By EMILY ALLEN
Huge waves over the Cobb at Lyme Regis in Dorset on a very high tide following the low pressure that passed over the country overnight
Autumn gales whipped up the waves as 60mph winds and hide tides battered Britain's coastline today.
Huge waves crashed onto seafronts up and down the country after gale force winds churned up the sea, created by an area of low pressure which has been hovering over the country.
For many it followed a night of heavy rain which left roads flooded and impassable in parts of Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Cumbria.
Crashing waves: Autumn gales whip up the surf on the seafront at Swansea Marina during high tide early this morning shortly after sunrise
Gusts: The huge waves crash on to the seafront after winds of up to 60mph hit the coast
Wet and wild: Waves crash on to the seafront in Swansea - for many areas it followed a night of heavy rainfall
Battered: Huge waves can be seen over the Cobb at Lyme Regis in Dorset
Worrying: The stormy weather and heavy rain plus rising high tides caused Whitehaven in Cumbria to flood today
The band of wet weather, which began in the South West of England at midnight last night, has been moving steadily north all day and is currently drenching parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
But across the rest of the country, a combination of beautiful sunrise, brown, red and golden leaves and in Scotland, a frosty morning, served up a delight for photographers and nature lovers.
Beauty: The morning sun creates a dramatic display of stunning colours over Malmesbury, Wiltshire this morning
The words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning may have come to mind for those with distant memories of English lessons.
In 1833, her first lines of a poem entitled simply, The Autumn, read: 'Go, sit upon the lofty hill, And turn your eyes around, Where waving woods and waters wild, Do hymn an autumn sound.'
The good residents of Otterbourne in Hampshire may have woken a little less cheery than most, having endured the most rain, with 23mm falling - almost a quarter of the expected levels for October.
Stunning: The sun rises behind a church in Malmesbury after a band of heavy rain swept across the UK last night - and now it's heading north
The seafront walk at Saltdean, East Sussex, became impassable this morning as the waves crashed over the sea wall and flooded it
Seasonal: Three year-old Annie Wood rides her scooter in front of changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in west Sussex
Stunning: A man walks through the autumnal scene in Sheffield Park Gardens today
Attractive: A combination of beautiful sunrise, brown, red and golden leaves served up a delight for photographers and nature lovers
Beautiful: This enormous tree looked spectacular with its colourful leaves this morning in Sussex
Pretty: Two swans look graceful as they glide past the stunning autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens
Changes: Leaves begin to display their autumnal colours at The National Trust's Tatton Park n Knutsford, Cheshire
Relaxed: Surrounded by stunning Autumn colours, a stag takes a rest from his part in the rutting season at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Nature: Stags are seen rutting in the early morning mist
An African Pigmy hedgehog out and about in the autumn colours at Pennywell Farm in Buckfastleigh in Devon
The adorable hedgehog clambers over a branch between the autumn leaves
Nippy: A horse walks through a frost covered field at Muir of Ord near Inverness where the temperature fell to -5 overnight
Cold: A frost covered field at Muir of Ord near Inverness this morning which escaped the rain
Chilly: Frost covers the grass in a scene that looks more wintery than autumn in Inverness
Freezing: The temperature fell to -5C in Muir of Ord near Inverness in Scotland, resulting in these flowers being covered in frost
Corfe Castle in Dorset looks eerie as mist settles over the landscape
Warm glow: The sun starts to bathe the landscape in a warm glow around the famous castle
Changing seasons: The autumn colours glow brigthly across the Dorset landscape and there isn't a cloud in the sky
All at sea: Fishermen and motorists are pictured stranded in the rising water at Sandside, Cumbria
source: dailymail
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