News Archives - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UK https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/category/news The UK home of the world's largest photo competition Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:53:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cropped-WLM_United_Kingdom.svg-1-32x32.png News Archives - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UK https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/category/news 32 32 The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2023 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2023 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2023#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:05:39 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1828 More than 13,000 photos were submitted to our 2023 competition. Below you can see all the winners of the UK competition, starting with Barmouth Bridge in Wales in first place. Click the images below for more details and high-resolution copies on Wikimedia Commons. 1st prize: Barmouth Bridge 2nd prize: Marine Court 3rd prize: Albert Memorial […]

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]]> https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2023/feed 0 The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2022 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2022 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2022#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:41:07 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1774 We’re pleased to announce the winners of the UK section of Wiki Loves Monuments. This year the judges have awarded first prize to this photo of Saint Thomas Becket Church in Fairfield, Romney Marsh by Barbara Keller. Click the images below for more details and high-resolution copies on Wikimedia Commons. 1st prize: Saint Thomas Becket […]

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]]> https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2022/feed 0 The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2020 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2020 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2020#respond Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:11:01 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1665 We’re pleased to announce the winners of the UK section of Wiki Loves Monuments. This year the judges have awarded first prize to this photo of Calfaria Baptist Church’s interior by Mark Edwards. Overall winner UK winners Click the title for access to more details and high resolution copies on Wikimedia Commons. 1st: Calfaria chapel […]

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]]> https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-uk-2020/feed 0 We’re back! Wiki Loves Monuments in 2020 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/were-back-wiki-loves-monuments-in-2020 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/were-back-wiki-loves-monuments-in-2020#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:43:33 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1621 September has started which can only mean on thing: it is time for Wiki Loves Monuments 2020. We want you to share your photos of historic sites. The competition opens on 1 September (today) and closes at 23:59 on 30 September. To take part and be in a chance with winning you need to upload […]

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]]> https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/were-back-wiki-loves-monuments-in-2020/feed 0 2019 winners announced https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/2019-winners-announced Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:02:41 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1593 We’re pleased to announce the winners of the UK section of Wiki Loves Monuments. This year the judges have awarded first prize to this atmospheric image of Kilchurn Castle at sunrise taken by MHoser Overall winner UK winners Click the title for access to more details and high resolution copies on Wikimedia Commons. 1st: Kilchurn […]

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]]> Seen the banner on Wikipedia? https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/seen-the-banner-on-wikipedia Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:49:01 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1576 Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator of Wikimedia UK, talks about the  Wiki Loves Monuments campaign and how it can inspire communities. What is Wiki Loves Monuments all about? Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo competition, organised by the Wikimedia Foundation, run by  volunteers, and supported by chapters across the world, including Wikimedia UK.  Pictures […]

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]]> 2018 prize winner explains how he made his stunning image https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/prize-winner-explains-how-he-made-his-stunning-image Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:04:02 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1469 Chris Cherrington, our top prize winner for 2018, explains how he made his stunning image of Gloucester Cathedral cloisters. For higher resolutions, see the image page on Wikimedia Commons. The image My final image was a stitched panorama consisting of 4 angles, derived from a total of 26 original exposures. In each of the 4 […]

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]]> 2018 winners announced https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/2018-winners-announced Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:03:16 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1483 We’re pleased to announce the winners of the UK section of the world’s biggest photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments. This year the judges have awarded first prize to this stunning image of Gloucester Cathedral cloisters taken by Christopher JT Cherrington. Chris has written a short blog post explaining how he took his winning image. UK […]

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]]> Seen the Wikipedia banner? Want to know more? https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/seen-the-wikipedia-banner-want-to-know-more Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:57:44 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1438 By John Lubbock, Wikimedia UK Hello, maybe you’ve come to the Wiki Loves Monuments UK site because you followed the banner from Wikipedia. But now you’re confused… what’s Wiki Loves Monuments? And who is Wikimedia UK? Wikimedia UK is a registered charity; we work with the Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia to enable people and […]

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]]> Picturing Scotland https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/picturing-scotland Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:04:59 +0000 https://dev.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/?p=1427 Picturing Scotland with Wiki Loves Monuments By Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK and formerly Wikimedian in Residence at Museums Galleries Scotland.  In 2015-16 I was the Wikimedian in Residence for Museums Galleries Scotland, training museum staff to edit Wikipedia, and generally being enthusiastic about open knowledge to anyone who would listen.  These […]

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