Some gorgeous images! Well done to contributors (and thanks to staff and
volunteers who supported the competition - as always I wish I'd had chance
to do more, but I appreciate all the help with promoting and categorizing!)

On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 at 08:33 Michael Maggs <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am very pleased to be able to announce the 2017 award winners for Wiki
> Loves Monuments in the UK.
>
> First place goes to Matthew Hoser for his image of the derelict West Pier
> in Brighton.
> In second place was Paul Stümke, who captured the Glenfinnan Viaduct at
> Loch Shiel.
> Third was Oliver Tookey for the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea.
>
> The special prize for the best image taken in Scotland was awarded to Keith
> Proven for Smailholm Tower.
> The special prize for the best image taken in Wales went to Sterim64 for
> Craig-y-mor.
>
> You can see all of these images, and the other stunning pictures that were
> awarded Highly Commended status, at Wikimedia Commons:
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_the_United_Kingdom/Winners
>
> Many congratulations to our prizewinners, and thanks to all who
> volunteered to help make the contest a success: contestants, judges,
> reviewers and Wikimedians in many roles.  Thanks also for the kind support
> we received from the International team, from our friendly staff at
> Wikimedia UK, and from our 2017 prize sponsors, Wikimedia UK and
> Archaeology Scotland.
>
> Michael
>
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