A massive 500-mile wall of snow is set to hit the UK in days, weather charts have suggested.

       The wintery precipitation will arrive on January 26, according to maps from WXCharts.

       Firstly, at midnight, the snow is forecast to span over 500 miles between London and Scotland, stretching from just below Inverness to as far down as parts of Essex.

       The conditions are predicted to affect areas west of London, as well as immediately north of the capital, the East Midlands, East Anglia and northern England.

       Snow is thought to fall over more or less the whole of England above Birmingham, and into Scotland, including Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

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       Later, at around 6am, a 490-mile wall of snow is shown between London and the top of Scotland.

       Counties north of London, the East Midlands, most of East Anglia, parts of northern Wales, and virtually the whole of England above Birmingham, the city itself and other parts of the West Midlands look to swerve the snow, seem to be in line for the conditions.

       Northern Ireland, including Belfast will be affected, though, according to maps.

       The Met Office has issued a long range forecast for between January 19 and 28.

       It reads: "This period is expected to see a transition, possibly lasting over several days, between the settled, dry, and often dull conditions expected over the next few days, to something more unsettled.

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       "Sunday itself is likely to be rather cloudy and cool, with outbreaks of rain in the west drifting slowly eastwards.

       "The start of the following week will most likely see more settled conditions with light winds becoming re-established, with a chance of rain in both the far north and the far south, and a smaller chance that the rain could become more widespread.

       "Later in the week, periods of much wetter and windier weather will most likely become more prevalent, from northwest to southeast, alternatively there is a very small chance of colder, drier, but perhaps wintry, easterly winds."