Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership is taking part in ” Railway 2000, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make history and be part of something special.”
We are plannng a series of events and celebrations throughout 2025.
Kicking off with a photography competition and a chance to win an opportunity to have your images turned into artwork on permanent display at your local station.
Entries Open: January 1st 2025.
Closing Date: Midnight May 5th 2025.
Categories
Open Category: Anything railway, train and station related
Blackmore Vale Line: Images accepted from any of the following stations and heritage railways covered by the Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership:
- Salisbury,
- Tisbury,
- Gillingham,
- Templecombe,
- Gartell Light Railway,
- Sherborne,
- Yeovil Junction,
- Yeovil Railway Centre,
- Crewkerne
Wild Card: Something you didn’t expect to see at a station
Under 16s: Same photographic categories for young people aged 16 and under.
Entry Guidelines for BVCRP photographic competition.
Open to all and photographs can be colour or black and white.
Format: Camera and digital media such as a camera phone or tablet.
Quality: Good quality resolution preferably JPEG or TIFF image at least 300DPI preferably 400–600DPI.
File Size: of 5mb and above.
VERY IMPORTANT:
Photographs to be of a high resolution – a file size of 5MB and above.
Photographs must be named – a title, location and the photographers name on the file image. Photographs submitted without meeting these requirements unfortunately cannot be included.
The competition closes at Midnight on 5th May 2025.
Judging will take place shortly after this.
Followed by an awards ceremony and artwork launch at the station.
Judging and Awards
Winning images may be displayed at stations covered by the Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership: Salisbury, Tisbury, Gillingham, Templecombe, , Sherborne, Yeovil Junction or Crewkerne.
Top photographs from each category and ‘best in show’ will be exhibited at Gillingham Station.
Prizes for the winner of each category.
Certificates awarded for Winner, Highly Commended and Runners Up.
Sending images
Please upload your hi-res images to a file transfer service such as WeTransfer and send to blackmorevalecrp@gmail.com
WeTransfer: https://wetransfer.com/
Using WeTransfer is very easy — all you need to do is upload your files, enter your email address, the email of the recipient (blackmorevalecrp@gmail.com )and the WeTransfer verification code and your files will be sent.
Have fun exploring the area and we look forward to receiving your images.