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Photography competition

Are you a budding photographer? Share your snaps of the Beaulieu River in the photography competition for a chance to win £200.

The 2026 Beaulieu River photo competition is now open! 

The competition is open to all amateur photographers who are inspired by the Beaulieu River.

The prize

An overall winner will be chosen by Lord Montagu and receive a cash prize of £200. The winning photo will also be featured in the 2026 Beaulieu River Tide Times & Information booklet.

In the meantime, we’ll feature our favourites and contenders in the Beaulieu River newsletter (sign up here), and on our social media sites.

How to enter

Get snapping and send your entries, along with your full contact details to: [email protected]. All entries must be submitted by 31st October 2026, and the overall winner will be announced in January 2027.

Your privacy matters to us and your data will be held in accordance with our privacy policy. All entries will become part of the Beaulieu Enterprises digital photographic archive and will be stored with the photographer’s name. If you’d like to have your name removed from the archive storage, you can do this at any time by contacting us on [email protected].

Terms & conditions

  • The closing date for entries is midnight on 31st October 2026. The winner will be announced on publication of the 2027 Beaulieu River Tide Times in January 2026.

  • Up to five entries (images) per person are permitted. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not contravene the rights of third parties.

  • Photos must not contain offensive material nor portray illegal or unsafe activity. Entries considered unfit as a result will not be accepted for entry into the competition.

  • Images must be entered as .jpg files no larger than 5MB and no smaller than 200KB. The minor manipulation of images using Photoshop or equivalent is acceptable.

  • There will be one overall winner selected on behalf of Beaulieu Enterprises LTD. This decision will be final.

  • By entering the competition, each entrant grants to Beaulieu Enterprises LTD a non-exclusive irrevocable license to reproduce, publish and communicate to the public by any means and exhibit their image(s) and copies of their image(s) in all media throughout the world in relation to the competition and the promotion of the Beaulieu River, Buckler’s Hard and Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour, including but not limited to all use in the context of: Judging the competition, display in exhibition, inclusion in printed promotional material, inclusion within Beaulieu Enterprises LTD websites (including within interactive or third party elements associated with the competition and/or exhibition now known or hereafter created), inclusion in promotional, press and marketing materials associated with the competition and/or the Beaulieu River and Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour, and for use on retail materials sold in our on-site marina shop.

  • The competition is being run by Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd, John Montagu Building, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7ZN. Entries from employees of Beaulieu Enterprises LTD and its subsidiaries will not be considered.

Photo Competition gallery

A big thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 competition. We loved seeing all your photos! This is just a small selection of some of our favourites.

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