THE Met Office's yellow weather warning is still in place for Essex.

The yellow 'be aware' warning for snow and ice was issued yesterday, and is due to remain until this afternoon.

Snow fell in Colchester yesterday afternoon, and while it didn't last long, many people made the most of it.

Here are some of your photos:

Dominic Butler took this photo in Castle Park.

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Jeremy Hagon took this photo in Stanway.

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Rebecca Kerry sent over this photo of Lily and Joshua enjoying the snow.

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Hannah Watts posted this photo on Facebook of Kenneth and friend in Stanway.

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Here is Josefine Backman Juliff, seven, collecting snow in Papillon Road, Colchester.

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@dixonad15 took this photo of the snow in Westlands, Colchester, this afternoon.

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Here is Lynn Frost's shot of the snow in Stanway

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Tracy Alannah Thomas took this photo in Colchester this afternoon.

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This picture was taken from High Position's head office in Middleborough.

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Our photographer Steve Brading took this video in Ramsey.

Send your photos and videos to zoe.forsey@nqe.com or tweet @zoeforsey.