A County Durham location where it snows on average 54 times a year has been named within the snowiest UK places list.

The UK list, which has been compiled by the weather service Met Office, finds the coldest and most snow-filled villages and towns up and down the country, including one where it has the potential to snow for close to 100 days per year. 

Within that Met Office list, the County Durham location of Copley is listed at number five.

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The Met Office included the little village, with a population of around 400, and said that snow falls in the area an average of 53 days a year, and was the highest entry for England on the list.

Copley is located not far from Barnard Castle and is close to the North Pennines area, while its cold weather is partly due to its high elevation – with the Met Office recording its height above sea level as 253m.

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Here's what The Met Office said about Copley: "The North Pennines are one of the snowiest parts of England and Copley, County Durham, sees snow falling on average 53 days each year. 

"It is just south of the North Pennines AONB, home to one of only a handful of outdoor ski centres in England."

The full list of the snowiest places in the country, according to the Met Office, is:

  1. Cairngorms in the Grampian Mountains
  2. Shetland Islands
  3. Fair Isle
  4. Orkney Islands
  5. Copley, County Durham
  6. Leadhills, South Lanarkshire
  7. Widdybank Fell, the North Pennines
  8. Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway
  9. Kinbrace, Sutherland
  10. Knockanrock, North West Highlands Geopark