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 were kindly put together by The Novium Museum in Chichester.


2018 Competition Gallery

Erika_Siggs_1_photo 1
Erika_Siggs_3_photo 3
Eva_Kenyon_1_IMG_3232
Eva_Kenyon_2_DSC_0016
Eva_Kenyon_3_DSC_0005
Finn_McDonald_1_IMG_3164
Finn_McDonald_2_Devils 2
Frederic_Emigh_1_Sompting cows
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)
Geoffrey_Frost_1_Snip01
Geoffrey_Frost_3__MG_7989
Harrison_Hall_entry_1_DSC_7396
Harrison_Hall_entry_2_DSC_7520
Harrison_Hall_entry_3_DSC_7590
Harry_Shelton_1_sunset 2-min
Harry_Shelton_2_bridge 3-min
Harry_Shelton_3_g4-min
henry_niccolls_1_fullsizeoutput_150 (1)
Isobel_Brunsdon_1_IMG_7707
Isobel_Brunsdon_2_2
Isobel_Brunsdon_3_3
Jan_Beesley_1_DSC04848
Jan_Beesley_2_DSC04985-Edit
Jan_Beesley_3_DSC06441
Jean_Blemings_1_P5050218
Jean_Blemings_2_P5050233
Jean_Blemings_3_P5050208
Jeff_Horne_1_Cuckmere-Haven---Submission
Jessi_Chapman_1
Jessica_Green_1_4ecb18d4-9b07-4265-9e11-82719d7fdc44
Jessica_Green_2_9254a2f1-ac62-4ddc-984d-9ff6e54b2ca8
Jessica_Green_3_df2c86bc-441b-4f23-b02f-0f555b42ac4b
Jill_Gwynn_1_IMG_82881
Jill_Gwynn_2_IMG_83731
Jill_Gwynn_3_IMG_8339
Joanna_Payne_1_FB_IMG_1526504461548
Joanna_Payne_2_FB_IMG_1526505324741
Joanna_Payne_3_FB_IMG_1526505332726
John_Railton_1_DJI_0170
John_Railton_2_DJI_0154
Jonathan_Cornish_1_DSC_0345
Jonathan_Cornish_2_DSC_0111
Jonathan_Cornish_3_DSC_0041
Josh_Francis_1_IMG_5730
Josh_Francis_2_IMG_5711
Josh_Francis_3_IMG_5690 (1)
Jude_Cowan_1_Jude Cowan, age 12
Jude_Cowan_2_Jude
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
Lance_Gee_1_IMG_2191
Lara_Carolan_1_photo 1
Lauren_Clarke_1_20180508-IMG_2089-3
Lauren_Clarke_2_20180501-IMG_1944
Lauren_Clarke_3_20180501-IMG_1943
Lauren_Rainer_1_bee 1
Lauren_Rainer_2_bridge
Lauren_Rainer_3_other bee
Lesley_Towns_1_20180221_173834
Lesley_Towns_2_20180418_145847-EFFECTS
Lesley_Towns_3DSCF5112
Lindsey_Green_entry_1_Solstice on Highdown, 2018
Lola_Lu_Heard_Vandepeer_1_photo
Maisie_Flavell_1
Marina_Flegantova_1_IMG_4726
Martin_Tyrie_1_Spring Fields
Martin_Tyrie_2_gate
Martin_Tyrie_3_Stile
Matilda_Tristram_1_01-Madonna-Pond
Matilda_Tristram_2_03-Beech
Matilda_Tristram_3_05-Binsted
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_1_2DSCN9491
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_2_2DSCN9735
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_3_2DSCN5653
Michael_O_Leary_1_011
Millie_Gwynn_1_IMG_84031
Millie_Gwynn_2_IMG_8315
Millie_Gwynn_3_IMG_8314
Nicola_Allen_1_IMG_1996
Nicole_Gayler_1_IMG_1962
Nicole_Gayler_2__MG_1628
Nicole_Gayler_3_IMG_7516
Nigel_Wiggins_1_South Downs-109
