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New ice warning for Cornwall as snow falls across South West

Chloe Parkman November 20, 2025

Princetown Primary Community School Snow has settled on a school playground. It is covering a number of playground furniture including outdoor benches and tractor tyres which have been placed on the ground. Buildings in the distance are also covered in snow. — Gritters have been out overnight as snowfall has been reported at locations across the South West

A new weather warning for ice has been issued for Cornwall, as both the county and parts of Devon were hit by snow and ice.

Devon County Council said Princetown Community Primary School was shut due to low staff numbers as a result of the weather conditions.

Callywith College in Cornwall said “no lessons” would take place and buses had been suspended due to “adverse weather conditions in the Bodmin area”. Earlier, icy road conditions were reported on the A30 in the Temple area, and heavy hail showers caused tricky conditions in Fraddon.

The new Met Office yellow weather warning for ice covers most of Cornwall from 18:00 GMT on Thursday until 11:00 on Friday.

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Snow at a woodland near Princetown, on Dartmoor

Snow fell at various sites on Dartmoor overnight into Thursday

Head teacher at Princetown Primary Community School, Josh Bullock, said: “We have had to close today due to snow and hazardous conditions. However, we have set home learning for the children and hope to be back open tomorrow.”

Snow has been reported in Bodmin, Camelford, Tavistock, on Dartmoor and Plympton.

In the new Met Office weather warning it said: “Wintry showers will lead to icy patches and some disruption on Thursday night and Friday morning.”

It added there would “probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths”.

Snow was reported on Dartmoor, including at Dousland

SouthwestSimon/BBC Weather Watchers Snow covers a garden. A patch of grass is completely covered in white snow. Snow has also landed on bushes around the garden and a small bird house. — Snow was reported on Dartmoor, including at Dousland

Ian Cobham, who runs Dartmoor Brewery at Princetown, said snow in the area was “really pretty”, but said there was not that much of it.

“There’s a little bit of snow,” he said.

“It’s not like it was a few times last winter when it was just covered in snow and nobody could get up and down the hill. I think we’ll be OK.”

Paul Wilkins, on-call manager at Devon Highways control room, said there had been “no major impact to the network”.

The Met Office warned the snow and ice risk would continue for the rest of Thursday

OldPierre Looking over a snowy garden. Snow has landed on the rooftops of houses in the distances. White snow is on the ground. — The Met Office warned the snow and ice risk would continue for the rest of Thursday

Mr Wilkins said: “We have 37 main gritting routes, which cover around 1,800 miles of our road network.

“We’ve got around 40 weather stations which are constantly feeding information back to us. We’ve got a bespoke weather forecast provider.”

He said combined it “allows us to make well informed decisions, in the morning, throughout the course of the day to ensure we’re treating the network and keeping it as safe as possible”.

Disruption is possible, the Met Office says

practicallyperfect Sunrise over a snow covered area in Plymouth. The sun is shining over the snow. — Disruption is possible, the Met Office says

Cormac said it was looking to deploy gritters in Cornwall at 16:00 on Thursday and at 03:00 on Friday.

Plymouth Highways said gritters would be out from 16:00 on Thursday covering both the primary and secondary routes and a second covering would be carried out at 03:00 on Friday on primary routes only.

Devon County Council Highways said gritters would also be out across the county.

“Please take care when driving and allow extra time for your journey due to the weather conditions,” it said.

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