Snow covered hills around Huddersfield today.

There were falls up at Holme Moss and around Standedge.

Higher parts of the Pennines in Yorkshire and north Derbyshire had a thin covering of snow overnight and wintry showers continued throughout the morning.

Drivers heading over the Snake Pass, between Sheffield and Manchester, were greeted with views of white-topped hills in glorious sunshine and then had to cope with sudden showers of snow, sleet and hail.

The showers were brief but heavy.

Some of the heavier deluges extended as far east as Sheffield.

Click below for more of today's snow pictures from Yorkshire and the Pennines

Huddersfield weatherman Paul Stevens retweeted a picture from Sarah Collins, showing the snow covering the hills around Holme Moss.

Mr Stevens said: “It was cold last night with sleet and snow, which covered some of the hills.

“Today will have sunny spells and a scattering of showers but there will be a cold north-weast wind and temperatures will reach only about 8°C.

“It will remain unsettled into the weekend”.

The snowstorms overnight came in on an Arctic blast.

Just weeks after the country enjoyed the warmest April day in four years, the balmy weather has given way to wintry conditions.

Around 1.2in (3cm) of snow is lying on the ground in the Highlands of Scotland after storms hit the north of Britain.