Brave revellers turned out in force to take a chilly plunge into the North Sea for the traditional Christmas Day swims. 

An estimated 2000 people gathered at Hunstanton promenade to watch about 200 swimmers go into the 4C waters earlier today in a challenge that sees them wade out to the Round Table banner and pass underneath it to complete it.

This tradition dates back to the 1970s and is attended by thousands every year. 

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Many attempted the swim in fancy dress costumes such as snowmen, Spiderman, and elves to raise money for local charities.  

Meanwhile, there was also a big turnout for the Everyone Active Christmas Day dip at Lowestoft with many of those taking a plunge in fancy dress.

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The swims came as the Met Office has provisionally recorded the highest daily minimum temperature for Christmas Day on record after the country saw its warmest Christmas Eve for more than 20 years.

The average maximum temperature for December is 7C but predicted highs of 13 to 14C in London and the southeast of England would make it the mildest Christmas Day since 2016 when temperatures reached 15.1C.

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The warmest December 25 on record was 15.6C in 1920, while the highest Christmas Eve temperatures of 15.5C were set in Aberdeen and Banff in Scotland in 1931.

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