While this winter has seen snow flurries hit large stretches of the UK, one tiny village annually sees greater average snowfall than anywhere else in the country. The Met Office has ranked Copley, which has a population of around 400 and sits near the North Penines in County Durham, as the snowiest part of England and the fifth snowiest spot in the whole of the UK. It even has its own weather station, thanks to the combination of its elevation above sea level and position in the north-east, making it fertile ground for continuous frost and snowfall.
In keeping with its reputation, Copley is likely to experience an uninterrupted eight-day spell of wintry weather later this month, with light snow forecast every hour between midday on January 26 and Febuary 2, according to the BBC. Snow falls in the rural outpost an average 53 days each year, forcing locals to be well-equipped for disruption - especially since their nearest shops and pubs lie in neighbouring towns including Bishop Auckland and Darlington.
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As chilly and inconvenient as it might be for locals, Copley's status as England's snowiest place also makes it a uniquely beautiful corner of England, just east of the North Penines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
It may now function primarily as a residential area, with just a village hall in the way of amenities, but Copley was once an industrial hub, with one of the few remnants of its past the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill, which operated for around 100 years, between 1790 and 1890, and has since become a local landmark.
The latest weather predictions for the village show temperatures hovering in the mid to low single digits over the coming days, with a snowy front moving in at around 12pm on January 26.
BBC Weather, whose forecasts only currently extend to February 2, show light flurries and a mercury of between -2C and 3C continuing each hour of the day from that point onwards.
The weather department of the national broadcaster has also predicted wider temperature drops across the country in the final week of January.
"Winter is likely to make a U-turn back to colder conditions throughout the end of January and into early February," presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas said.
"A battle between cold air from the east and milder conditions from the west will be taking place this week, with a growing likelihood of colder air winning into next week.
"Some places will see an increased chance of sleet and snow although details on areas most likely to be impacted remains uncertain at this point in time."