Pennine Way at A640 Huddersfield Road, looking west down snowy valleysides of Oldgate Nick to Tame Valley, Lancashire, South Pennines, UK


The winter of 2010-2011 included the UK's coldest December since Met Office Records began in 1910. The mean December 2010 temperature in the UK was minus one degree Celsius. In some places the temperature reached minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees F). Late November to Boxing Day 2010 experienced two spells of severe winter weather in the UK with very low temperatures and significant snowfall. The first cold spell lasted two weeks from Thursday, 25 November to Thursday, 9 December. Snowy moorland view of the Pennine Way at the A640 Huddersfield Road, looking west down the Oldgate Nick valley, South Pennines, Lancashire, UK. The River Tame valley crosses the background of the shot. Oldham lies over the hills in the background.


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Location: Pennine Way at A640 Huddersfield Road, looking west down Oldgate Nick valley, South Pennines, Lancas
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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