While parts of the Southern England woke up to a dusting of show this morning, there were no sledges in Sedgemoor or snowballs in Taunton, despite the chilly night.

Snow started to fall as far south as Eastbourne, East Sussex, with downland at Beachy Head seeing a light dusting this morning. Parts of Kent, including Tunbridge Wells, and Essex have also seen snowfall.

Snowy showers were also reported in parts of Scotland, Wales, northern England and the Midlands as the Met Office confirmed that a band of rain, sleet and snow had worked its way south across many parts of the country.

In Somerset there will be further showers coming and going throughout the day, many of which will be wintry across higher ground.

Snow is largely unexpected for Saturday night but there is an ice risk for Sunday morning as a result of the night's frosty conditions.

The Met Office said Sunday will be another cold but sunny day and added that there will be further showers on the coastal areas throughout the day.

A spokesman said: "It will still be cold tomorrow but perhaps not as cold as it feels on Saturday because the winds will be just that little bit lighter."

There will be a return of milder air from the Atlantic next week, which will cut off this weekend's Arctic chill but will bring showers across the country.

Billy Payne, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, said: "It will be a cold day, especially by recent standards, but even by the November average it will be cold."

The cold snap comes in marked contrast to the recent mild weather which led to it being the second mildest start to November on record.

Meanwhile, bookmaker Ladbrokes have slashed the odds of temperatures plummeting to record lows this month, offering 3/1 that a temperature of less than -10.5 degrees is recorded. Those odds stood at 10/1 before this weekend.