don't know about UK but supermarkets in usa have it.
pellet form would be best, but you can chisel a block just as easily.. use some of the mesh bags you see for bubble hash.. pop it in there, let it get cold and shake it over a flat surface you can easily scrape it together afterward.
it's much faster than ice hash, but you get a hell of a lot more chlorophyl contamination and you decapitate the trichomes alot more too, which makes it less enjoyable smoke by comparison... but bubble hash of any amount worth running takes 2.5-3 hours if you are good at it and have 2 batches of cold water and multitask scraping with washing (mini rv washer highly recommended) - 10-12 cycles are needed to get most of the potential yield.
the ease of dry ice hash can definitely make it a better choice depending on personal preferences.