SWINDON woke up to a blanket of snow - and the icy March conditions brought problems and opportunities. 

The Met Office had issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice in the South West advance of Wednesday, and sure enough, it fell overnight.

On Wednesday morning the town's streets and parks were covered in the white stuff, causing issues for some commuters on their way to work with delays, congestion and even crashes caused by the flurry. 

This was despite the efforts of Swindon Borough Council's gritting team covering 210 miles of priority routes between them, during the night, and then going out and doing it again. 

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It was also a busy morning for Wiltshire Police who issued a warning to people to drive carefully.

Nevertheless, the force still found themselves attending to traffic accidents in the area. For example, a crash was reported on Pack Hill in Wanborough and a car left the carriageway of the M4

Cricklade Road and Great Western Way, also had heavy traffic in the morning, although this seemed to have been caused by faulty traffic lights and ongoing roadworks respectively moreso than the snow itself.

Then, as the morning continued schools and colleges started to announce that the snow had, or rather, had not, impacted them.

Swindon and Wiltshire Institute of Technology announced an early finish for students after cancelling all classes past 2pm and New College cancelled its evening classes.

Most schools in Swindon remained open with several confirming as much on their social media like Haydonleigh Primary School and EvenSwindon Primary, while others like Dorcan Academy closed for some year groups.

Elsewhere the council announced that its severe weather emergency protocol was in place, meaning the local authority would do all it could to provide shelter to rough sleepers in the town.

Other than that the snowfall, which was relentlessly falling throughout the entire day on Wednesday proved not to be all that disruptive, mainly because it didn’t seem to be settling.

Great Western Railway had no delays or cancellations, neither did either of the tow's two bus companies Stagecoach or Swindon Bus Company. 

Instead for many, it was an opportunity to get out and about in the town and get some incredible photographs of a white Swindon. 

But, things could be set to worsen as the forecast predicts more snow and sleet is on the way throughout Thursday and some of Friday.