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 competitions 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. 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 23:59 on Sunday 8 September 2024. 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 finalists. The decision of the panel of judges (acting reasonably) will be final. 

These finalists will be put to a public vote, which will run from Monday 23 September 2024 until 23:59 on Sunday 6 October. The finalist with the highest number of public votes will be named the winner. In the event of an exact tie, the winner will be chosen by the head judge. 

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. 

The winner will be announced in the week commencing Monday 7 October 2024. The 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. 

You may not enter an image that has been published elsewhere, entered into a previous competition run by The Ramblers 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. 

 

Copyright and usage 

By entering the competition, you grant The Ramblers a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit, 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 image.  

 

Data processing  

Upon entry into the competition, an entrant’s name, email address, postcode, phone number (if supplied) submitted image and image narrative will be stored in Jotform until the competition closes on Sunday 8 September. Please note that by entering the competition you are giving consent for The Ramblers to process your information for the purpose of administrating the competition. All competition entrants will receive communications about the stages of the competition. Once the competition closes, the images, will be transferred to Chorus, the digital asset library used by The Ramblers. Email addresses will be transferred into Mailchimp, the email platform used by The Ramblers, for communications about the competition. Those who have opted in to marketing communications will also receive additional marketing communications. Once the competition has finished, those who have opted-in to receive marketing communications will have their names and email addresses transferred into Salesforce. Once transferred, all data will be wiped from Jotform.  
 
You can read our privacy policy here: https://www.ramblers.org.uk/about-us/privacy-policy.  

 

Prizes

Following entry into the competition, all entrants will receive an email with a discount code provided by the competition’s partner, Cotswold Outdoor.  

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 with effect from 12 June 2023.