The UK is bracing for harsh winter weather with snow hitting as far south as London and Birmingham, whilst Scotland faces up to 65cm of snow and temperatures plummeting to -11C

The UK is set to be buried by a huge barrage of snow as the bitterly cold weather continues well into next week. This comes as the Met Office has issued several weather warnings for snow and ice over recent days.

It comes as London is one of the few places in the UK today (Monday, January 5) to not have been hit with a weather warning. The Met Office has issued a series of yellow warnings of snow and ice, and amber warnings of snow across Britain.

Met Office maps have indicated areas in the UK that could be hit by heavy snow this week as Storm Goretti triggers new weather warnings. The storm, named by France's meteorological service, is set to bring heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the UK, with up to 20cm of snow possible in some regions.

A massive 739-mile of snow looks set to hit the UK in a few days, affecting areas from Wick in Scotland to Folkestone in the south of England. The latest weather maps generated by WXCharts using Met Desk data on January 6 have turned white and purple for almost the whole of the UK in a forecast looking at January 11 and 12.

Weather charts show snow piling up across high ground, while Met Office warnings remain in place - including in Devon and Cornwall - until Tuesday.

Amber and yellow weather warnings are in place across the UK as the first weekend of the New Year looks set to be a chilly one.