Firefighters from across the UK have been battling a string of wildfires after Britain saw its hottest winter day on record on Tuesday.

The most recent blaze was whipped up on Saddleworth Moor, which witnesses described as "apocalyptic". Firefighters were called there just before 8pm on Tuesday after Britain enjoyed its third day of unseasonable sunshine.

It continued to burn into Wednesday until firefighters eventually brought it under control around lunchtime, but it wasn't the only wildfire to hit the UK.

Dramatic photographs showed a huge fire burning on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh as crews battled to bring around 800m of gorse under control having been alerted at 6.30pm.

Earlier in the afternoon, East Sussex Fire and Rescue had to extinguish two separate wildfires. The first, just before 3pm engulfed 35 hectares in Nutley, before another broke out around a mile away in Ashdown Forest.

Britain saw its hottest winter day on record on Tuesday when the mercury hit 21.2C (69.4F) in Kew Gardens, London.