A new photography competition has been launched to celebrate the essence of the Cheshire countryside.
CPRE – the Campaign to Protect Rural England – is celebrating 100 years of protecting the countryside with a competition to find photos that best capture it.
For inspiration, there are four themes to choose from, each of which represent landmark campaigns in CPRE’s history.
Cheshire landscapes
Nature on your doorstep
Whether it’s a nearby river or canal, the depths of a woodland or an urban green space, share your shots of the rural scenes and spaces on your doorstep.
A countryside at work
This is your interpretation of the working countryside: from the local farm shop to the people who keep our rural communities thriving.
Hedgerow life
Our hedgerows are unique. Help preserve nature at its most precious by sharing your images of hedgerows and the life they sustain.
Back in the 1920s, CPRE was busy laying the groundwork for national parks, the Green Belt, and rural planning policies. Today, the charity still works to shape and promote solutions for the sustainable use of land and to challenge decisions that lead to the loss of countryside and nature.
CPRE’s activities include both practical action and lobbying. From prioritising rooftop solar panels over vast rural solar farms to getting hands-on with hedge planting; from campaigning successfully for the first ‘green farming’ payments to facing down fracking, CPRE’s work is a consistent force for positive change.
There are two entry levels for the photography competition: ages 13-17 years old and those aged 18 and over.
Winning photographs will be shown at venues across Cheshire in the Autumn and on the CPRE Cheshire website. Overall winners in the 18 and over category will also receive a £75 Mountain Warehouse voucher, an annual CPRE membership (worth £36) and Future Rural: Imagining Tomorrow’s Countryside published to celebrate the charity’s centenary; the 13-17 years overall winner will receive a £25 Mountain Warehouse voucher and the centenary book.
Winners and runners up will be chosen by acclaimed Manchester-based photojournalist Howard Barlow, an award-winning former Sunday Times, Telegraph and Observer photographer.
The closing date is July 24, so make the most of the spring and summer months and get snapping.
How to enter the competition
You can find full details and terms and conditions by going to the CPRE Cheshire website
