Winter drawing in, the days are getting shorter, and November is fast approaching, with clocks going back across the UK to give us an extra hour of much-needed sunlight.

Here is everything you need to know about clock changes in the UK this year.

When do the clocks go back?

On Sunday, October 27, the clocks will go back at 2.00am, which means an extra hour in bed for your Sunday lie-in and an extra hour of daylight as the darker nights roll in.

Do I need to change the clocks myself?

In most cases, the days of manually changing your clocks are long gone.

Any device connected to the internet such as smartphones, televisions, laptops and tablets will change automatically.

However alarm clocks, car radios and other devices without an internet connection will need to be adjusted manually.

A simple way to remember which way the clocks change is to think 'fall back' in autumn when we gain an extra hour in bed, and ‘spring forward' in spring, when we lose an hour in bed.

Currently in the UK, clocks go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, and go back on the final Sunday of October.

Why do we change the clocks?

We change the clocks to get the most out of the daylight.

The first clock change was introduced by the German government in 1916 during the First World War as a means of saving electricity with more daylight hours.

Many European governments followed suit, including Britain, and British Summer Time was born, with the current system in place since 1971.

An early advocate of BST was William Willett - the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay star Chris Martin.