Nigel_Wiggins_2_South Downs-103
Nigel_Wiggins_3_South Downs-106
Oliver_Stubbs_1_IMG_20180528_090424165_HDR
Paige_Gwynn_1_IMG_8449
Paige_Gwynn_2_IMG_82801
Paige_Gwynn_3_IMG_83331
Paula_King_1_SDownsPOK2018
Phil_Robinson_1_IMG_8737
Phil_Robinson_2_IMG_9392
Phil_Robinson_3_IMG_9417-Edit
Philip_Windibank_1_P1000969
Philip_Windibank_2_DSC_0352
Philip_Windibank_3_DSC_0260
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_1_IMG_6235
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_2_IMG_4593
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_3_IMG_6233
Sally_Bellett_1_IMG_8769
Sally_Bellett_2_IMG_0915
Sally_Bellett_3_IMG_0899
Sara_Wiggins_1_South Downs-12
Sara_Wiggins_2_IMG-1765
Sara_Wiggins_3_South Downs-9
SHANE_BARROW__3_A_23
SHANE_BARROW_1_A_5
SHANE_BARROW_2_A_18
sid_jeffery_1_DSC08192
sid_jeffery_2_DSC07780
Steve_Hampton_1_161102 Wolstonbury Autumn
Steve_Hampton_2_180215 Gorse _ Ponies Cissbury (13)
Steve_Hampton_3_170615 Beech Wolstonbury
Sue_Barnett_entry_1_IMG_7157
Sue_Barnett_entry_2_IMG_7159
Sue_Barnett_entry_3_IMG_7876
Theo_Cowan_1_Theo Cowan, age 10
Theo_Cowan_2_DSCN8191
Thomas_Moore_1_EN9A6346
Thomas_Moore_2_EN9A6099
Thomas_Moore_3_EN9A6523
Tim_Baylis_1_findon copy resize
Toby_Harris_1_photo
Tom_Welland_1_Webp.net-resizeimage (3)
Tom_Welland_2_rsz_1rsz_2018-01-18_lords_pieces-5
Tom_Welland_3_rsz_12017-10-25_stanmer-31
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Erika_Siggs_1_photo 1
Erika_Siggs_3_photo 3
Eva_Kenyon_1_IMG_3232
Eva_Kenyon_2_DSC_0016
Eva_Kenyon_3_DSC_0005
Finn_McDonald_1_IMG_3164
Finn_McDonald_2_Devils 2
Frederic_Emigh_1_Sompting cows
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)
Geoffrey_Frost_1_Snip01
Geoffrey_Frost_3__MG_7989
Harrison_Hall_entry_1_DSC_7396
Harrison_Hall_entry_2_DSC_7520
Harrison_Hall_entry_3_DSC_7590
Harry_Shelton_1_sunset 2-min
Harry_Shelton_2_bridge 3-min
Harry_Shelton_3_g4-min
henry_niccolls_1_fullsizeoutput_150 (1)
Isobel_Brunsdon_1_IMG_7707
Isobel_Brunsdon_2_2
Isobel_Brunsdon_3_3
Jan_Beesley_1_DSC04848
Jan_Beesley_2_DSC04985-Edit
Jan_Beesley_3_DSC06441
Jean_Blemings_1_P5050218
Jean_Blemings_2_P5050233
Jean_Blemings_3_P5050208
Jeff_Horne_1_Cuckmere-Haven---Submission
Jessi_Chapman_1
Jessica_Green_1_4ecb18d4-9b07-4265-9e11-82719d7fdc44
Jessica_Green_2_9254a2f1-ac62-4ddc-984d-9ff6e54b2ca8
Jessica_Green_3_df2c86bc-441b-4f23-b02f-0f555b42ac4b
Jill_Gwynn_1_IMG_82881
Jill_Gwynn_2_IMG_83731
Jill_Gwynn_3_IMG_8339
Joanna_Payne_1_FB_IMG_1526504461548
Joanna_Payne_2_FB_IMG_1526505324741
Joanna_Payne_3_FB_IMG_1526505332726
John_Railton_1_DJI_0170
John_Railton_2_DJI_0154
Jonathan_Cornish_1_DSC_0345
