Security at ports and train stations that act as a border into the UK has been tightened up in the wake of the attack on a magazine in Paris, the government has said.
The Prime Minister's spokesman told journalists that there had been no change to the UK's terrorism threat level but the government had decided to take extra measures.
Sky sources said a visible extra security presence was expected to be in place both at British and French ports and stations which serve destinations in the UK.
It is believed that passengers using stations serving Eurostar and Le Shuttle and ports that serve ferries to and from France will be among those affected.
Passengers, cars and freight trains at places like Calais and the Gard du Nord in Paris could be subject to extra checks.
The sources said that the decision to boost security was not based on any specific intelligence, but rather was "an appropriate" response to the events on Wednesday that left 12 people dead after an attack on a French satirical magazine.
The current threat level remains at severe, the Home Office said.
The sources added that there was no evidence of a link between Britain and the attacks in France, or indeed the suspects and Britain.
There has also been no intelligence to suggest that any copy cat type attacks may happen in the UK.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are in the process of updating advice to British travellers to France.
Earlier, the FCO described Wednesday's attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris and the latest in Montrouge on its website and told visitors: "You should take extra care at this time and follow the security advice issued by the French authorities."
The department said an additional counter terrism officer from the Metropolitan Police will be based at the British Embassy in Paris.
It is emerged that on Wednesday, Mr Cameron, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande had a joint phone call.
The British and German leaders expressed their condolences and offered assistance to their French counterpart.
Earlier, Mrs Merkel and the Prime Minister had been given a joint briefing by British intelligence services - a move that Downing Street described as unusual.
Meanwhile, an extract of a speech that the Director General of MI5 is due to give tonight has been released.
In it, he says: "It is too early for us to come to judgements about the precise details or origin of the attack but it is a terrible reminder of the intentions of those who wish to do us harm.
"As you would expect, we are offering our French colleagues our full support as they respond."
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