Temperatures plunged overnight with the first heavy snow of the winter falling in Newby Head Pass, near to the North Yorkshire/ Cumbria border - as these dramatic photos from Thomas Beresford show:
![This was the scene near Newby Head pass on Wednesday night into Thursday morning.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE4MjgxNjcx.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Snow comes down in North Yorkshire
This was the scene near Newby Head pass on Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
![This was how Craven looked as gritters and snow plough tractors headed out](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE4MjgxNjcy.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. The scene in Craven
This was how Craven looked as gritters and snow plough tractors headed out
![Several inches of snow quickly fell overnight, burying cars and coating country roads](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE4MjgxNjcz.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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Several inches of snow quickly fell overnight, burying cars and coating country roads
![This photo shows how much snow came down in a short space of time - three inches was measured by morning](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE4MjgxNjc0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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This photo shows how much snow came down in a short space of time - three inches was measured by morning