By entering the competition you are deemed to accept these Terms and Conditions. You must be over 18 years of age to enter the competition. The Ramblers reserve the right to amend or alter the terms of competition and reject entries from entrants not entering into the spirit of the competition.  

 

Eligibility 

Entry is open to residents of Great Britain except employees (and their families) of The Ramblers, its partners and agents, the suppliers of the prizes and any other companies associated with the competition.

All entries must be made directly by the person entering the competition. We cannot accept entries which do not provide an email address as we will not be able to inform the winner, should they be successful.  

Only one entry allowed per person. Entries made online using methods generated by a script, macro or the use of automated devices will be void. Entries made with drone cameras are not eligible to win.  

 

Competition structure 

The competition will close at 23:00 on Saturday 31 May 2025. Entries received after this deadline will not be accepted.  

No responsibility is accepted for network, computer hardware or software failures of any kind which may restrict or delay the sending of your entry. No responsibility is accepted by The Ramblers for entries lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, or which cannot be entered for technical or other reasons.  

Following the closure of the competition, The Ramblers staff will shortlist entries. Shortlisted entries will then be assessed by a panel of judges to create a list of 8 category winners. The decision of the panel of judges (acting reasonably) will be final. 

These 8 category winners will be put to a public vote, which will run from Tuesday 1 July 2025 until 23:00 on Thursday 31 July. The category winner with the highest number of public votes will be named the overall winner. In the event of an exact tie, the winner will be chosen by the head judge. 

Only one vote per person will be counted towards the final result. Multiple votes from the same person, even if submitted, will not be considered. 

The overall winner will be announced before 31 August 2025. The category winners and overall winner will be contacted privately in the first instance, before an announcement will be made publicly on The Ramblers’ website, social media and email channels and may be included in news coverage. This announcement will include the name of the winner and their successful entry. By submitting an entry to the competition, you are agreeing to the publication of your name at The Ramblers’ discretion.   

  

Entries  

You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all images entered.  For more information on copyright see GOV.UK/copyright

You may not enter an image that has been published elsewhere, entered into a previous competition run by The Ramblers, including Britain’s Favourite Path, or Walk Magazine, or has won a prize in any other photographic competition. 

Entries must be submitted via the Jotform for the Britain’s Favourite Path competition.  

Upon submission, details of where your image was taken must be included. Photos must be of a path located in England, Scotland or Wales to be eligible to win.   

The submitted image must have been taken within the last 5 years.  

Entries that are automatically generated by computer or created by artificial intelligence are strictly prohibited and will be automatically disqualified. 

If anyone is identifiable in the photo, you must ensure you have discussed it with them and have their consent to submit the photo.  You must also retain their contact details so we can confirm their consent if your image is chosen as a finalist. If we cannot contact the individual(s) for consent, the image may not be eligible to win. We cannot accept photos featuring children under the age of 16 without written permission from their parent or legal guardian.  

Entries that The Ramblers regards as lewd, inappropriate, offensive or that promote inappropriate behaviour will be disqualified without notice and may be reported the police. 

 

Usage by The Ramblers 

By entering the competition, you grant The Ramblers a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit your submission on any media. This may include, but is not limited to: 

• News and media coverage of the competition 

• The Ramblers newsletters 

• The Ramblers website 

• The Ramblers Facebook pages 

• The Ramblers Twitter/X feeds 

• The Ramblers Instagram feeds 

• The Ramblers LinkedIn feeds 

• The Ramblers YouTube channel 

• Exhibitions 

• Publications – such as leaflets, reports and calendars 

• Press releases and press publicity to be distributed to national, regional and specialist media promoting The Ramblers and/or promoting the competition. 

• On a billboard or via other media 

You will retain full copyright for your submission.  

 

Data processing  

By entering the competition you are giving consent for The Ramblers to process your information for the purpose of administrating the competition. To enter the competition, an entrant will submit their name, email address, image and image narrative into Jotform.   

The image will be given a unique identifier and will be transferred to Photoshelter, the digital asset management library used by the Ramblers.  All other information submitted by the entrant will automatically transfer to a password-protected Google Sheet for purposes of administering the competition. 

Email addresses and names will be transferred into Mailchimp, the email platform used by The Ramblers, for the purposes of communicating about the competition.  All competition entrants will receive communications about the stages of the competition. Those who have opted in to marketing communications will also receive additional marketing communications.  Once the competition has finished, the email address and name of anyone who has not opted in to receive marketing communications will be deleted from Mailchimp. 
 
You can read our privacy policy here: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/about-us/privacy-policy.  

 

Prizes

The winner will receive a £200 Cotswold Outdoor voucher. 

The 7 other finalists will each receive a £50 Cotswold Outdoor voucher. 

The prizes are as stated, are not transferable to another individual and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The promoters reserve the right to amend or alter the terms of competitions and reject entries from anyone not entering into the spirit of the competition. In the event of a prize being unavailable, the promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value. 

The winner(s) agree(s) to the use of their name, answer, photograph and disclosure of county of residence and will co-operate with any other reasonable requests by The Ramblers relating to any post-winning publicity. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner(s). If the winner(s) cannot be contacted, or are unable to comply with these terms and conditions, The Ramblers reserves the right to offer the prize to the entrant with the second-most public votes. 

Failure to respond and/or provide an address for delivery, or failure to meet the eligibility requirements may result in forfeiture of the prize. 

 

Additional information 

The Ramblers reserves the right to disqualify any entry that breaches these terms and conditions at any time during the competition. Disqualification may not be communicated to the entrant. 

The Ramblers reserves the right to make amendments to these terms and conditions without notice at any time. It is the responsibility of the entrant to regularly review these terms and conditions to ensure that they are aware of any alterations or amendments. 

The Ramblers reserves the right to cancel this competition at any time. In such an instance, all entrants will be informed. 

The organiser of this competition is: is The Ramblers, First Floor, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE.