Lightning pictures: Thunderstorms light up the skies across England

Image source, chesterdrawers

Image caption, Twin bolts of lightning splinter through the skies over Chesterfield

Spectacular flashes of lightning lit up the skies in parts of the Midlands and northern England on Saturday as thunderstorms rolled across the country.

大象传媒 Weather Watchers captured the brilliant light show over Chesterfield, Brinscall, Wakefield, Penistone, York and Oswestry.

The storms also brought flash flooding to parts of the country, with one music festival in Birmingham having to be abandoned.

Rain also disrupted play at both Wimbledon and the men's Ashes.

Image source, Brinscall Branch

Image caption, Lightning strikes in Brinscall, Lancashire

Image source, Langy

Image caption, A bolt of lightning snakes across the skies above Oswestry

Image source, Sue

Image caption, Sue shared this image taken as the storms struck in West Yorkshire

Image source, hartcliffmeadows

Image caption, Lightning pierces the sky above Penistone, in South Yorkshire

Image source, Gary Gimmick

Image caption, Gary Gimmick captured the storm as it hit Heworth, in York

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