In pictures: The UK's hottest July day on record

The UK has had its hottest July day on record, with temperatures reaching 38.1C (100.6F) in Cambridge.

Here is how some people have decided to spend the hottest day of the year so far.

It's the kind of day for a beer in the back garden pool

It looks like baby Jules got the memo as he cools off in a make-shift paddling pool in Woolwich, south-east London

A girl smiles as she is partially buried on an excursion to a beach in Broadstairs, Kent

A roller-blader can be seen using a tree for shade while keeping up to date with current events

It's not just humans who need an ice lolly on a hot day

Minerva the tiger takes a cooling plunge in her pool at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire

No need to take a punt on the weather before heading out onto the River Cam in Cambridge

A dog runs through shallow water on the coast at Camber Sands, East Sussex

For those not dipping their toes in the sea, there's always crab fishing, as seen here in Margate, Kent

Anna Mazzola combined staying cool with working from home

Two boys splash in the water feature beside the National Football Museum in central Manchester

Charlie Pitts took this bucolic image of ducks in Ironbridge, Shropshire

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