Bracknell

Keen Bracknell photographers are invited to enter a parks photo competition which could see their images promoting the borough’s open spaces.

The Bracknell Council’s parks and countryside service is asking residents to send in photos of the borough’s open spaces for use in a new set of leaflets and the Council’s website.

Images can be of anything from wildlife in Lily Hill Park, to the landscapes of Shepherd Meadows, or people having fun in South Hill Park. The photo must have been taken in one of Bracknell Forest’s public open spaces and have the natural world at its heart.

Images cannot have been previously published or taken by professional photographers. If people can be recognised in the picture, a permission form signed by the subject, or their parents or carers, must accompany the entry allowing its public use; the forms are available online or through the Council. The images will become the copyright of Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

Five of the best photographs will go on public display later this year.

Cllr Iain McCracken, Executive Member for Bracknell Leisure, Corporate Services and Public Protection, said: "We have some really beautiful parks and open spaces in Bracknell Forest, and we would like to promote them from a residents’ perspective.

"If you have pictures of people enjoying the parks, some of the wildlife which lives there or simply some of the landscapes, please send them into the Council and they could appear on our leaflets.”

Anyone who submits a picture is deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions, which can be seen at www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/parks or by calling 01344 354118. Send your images to park.photos@bracknell-forest.gov.uk or Parks and countryside, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JD. All entries must be received by 5pm on March 20, 2008.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council