Britons have been enjoying a snow day after Storm Emma closed workplaces and schools across the country.

With a host of warnings against unnecessary travel in place, many hardy souls – and their dogs – simply ventured out to enjoy the winter scenery.

Thousands of football fans braved the conditions to reach the Emirates Stadium for the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City (Nick Potts/PA)
Thousands of football fans braved the conditions to reach the Emirates Stadium for the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City (Nick Potts/PA)
Residents in Old Drumchapel, Glasgow, clear their driveway of snow (Kirk O'Rourke/PA)
Residents in Old Drumchapel, Glasgow, clear their driveway of snow (Kirk O’Rourke/PA)
Charlotte Berry (front) sledging with Heidi Fairburn (back left) and Ian Berry (right) in Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)
Charlotte Berry (front) sledging with Heidi Fairburn (back left) and Ian Berry (right) in Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)
A person skis along the pavement of the Great Western Road, Glasgow (Kirk O’Rourke/PA)
A person skis along the pavement of the Great Western Road, Glasgow (Kirk O’Rourke/PA)
Tynemouth Life brigade volunteers at Cullercoats arrive to ask people to stay away from the coastline (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Tynemouth Life brigade volunteers at Cullercoats arrive to ask people to stay away from the coastline (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Andrea Geile skis along Princes Street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Andrea Geile skis along Princes Street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Edinburgh, enjoy a day off school sledging in the city’s Queen Street Gardens (Jane Barlow/PA)
Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Edinburgh, enjoy a day off school sledging in the city’s Queen Street Gardens (Jane Barlow/PA)
Artist Tom Wigmore, from Leith, makes a ‘snow-woman’ in the street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Artist Tom Wigmore, from Leith, makes a ‘snow-woman’ in the street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
A woman and her dog enjoy the snow near Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)
A woman and her dog enjoy the snow near Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)
Poppy Burchill aged 4, sledging in Larbert, near Falkirk (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Poppy Burchill, aged 4, sledging in Larbert, near Falkirk (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Isla Wallace (left) and Millie Johnson (right) have a snowball fight in Yeadon, Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Isla Wallace (left) and Millie Johnson (right) have a snowball fight in Yeadon, Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Ice climbers on the downfall at Kinder Downfall, High Peak in Derbyshire (Peter Byrne/PA)
Ice climbers on the downfall at Kinder Downfall, High Peak in Derbyshire (Peter Byrne/PA)
Andrea Geile skiing along Princes Street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Andrea Geile skiing along Princes Street in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Snow drifts on Hadfield Road in Hadfield, Derbyshire (@NicosBabe/PA)
Snow drifts on Hadfield Road in Hadfield, Derbyshire (@NicosBabe/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
People walk their dog through the snow in Derbyshire (Peter Byrne/PA)
Winter weather Mar 1st 2018
Icicles form on the seafront at Penzance (Ben Birchall/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
The British Waterways building in Nottingham (Neil Squires/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
The Long Walk at Windsor Castle (Steve Parsons/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
A frozen centrepiece in Fountain Gardens, Paisley (Paul Ward/PA)
The Market Square in Bingham, Nottinghamshire (Neil Squires/PA)
The Market Square in Bingham, Nottinghamshire (Neil Squires/PA)
Sledging in Larbert, near Falkirk (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Sledging in Larbert, near Falkirk (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Jasper and Cooper enjoy the snow (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
Basingstoke Canal in Surrey (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Winter weather March 1st 2018
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA)