There were plenty more opportunities for Britons to bask in summer sunshine with no sign of any let-up in the glorious conditions.
Festival-goers sought a place in the shade at the Bestival event in Dorset with trees providing refuge from the sun.
Many strolled around London’s tourist sights while the capital’s parks and canals were also busy.
Bestival festival-goers sit in the Utilita Power Tree area at the Lulworth Estate in Dorset (Ben Birchall/PA)
A racegoer with a parasol at Goodwood (Adam Davy/PA)
Kayakers also took to the water (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
People walk through St James’s Park, London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Some Bestival fans tried yoga in the hot conditions (Ben Birchall/PA)
Sophie Todd, aged seven, cools down in a Trafalgar Square fountain (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Kayakers brave the heat and the algae on the Regent’s Canal (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
The watered course at Goodwood is in marked contrast to bleached grass elsewhere (Adam Davy/PA)
People cross the Millennium Bridge in London (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
