The UK’s most beautiful places revealed
Northern England comes out on top in a new photo competition
The UK has no shortage of stunning spots and now its most beautiful places are celebrated in a photography competition. And they’re all in Northern England this year.
The UK’s Beautiful Places competition, by Europe’s leading photo printing company, CEWE and The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) has announced the winners of its prestigious prize.
The winning image is titled Sand Timer, a beautiful composition of a lighthouse on the beach in Spurn, Yorkshire, taken by Ian Pinn.
Spurn National Nature Reserve is Yorkshire’s version of Land’s End – a three-mile-long narrow peninsula which juts out between the North Sea and the Humber Estuary. Visit ywt.org.uk.
Second place went to Reflections in the Fog, taken by Carol Watson in Rydal Waters. Rydal is in the Lake District – a favourite place of William Wordsworth, who lived there and now of course, one of Britain’s most-visited National Parks. Visit visitcumbria.com.
Runners-up include A Frosty Morning, taken by Ivan Rwatschew in Stoke-on-Trent and The Snowy Countryside, taken by James Hardy in Langcliffe.
Stoke-on-Trent, known as The Potteries, is the world capital of ceramics. There’s lots to do for visitors, including wandering around the Trentham Estate with its lovely Italian Gardens and Trentham Monkey Forest, where you can walk amongst 140 Barbary macaques. Visit trentham.co.uk.
Langcliffe is a pretty village on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, north of Settle. This area is famous for its stunning railway, one of the most scenic journeys in England. Crossing the Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines, it goes over the famous Ribblehead Viaduct. You can travel by train or hike the route instead. Visit settle-carlisle.co.uk.
UK entrants are part of the worldwide CEWE Photo Award – the world’s biggest photo competition and global winners will be announced later in the year. Visit cewephotoaward.com.