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📸 November's Arrow Valley Visitor Centre Nature & Wildlife Photo Competition is here! 📸(Please read the T's & C's at the...
03/11/2026

📸 November's Arrow Valley Visitor Centre Nature & Wildlife Photo Competition is here! 📸
(Please read the T's & C's at the bottom of the post before submitting!) 👇

🍂 We are excited to announce that we are launching November's nature and wildlife photography competition. If you have recently taken a stunning snap whilst visiting the Visitor Centre and the wider Arrow Valley Country Park then we want to see it! 🍃

🐦 Every month we will be dropping a post on Facebook where you can comment with your photo, entries will be reviewed and shortlisted down to 7 which will then go up for public vote on our page with the winner announced shortly after.

The lucky winner will have their photograph displayed pride of place in The Boathouse Cafe for the duration of the next month and will receive a voucher for a free coffee and cake, so they can enjoy a treat whilst sitting and admiring their masterpiece. Winning photos will then be moved and displayed in our Conference room permanently alongside the winners of the other month's winning entries.

📅Deadline to submit your photos: 10th November 2026
📅Shortlist Vote: 17th November 2026

Rules (Please read before submitting):
Please DO NOT submit any photos that have people in them, we only want photos of nature and wildlife, please be considerate and respectful of wildlife when taking your photos and do not disturb them.
It’s completely free to enter, but please note that by submitting your photo you give The Boathouse, Arrow Valley Visitor Centre and Rubicon Leisure permission to use your photo for display around the site and that we may also use your photo for wider promotional purposes. All judging decisions made are final and by submitting your photo you confirm that you are the photographer and have permission to submit your entry. Submissions entered after the deadline specified on the Facebook post will not be considered. You understand that Rubicon Leisure is not responsible for any copyright, intellectual property or other legal disputes arising from the submission of your photograph. Please do not submit photos of different sites, only photos taken around Arrow Valley will be considered. We will direct message the winner from our Facebook account to inform them that they have won before announcing it online, please be wary of scammers, we will not ask for any personal information or details from you.

If you would like to participate then comment with your photo below - we can't wait to see them!

👉 https://arrowvalley.co.uk/arrow-valley-visitor-centre-nature-wildlife-photo-competition/

📩 Our Rubicon Leisure winter newsletter will soon be on its way!  Have you signed up? Hear about seasonal events, specia...
02/11/2026

📩 Our Rubicon Leisure winter newsletter will soon be on its way! Have you signed up?

Hear about seasonal events, special offers, activities and what’s happening across Rubicon Leisure this winter.

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🍰 If you've paid a visit to us recently - we want to hear from you! ☕We're always continually aiming to improve our serv...
31/10/2026

🍰 If you've paid a visit to us recently - we want to hear from you! ☕

We're always continually aiming to improve our services, so if you have any feedback you would like to share with us, please answer the short survey below.

👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TBHAVVC2526

📸 Our winning entries for this month's photo competition are now on proud display in the Boathouse Cafe! 🖼️Congratulatio...
30/10/2026

📸 Our winning entries for this month's photo competition are now on proud display in the Boathouse Cafe! 🖼️

Congratulations once again to our winners, we know our visitors will enjoy looking at these stunning snaps over the next few weeks.

If you fancy being in with a chance of having your photo on proud display in the cafe too, make sure you keep an eye out for our post next week launching November's photo competition!

🍂 Our Halloween takeaway cups are back this week at The Boathouse to keep your coffinated beverages looking extra creepy...
27/10/2026

🍂 Our Halloween takeaway cups are back this week at The Boathouse to keep your coffinated beverages looking extra creepy and cute during the spooky season! 🍂

📸 Oops... it looks like we had a photo finish! 📸Firstly, we'd like to say a huge sorry for the confusion surrounding thi...
23/10/2026

📸 Oops... it looks like we had a photo finish! 📸

Firstly, we'd like to say a huge sorry for the confusion surrounding this month's photo competition results.

When we checked the competition results, we used the figures available to us through Meta's back-end insights. Unfortunately, when reviewing the results from the public side of the post, it became clear that the numbers didn't quite match up. As this was our first time running the competition, we made a genuine mistake when confirming the winner.

It seems Facebook and Meta had a favourite though... and so did all of you! 🤦‍♀️📷

So, we've decided there should be TWO winners this month:

Your Winner - Basking Terrapins 🏆
Facebooks Winner - Sunset by the Sign Post 🏆

Both photographs will be displayed in The Boathouse Café, and both photographers will receive their well-deserved coffee and cake prize.

We're really sorry for the mix-up and appreciate everyone who brought it to our attention. The good news is that it's helped us tighten up our judging and checking process for future competitions, so we can avoid any similar confusion going forward.

Thank you for your understanding and for continuing to support our photography competition. We absolutely love seeing Arrow Valley through your lenses each month and can't wait to see next month's entries!

Arrow Valley Visitor Centre & Lake 💚

🍂 And your winner for this month's photo competition is Sunset by the Signpost! 🍂A big congratulations to our winner, th...
22/10/2026

🍂 And your winner for this month's photo competition is Sunset by the Signpost! 🍂

A big congratulations to our winner, their photo will be on proud display in the Boathouse cafe very soon. Commiserations to the rest of our entrants, your photos were absolutely stunning, thank you so much for taking part!

📸 The photo competition will be back on the 3rd of November, so keep those cameras handy and keep snapping those lovely pics of Arrow Valley! 📸

Address

Arrow Valley Visitor Centre, Battens Drive
Redditch
B980LJ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

01527591106

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