Britain is set for a week of more rain after a few days of high temperatures and sun were cut short by a wet weekend.

Southern England will see showers tonight as the poor weather continues and rain will be moving southwards across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It will stay cold tomorrow, with rain coming down from Scotland to much of northern England and highs of just 60F (16C) in Manchester and Cardiff. London will have highs of 59F (15C) with heavy rain throughout the day.

And Tuesday will see heavy rain affect the South in the morning, with the rest of the country otherwise dry with some sunshine. Patchy showers are expected on Wednesday, with temperatures low again.

The Met Office has issued a flood warning in River Loddon and River Blackwater at Swallowfield in Berkshire.

There are flood alerts in eight other areas of the South East and Midlands: Cut, lower River Loddon, River Blackwater and The Cove Brook, River Kennet and its tributaries from Berwick Bassett down to Newbury, River Thame and Chalgrove Brook, River Whitewater and River Hart, upper River Loddon and upper River Wey.

And the wet weather is likely to put a dent in the plans of people hoping to see the sun rise at Stonehenge on the summer solstice.

The annual gathering at the ancient stone circle in Wiltshire has been cancelled for the second year running after the Government delayed the next stage of lockdown easing.

But the sunset and sunrise at the prehistoric monument will be live-streamed by English Heritage which last year was viewed by 3.6million people.

Normally between 7,000 and 30,000 people would gather to watch the sunrise over the stones on the longest day of the year.

But forecasters from the Met Office have warned that the sunrise will be mired in cloud with the prospect of rain arriving in the early hours.

This will lead to heavier rain in the region with blustery winds in the morning becoming lighter and less wet in the afternoon.

Meteorologist Alex Burkill said temperatures in the early hours would be about nine to 10C rising to about 13C in the daytime.

He said: 'In the early hours it's definitely going to be cloudy and quite grey, it will be around then that the rain will begin to arrive, it could be dry but rain won't be far away.'

Better weather was expected across Scotland and Northern Ireland with north west England probably seeing the best temperatures of 19 to 20C.

He said that Tuesday was likely to be the driest day of the week but wet weather would reach most areas on Wednesday into Thursday.

He added that temperatures could also drop mid-week and the north of England possibly dropping below zero overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.

Mr Burkill added that the forecast for next weekend remained unclear but he said there was a chance of settled, brighter weather although he could not rule out further rainfall.

The continuing wet weather follows high temperatures in parts of southern England last week reaching as high as 82.4F (28C) on Wednesday.

This was followed by parts of the South East seeing up to a month's worth of rainfall in one day including Otterbourne, Hampshire, which saw 67mm of rainfall from 11pm Thursday to 5pm Friday, and Dancers End, Drayton Parslow, Toddington and southern Farnborough, which had rainfall between 65mm and 57mm.

A statement on the English Heritage website states: 'With this week's news that the Government is delaying the lifting of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions on June 21 and following discussions with Wiltshire Council's Public Health team and Wiltshire Police, English Heritage has taken the extremely difficult decision to cancel the planned Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge this year.

'Sunset and sunrise will be live-streamed for free on English Heritage's social media channels and will include exclusive interviews and music.

'English Heritage will also ensure that small, pre-booked groups from the pagan and druid community can gather on the days around the Summer Solstice to mark this important moment in their calendar.'