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In Pictures: Spectacular New Year's Day sunrises

1 January 2026

George King

Some beautiful sunrise images were captured this morning, like this one from Felixstowe, Suffolk

SQUIZ/WEATHERWATCHERS Two silhouetted figures hold hands while standing in front of the sea looking out at a purple coloured sunrise. — Some beautiful sunrise images were captured this morning, like this one from Felixstowe, Suffolk

The chance to witness a stunning sunrise slowly appearing from the darkness on New Year's Day was too hard to resist for some of our BBC Weather Watchers.

As daylight draped itself across the East of England, they were out there capturing some spectacular pictures.

Suffolk

This sunrise was captured from the BBC Suffolk offices early this morning as a warming glow lit the centre of Ipswich

KELLY MCCORMACK/BBC A bright orange sunrise fills the sky above buildings and a roundabout in a darkened Ipswich town centre. — This sunrise was captured from the BBC Suffolk offices early this morning as a warming glow lit the centre of Ipswich

This photographer in Felixstowe used the sunrise as the perfect, silhouetted backdrop

SQUIZ/WEATHERWATCHERS A silhouetted figure stands in front of the sea and next to what appears to be a beach hut, as an orange and red sunrise colours the sky — This photographer in Felixstowe used the sunrise as the perfect, silhouetted backdrop

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

The sunrise added a sense of movie magic to this canal in Cambridgeshire

CAMKINGFISHER/WEATHERWATCHERS An orange sunrise over a canal in Cambridgeshire. — The sunrise added a sense of movie magic to this canal in Cambridgeshire

In Peterborough, the sunrise adopted a pink and purple hue

COUNTRY MARG/WEATHERWATCHERS A pink-coloured sunrise pictured behind trees in Peterborough. — In Peterborough, the sunrise adopted a pink and purple hue

Essex

A new day - and a new year - dawning on the Maldon promenade as a statue of 10th Century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman, Byrhtnoth, looks on

MALDON CHRIS/WEATHERWATCHERS A sunrise behind a silhouette of a statue of 10th-century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman, Byrhtnoth, who is holding aloft his sword and a shield. — A new day - and a new year - dawning on the Maldon promenade as a statue of 10th Century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman, Byrhtnoth, looks on

Chelmsford was also blessed with the sight of a mesmerising sunrise on New Year's Day

MR BEEBOOTS/WEATHERWATCHERS A purple and pink sky above a river in Chelmsford — Chelmsford was also blessed with the sight of a mesmerising sunrise on New Year's Day

Norfolk

Clouds could not stop this yellow sunrise bursting through the sky above Winterton-on-Sea

ALIDEAKIN/WEATHERWATCHERS Sunshine pictured from what appears to be a cliff's edge in Winterton-on-Sea. There are clouds in the sky. — Clouds could not stop this yellow sunrise bursting through the sky above Winterton-on-Sea

The clouds above Bowthorpe were also unsuccessful in keeping the New Year's Day sun at bay

WALKING TRACTOR/WEATHERWATCHERS The sun shines through the clouds as it silhouettes a tree on a hill — The clouds above Bowthorpe were also unsuccessful in keeping the New Year's Day sun at bay

Northamptonshire

In Harlestone, the beaming sun was captured just as it started to rise in the distance above a farmer's field

UWHOANDYR/WEATHERWATCHERS Harlestone in Northamptonshire — In Harlestone, the beaming sun was captured just as it started to rise in the distance above a farmer's field

A man enjoys a New Year's Day walk in Sywell against the backdrop of the sunrise

ALFIE COE/WEATHERWATCHERS A man enjoys a New Year's Day walk in Sywell, Northamptonshire, against the backdrop of the orange and yellow sunrise. He is walking on a path alongside a waterway. His back is to the camera. — A man enjoys a New Year's Day walk in Sywell against the backdrop of the sunrise

Rich hues of purple, pink, orange and yellow painted the sky above Irthlingborough

ALFIE COLE/WEATHERWATCHERS Rich hues of purple, pink, orange and yellow fill the sky above Irthlingborough and silhouette nearby trees. — Rich hues of purple, pink, orange and yellow painted the sky above Irthlingborough

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire

The sky above Linslade, in Bedfordshire, was perfectly split into shades of purple and pink by the sunrise

ELIE/WEATHERWATCHERS A grainy image of the tips of homes in Linslade, Bedfordshire, underneath a sky which is one half pink and one half piurple — The sky above Linslade, in Bedfordshire, was perfectly split into shades of purple and pink by the sunrise

Woodland in Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, was transformed into a warming New Year's Day scene by a fire-like glow

CORKY/WEATHERWATCHERS Trees and woodland are lit-up by a fire-orange sunrise in Milton Keynes. Slight clouding also fills the sky. — Woodland in Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, was transformed into a warming New Year's Day scene by a fire-like glow

This impressive image of the sun rising in all its glory was captured in Royston, in Hertfordshire

FLOWER GIRL/WEATHERWATCHERS The sky turns orange as a sun beings its rise above Royston, in Hertfordshire. Half of the image - the part of the image below the sky - is black. — This impressive image of the sun rising in all its glory was captured in Royston, in Hertfordshire

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