into Tuesday.

“Slower journey times are likely with delays possible to bus and train services. Some delays or cancellations to flights are also possible.”

Visibility could fall below 100 metres in some places, the Met Office said, and Tuesday morning was expected to bring only a slow improvement in conditions.

A yellow weather warning is in place for the east Midlands, the east of England, London and the south-east, north-west England, south-west England, Wales and the West Midlands.