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Crowds flocked to the beach, including in Weymouth, Dorset, (pictured) as temperatures reached record levels
The UK is experiencing its hottest day since July 2006 as the heatwave continues, BBC forecasters have said.
A temperature of 33.5C (92.3F) was recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in west London.
The highest UK temperature recorded before Monday was 32.2C at Hampton Waterworks, south-west London, last Wednesday.
The hot weather is expected to give way to thunderstorms and potential flooding on Monday night.
The BBC Weather Centre said delayed reports from smaller weather stations could produce a higher reading than 33.5C.
A spokesman added that it was also possible the record for the highest minimum overnight temperature - Brighton's 23.9C in August 1990 - may be broken.
Before Monday the highest temperatures recorded this year in the UK - but outside England - were 30C at Auchtermuchty, in Fife, last Thursday; 30.1C at Castlederg, in Strabane, on Friday and 31.4C at Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, on Friday.
A high of 36.5C was recorded at Wisley, Surrey on 19 July 2006 - and that month was the warmest on record over much of the UK.
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