Wintry weather brought parts of the country to a standstill on Friday as forecasters predicted "a lot more" snow next week and a bitterly cold weekend.
Dozens of schools were closed and many roads were impassable while a plane from Lanzarote with 196 passengers on board overshot its landing at Newcastle airport.
Though Scotland and the north east of England once again bore the brunt of the bad weather - with dumps of up to 30cm recorded in the Highlands and North Yorkshire - snow was also drifting across Wales and the South West.
Forecasters said the cold snap was set to tighten its grip, blanketing swathes of the country in white by the middle of next week. Some 25cm is expected to fall over higher ground on Saturday and parts of the Midlands and London will not remain unscathed.
Aisling Creevey, of MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "It's definitely staying cold and going into next week, we could see a lot more snow. There is a low pressure system across the country and if it moves the way it is looking to at the moment, it's going to be very windy, very snowy and really bitter."
People have been warned the wintry spell could last for at least 10 days as biting winds swoop in from the North Sea and night-time temperatures plummet. During the day, these will struggle to get above freezing in many areas.
The unusual weather - and the earliest November snowfall for 17 years - has been caused by high pressure over Greenland and low pressure in the Baltics, forcing cold winds from the north-east across Europe.
It has seen daytime temperatures hover between 0C and 5C and between minus 2C and minus 9.1C overnight, which was recorded at Redesdale Camp, Northumberland.
The Met Office issued severe weather warnings for widespread icy roads and heavy snow across the North East, Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands, the East and south-west England as well as parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Newcastle airport also closed for a short time after the Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 struggled to land. No one on board was injured.