Where in UK would it NOT snow in December for a self catering break

[wanderingabout]

Hello we want to book a self catering break in December (over Christmas and New Years holidays) somewhere in the UK where it doesn't snow. This is essential because our car doesn't have the all season tyres and we don't want to get stuck. We have been considering Cornwall, the Cotswolds, Northumberland, Wales Snowdonia and Norfolk. Can anybody please tell me if they have any idea whether it snows during that time over there? I've checked the weather app but I want to know experiences..
Thanks.

Isle of Wight

It rarely snows in Cornwall. Not unheard of in a cold snap, but very rare. Plus we usually get snow in the UK in Jan/Feb, not December.

Most anywhere in the south east or south west. We are very deprived of snow here, absolute max would be a couple of days through the whole winter.

South coast or Cornwall. I’m south coast and we rarely get snow, never before Christmas. Avoid Wales and Northumberland. We had snow in snowdonia in April!!

Yes, in December almost never. Much more likely to snow in the new year

Pembrokeshire

You'd be very unlucky to get snow anywhere in the SW of England in December.

It rarely snows anywhere in the UK in December. Unless you're going for a really upland area like the Cairngorms. Snow is far more common in Jan/Feb.

Stick to the coast - Cornwall is probably your safest bet due to its maritime climate. Do not visit anywhere hilly eg Wales, Northumberland.

Morecambe. Just too much salt in the air but you can look across the bay and admire the snow covered Cumbria peaks.. very festive indeed

London! If we have snow it’s usually February (although we only need 3flakes for it to be a national emergency of epic proportions)

The south coast, thanks to the sea air?

Below the landsker line in Pembrokeshire

Pretty much had south coast. I think we had snow once in December.

We had snow end of December 2020. It wasn’t that bad.

We have had had it in January , Feb and March in previous years too.

The Fylde coast, including Blackpool. I was told it’s because of the (North Atlantic Current of) the Gulf Stream.

I think they’ve had snow twice in several decades.

According to this report commissioned by Royal Caribbean it’s the second best shoreline in the world, after Dubai and above the Gulf of Mexico.

Difficult to believe, though.

Perhaps @loopyapp’s reasoning is right, it’s the salt in the air.

Hardly anyone in the southern half of the UK has all season tyres anyway - unless they go skiing or something. So you’d just be like anyone else in the area if it did snow. And if it snowed bad enough to need all season tyres, probably everything will grind to a panicked halt anyway “because SNOW” so tyres would be the last of your problems if you were trying to visit places etc.
And as people said, it very rarely snows in December here unless you are high up in mountain etc.

Pretty much anywhere apart from somewhere high up like the Dales or Scotland.

It has never crossed my mine to put all weather tyres on our car and we have only ever used chains driving in the alps.

Roughly where will you be starting from - it's not just the destination, it's how you reach it. No use recommending somewhere that would normally be reached over the Snake Pass for example.

London could be a good call - snow is rare, and even when it fall short it doesn't last long, and the main roads in and out get cleared quickly.

But unless you don't usually travel by car much (or can just hold up at home when the weather is bad) isn't it worth having all weather tyres? Perhaps something when you next need a change?

I can confirm the Fylde coast hardly ever gets snow
I’ve lived there over 20 years and it’s very rare we get any, let alone any that sticks

@StormyTeacups

Isle of Wight

I was about to say Portsmouth or Isle of Wight!

I'm near Portsmouth and it annoys me every year that those north of the hill have loads of snow and we don't!

Norfolk, Cornwall and Pembrokeshire should all be a safe bet. Snowdonia and Northumbria more of a risk.

Swansea/ Gower - sadly no snow for 10 years and that was in January.

It does too snow in Pembrokeshire! It literally snowed last winter and there's so many country roads it was a nightmare.

I also think Isle of Wight, anywhere near rye coast it's less likely to lay because of the salty sea air

You need to say where you are travelling from, but yeah, I'd go for anywhere south coast/isle of wight too, I doubt anyone has snow tyres.