The North East town 'high up in the hills' with its own climate where Love Actually icon was born

Snow covering the streets of Consett, County Durham (Image: Craig Connor/ChronicleLive)

When it comes to this time of year, Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas for many people without at least one watch of Love Actually. But did you know that the star in one of the festive film's most famous scenes is actually from a town in the North East that is said to have its own climate?

All these years later, people all over the world are left hating the late and great Alan Rickman's character for making on-screen wife Emma Thompson cry - we still can't hear Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now without shedding a tear - while Hugh Grant's Prime Minister dancing round Downing Street to Jump never gets old and the lost in translation romance involving frustrated writer Colin Firth is one we'll neve