Jonathan_Cornish_2_DSC_0111
Jonathan_Cornish_3_DSC_0041
Josh_Francis_1_IMG_5730
Josh_Francis_2_IMG_5711
Josh_Francis_3_IMG_5690 (1)
Jude_Cowan_1_Jude Cowan, age 12
Jude_Cowan_2_Jude
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
Lance_Gee_1_IMG_2191
Lara_Carolan_1_photo 1
Lauren_Clarke_1_20180508-IMG_2089-3
Lauren_Clarke_2_20180501-IMG_1944
Lauren_Clarke_3_20180501-IMG_1943
Lauren_Rainer_1_bee 1
Lauren_Rainer_2_bridge
Lauren_Rainer_3_other bee
Lesley_Towns_1_20180221_173834
Lesley_Towns_2_20180418_145847-EFFECTS
Lesley_Towns_3DSCF5112
Lindsey_Green_entry_1_Solstice on Highdown, 2018
Lola_Lu_Heard_Vandepeer_1_photo
Maisie_Flavell_1
Marina_Flegantova_1_IMG_4726
Martin_Tyrie_1_Spring Fields
Martin_Tyrie_2_gate
Martin_Tyrie_3_Stile
Matilda_Tristram_1_01-Madonna-Pond
Matilda_Tristram_2_03-Beech
Matilda_Tristram_3_05-Binsted
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_1_2DSCN9491
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_2_2DSCN9735
Michael_Clayton-Harding_entry_3_2DSCN5653
Michael_O_Leary_1_011
Millie_Gwynn_1_IMG_84031
Millie_Gwynn_2_IMG_8315
Millie_Gwynn_3_IMG_8314
Nicola_Allen_1_IMG_1996
Nicole_Gayler_1_IMG_1962
Nicole_Gayler_2__MG_1628
Nicole_Gayler_3_IMG_7516
Nigel_Wiggins_1_South Downs-109
Nigel_Wiggins_2_South Downs-103
Nigel_Wiggins_3_South Downs-106
Oliver_Stubbs_1_IMG_20180528_090424165_HDR
Paige_Gwynn_1_IMG_8449
Paige_Gwynn_2_IMG_82801
Paige_Gwynn_3_IMG_83331
Paula_King_1_SDownsPOK2018
Phil_Robinson_1_IMG_8737
Phil_Robinson_2_IMG_9392
Phil_Robinson_3_IMG_9417-Edit
Philip_Windibank_1_P1000969
Philip_Windibank_2_DSC_0352
Philip_Windibank_3_DSC_0260
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_1_IMG_6235
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_2_IMG_4593
Rafael_Grosso_Macpherson_3_IMG_6233
Sally_Bellett_1_IMG_8769
Sally_Bellett_2_IMG_0915
Sally_Bellett_3_IMG_0899
Sara_Wiggins_1_South Downs-12
Sara_Wiggins_2_IMG-1765
Sara_Wiggins_3_South Downs-9
SHANE_BARROW__3_A_23
SHANE_BARROW_1_A_5
SHANE_BARROW_2_A_18
sid_jeffery_1_DSC08192
sid_jeffery_2_DSC07780
Steve_Hampton_1_161102 Wolstonbury Autumn
Steve_Hampton_2_180215 Gorse _ Ponies Cissbury (13)
Steve_Hampton_3_170615 Beech Wolstonbury
Sue_Barnett_entry_1_IMG_7157
Sue_Barnett_entry_2_IMG_7159
Sue_Barnett_entry_3_IMG_7876
Theo_Cowan_1_Theo Cowan, age 10
Theo_Cowan_2_DSCN8191
Thomas_Moore_1_EN9A6346
Thomas_Moore_2_EN9A6099
Thomas_Moore_3_EN9A6523
Tim_Baylis_1_findon copy resize
Toby_Harris_1_photo
Tom_Welland_1_Webp.net-resizeimage (3)
Tom_Welland_2_rsz_1rsz_2018-01-18_lords_pieces-5
Tom_Welland_3_rsz_12017-10-25_stanmer-31
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