ROMSEY is still feeling the effects of the snow on Monday.

Paultons Park will remain shut all week, and three schools across the area have altered opening times or been forced to close entirely, today.

Broughton Primary School has said it will open at 10.30am to allow staff and children to get in safely and to ensure the school site can be cleared.

Romsey Abbey C of E Primary is open, but has said to children not to worry about coming in late.

Test Valley School in Stockbridge will be closed all day.

Snow remains on the ground and the roads remain hazardous for Monday.

Light snow was drifting over the town in the early morning, and the Met Office say that the roads will continue to pose a problem.

Test Valley Borough Council said that bin collections have begun around the borough on Monday morning.

Staff have been told to only collect waste if it's safe, with any missed collections to be taken either later on the same day, or at another time.

Romsey Advertiser weather columnist Andy Simmonds has also warned of the threat of future snow around the area later this month.

He said: “This March’s snow across Hampshire and elsewhere has been down to a late seasonal feed of extremely cold air that originated in Siberia and it has been dubbed the Beast from the East by some meteorologists.

"So far this month, many parts of Hampshire have had between 10ins and 12ins of snow. I would expect to see one very cold and wintry spell this month but not two.

"Last weekend, 102mm (4inches) of the white stuff fell at Mottisfont. During the previous outbreak of cold and wintry weather earlier this month our patch was blanketed in 135mm (5.5inches) of  snow,” added Andy.

"Spring could well be very late this year.

"At this stage it looks to me as though the Easter weekend is going to be very cold with a blast of  extremely chilly Arctic air hitting Hampshire and this may well bring further wintry weather to the county including the threat of snow.

"Watch this space.”

Take a look through our selection of pictures of Romsey and the surrounding area under the blanket of snow.