Photo Competition

We are delighted to announce the results of our 2019-2020 competition. The brief was to celebrate the beauty of the South Downs National Park – its landscape, wildlife, buildings and other man-made structures contributing to the cultural heritage of the area. 

We hope you enjoy looking at the results and that it encourages you to go out in the South Downs and enjoy this wonderful landscape.

Below the winning entries for the Adult and Junior categories you will find video presentations on all the entries in each category. A slide show gallery of the entries in our previous 2018 competition is at the bottom of the page.

Adult Category

1st Prize: Ruth Sax
Cissbury in January

2nd Prize: Sam Gowland
Halnaker Windmill

3rd Prize: Finn Curry
Devil’s Dyke Fulking

Junior Category

1st Prize: Connor Dain
Beachy Head

2nd Prize: Isla Gavin-Sommerville
Seven Sisters

Joint 3rd Prize: Hebe Taylor
Fox Hill Petworth

Joint 3rd Prize: Alice Linturn
Petworth Deer

Video Presentations of all entries

These videos we kindly put together by The Novium Museum in Chichester who are also running an online exhibition of the competion on their website for the next few weeks.

2018 Competition Gallery

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Erika_Siggs_3_photo 3

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Freya_Knox_1_crop field

Freya_Knox_2_petworth

Freya_Knox_3_apple blossom

Geoff_Depper_entry_1_Warren Hill-Beachy Head 18_5_18 (10)

Geoff_Depper_entry_2_Lullington Heath 11_10_17 (11)

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Harry_Shelton_1_sunset 2-min

Harry_Shelton_2_bridge 3-min

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Jeff_Horne_1_Cuckmere-Haven---Submission

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Josh_Francis_3_IMG_5690 (1)

Jude_Cowan_1_Jude Cowan, age 12

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Jude_Cowan_3_Jude Cowan 3

Jude_Woolf_1_Hedgerow

Jude_Woolf_2_The Bench

Jude_Woolf_3_The Hill

Judy_Colbran_1_Beachy Head, Landscapes _ Views, Judy Colbran

Judy_Colbran_2_Arlington, Landscapes _ Views, Judy Colbran

Judy_Colbran_3_Birling Gap, Landscapes _ Views, Judy Colbran

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Lauren_Rainer_2_bridge

Lauren_Rainer_3_other bee

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Lindsey_Green_entry_1_Solstice on Highdown, 2018

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Martin_Tyrie_1_Spring Fields

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Nicola_Allen_1_IMG_1996

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Steve_Hampton_1_161102 Wolstonbury Autumn

Steve_Hampton_2_180215 Gorse _ Ponies Cissbury (13)

Steve_Hampton_3_170615 Beech Wolstonbury

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Theo_Cowan_1_Theo Cowan, age 10

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