STORY: London’s parks were beginning to turn brown and inhabitants sweltered on Sunday (June 29) as the temperature rose past 30 degrees celsius – about 10 degrees above average.

The thermometer on one pharmacy in South London posted a temperature as high as 33 degrees. In the city’s streets, people were armed with water bottles and fanned themselves to keep cool.

The ’skypool’ – the only swimming pool in Europe to extend between two buildings – appeared packed to capacity as residents of the complex opted for a Sunday afternoon in the water.

Most unusually for the city’s parks at the end of June, grass was beginning to turn brown due to lack of water. Data from the UK Met office show that the overall trend for the first half of the year has been drier than usual.

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VIDEO SHOWS: GVS AND PEOPLE REACTING TO HEAT ABOVE 30 CELSIUS IN LONDON

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SHOWS: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (June 29, 2025)(Reuters – Access all)

1. DRONES OF LONDON AS WEATHER ROSE ABOVE 30 DEGREES CELSIUS

2. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON ‘LONDON BEACH’ A SMALL STRETCH OF SAND ALONG THE RIVER IN CENTRAL LONDON

3. VARIOUS PALACE OF WESTMINSTER

4. PEOPLE WALKNING ON BRIDGE

5. COUPLE BUYING ICECREAMS

6. WOMAN FANNING FRIEND/COUPLE WAVING PAPERS TO KEEP COOL

7. PARMACY IN SOUTH LONDON, THERMOMETER INDICATING 33 DEGREES

8. THERMOMETER SHOWING 33 DEGREES AT 15:10 LOCAL TIME

9. SUN THROUGH BRANCHES

10. SKYPOOL STRETCHING BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS

11. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN SKYPOOL

12. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF WEST LONDON PARK, GRASS TURNING BROWN