Forecasts of a weekend washout did not deter revellers from enjoying the start of the Bank Holiday.

Scantily-clad partygoers in Liverpool, Cardiff, Newcastle and Birmingham were in high spirits as they hit the town to celebrate the start of the three-day break.

They were pictured strolling arm-in-arm through the streets and stopping to chat by the roadside as they caught taxis home in the early hours.

As the evening progressed some revellers started to look a little worse for wear, with a number of people taking a nap in the street or needing the help of their friends to get home.

Two women laying on the floor and clearly enjoying their night out in Newcastle to celebrate the long weekend

A slightly bemused looking nurse taking to the streets in Newcastle to enjoy a big night out

A man checks the bottom of another man's shoe who is dressed in jeans, a shirt and a nice pink tutu

A woman dressed up and ready to party in Newcastle as partygoers took to the streets to celebrate the long weekend

It got a bit too much for some people in Newcastle. A blonde woman is in the street with her head in her lap as her friend looks on

A group of ladies in Newcastle enjoying a smoke break and the start of the Bank Holiday weekend

A man is taking a well-earned rest on some steps on a night out in Newcastle

A happily partygoer carries his friend who is on crutches through the streets of Newcastle

Residents of city centres throughout the UK wasted little time in letting their hair down.

In Liverpool a bride-to-be was seen jogging down the street wearing a mini top hat, while a group of lads cheerily hoisted each other off the ground.

Friends huddled by the roadside waiting to catch their taxis home in the early hours.

And some had clearly had a bit too much fun and needed to take a rest on the steps or in the street.

Two women hit the town in Liverpool, one of the women, wearing a top branded with 'Love' and a red skirt has decided to go barefoot, while her friend helpfully holds her other shoe

Charge! A man gives a woman a piggyback through the town centre in Newcastle as they are set to have fun on their night out

The police were out in Newcastle as partygoers descended on the city centre. They are checking on the welfare of this man

Two people embrace in Liverpool as party-goers descend on the town centre in Liverpool to celebrate the start of the three-day weekend

A friend gives her buddy a piggy back through the streets of Cardiff as people take to the streets for the three day weekend

A man wearing festive bunny ears swigs from a bottle as drinkers hit the town in Newcastle

Police deal with an incident in Cardiff at the start of the Bank Holiday in Cardiff as party-goers descend on the city centre

A group of ladies dressed ready to party in Liverpool and enjoying the festivities at the start of the weekend

The night has all got a bit too much for this man who is taking a much needed nap in Liverpool near a helping of fried chicken

In Newcastle a bemused man dressed up as a nurse wanders through the streets.

A man is giving a woman a piggyback and laughing uproariously as they charge down the street.

In Cardiff police can be seen taking care of a spot of trouble in the town centre, while two smiling women are adorned with colourful balloon hats.

A man enjoying a late night kebab in Birmingham where people have been celebrating the start of the weekend

Sometimes all you need is a helping hand from your friends. This woman helps her friend up from the floor in Liverpool

Two kind police officers lead two women through the streets of Birmingham. The lady in the white dress and the officer at the front share a quick joke as they stroll

Two women wearing colourful balloon hats on the streets of Cardiff at the start of the Bank Holiday weekend

After a long night on the town sometimes the best thing you need is some fast food, like these two women in Birmingham

A man carries his friend on his back while a worried woman looks on in Birmingham

Two women, one barefoot, walking home in Birmingham after a night out in a busy city centre

These party-goers are looking a bit worse for wear after a big night out in Liverpool over the Bank Holiday weekend

A group of friends link arms and chat as they hit the city centre in Liverpool on Friday night

A bride-to-be momentarily jogs away from her hen party during the first night of the three-day break

The Met Office predicted lots of rain and wind on Saturday and Sunday, with a weekend washout thought to be on the agenda.

Maximum temperatures are only expected to reach the high teens Celcius (mid-60Fs) across much of the UK.

And drivers set off on their Bank Holiday journeys early yesterday amid warnings of hour-long delays with more than 14million cars set to hit the roads.

A man hoists his friend off the ground as high spirits continued into the early hours in the city

Scantily-clad partygoers headed to the bars in the city centre on Friday night, making the most of the dryer weather

Friends chatted by the roadside as Bank Holiday festivities wound down in the early hours

A group of friends huddle by the roadside while enjoying their night out on Friday

Home time? Revellers in Liverpool were not put off by the predicted weekend washout

Meanwhile, revellers at the Leeds and Reading festivals didn't let the wet weather put them off their weekend of music.

They were seen arriving in their waterproofs and wellies and carrying umbrellas as rain beat down.