EXHIBITION NOW OPEN!:

See the shots below and 84 other great shots of Clerkenwell and the surrounding area in a beautiful gallery space in Hatton Garden.
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2026 WINNERS

OVERALL WINNER & WINNER OVER 65s Cloth Fair.  Richard Hill  Over 65s
This jolly scaffolder time-travelled here from the twelfth century. Cloth Fair.

WINNER UNDER 12s. Graham Street Park   Solomon Price

WINNER 12-18 The Barbican Felix Speigl-James  Bench Contemplation at the Barbican

WINNER 19-34 Doughty Street   Zheng Xinman  
I just love the matching colours. Living in the area for around four months, looking at the colours on the street is one of the things that entertains me on my commute journey everyday.

WINNER 35-65. Graham Street   Viktorya Nartey 

WINNER  SERIES Miles Sampson  35-65
White frame - a series of images I’ve taken in on my way to and from work in front of a white rectangle which happens to be on the wall in the underpass underneath the old Museum of London.

2026 RUNNERS-UP

RUNNER-UP: OVERALL BEST SHOT Liverpool Road  Mark Rose  35-65
Fans at the Arsenal Parade

RUNNER-UP  UNDER 12s. City Road Basin  Josiah Wong  A stroll to city

RUNNER-UP  12-18 Clerkenwell Green   Ava Skerrit 
Beautiful red phone box surrounded by red flowers

RUNNER-UP  19-34. St John’s Lane  Oscar Emanuel
A rare sighting of the Goodyear Blimp as it pays homage to the iconic Higgs Air Agency sign on St John’s Lane

RUNNER-UP  35-65 Barbican conservatory  Belen Becarra  35-65
Couple, in the Conservatory at the Barbican Centre

RUNNER-UP  OVER 65s Richard Hill 
Feeding birds on the frozen City Road Basin

RUNNER-UP  SERIES Jonathan Wober  35-65 
Views from the top deck of a London bus, the best seat in London! (Finsbury Town Hall on Roseberry Avenue, Barbican Estate, Pentonville Road )

A SELECTION OF THE HIGHLY COMMENDED SHOTS

Smithfield Market  Richard Hill  Over 65s
The larger design was the first standard red telephone box, introduced in 1924. It was succeeded by the smaller model in 1935.

Ihram Uzzaman  19-34 Brick by Brick
The Barbican, Long Lane, Goswell Road, The Triangle Estate

Exmouth Market  Dylan McDermott  19-34
The shots are all taken at Exmouth Market. I wanted to capture the warm, lively feeling of a summer evening there.

Rosebery Avenue  Ihram Uzzaman   19-34

Leather Lane  Touseef Ahmad 35-65
Leather Lane Market - lunch on the go. Phone in one hand and lunch in the other - a classic working lunch with no time to stop

Spa Fields  Amar Shah 35-65
Spa Fields, Skinner Street
Even in zone one,
Glorious serenity
Is found in Autumn

Below Phoenix Place  Barry Needoff  Over 65s
Below ground in Clerkenwell  - a junction on the Post Office’s “Mail Rail”.

Exmouth Market  Ihram Uzzaman 19-34

East Passage Paul Shelley  Over 65s
Shadows by the Old Red Cow. On a sunny lunchtime you will be rewarded with some intriguing shadow shapes.

Corporation Row  Alexander Cottard 35-65

Wilf Stoddart 19-34
Thursday night buzz on Exmouth Market

Northampton Road  Nitin Shitokra 35-65
‘Leads’. Powerful dogs marching through Clerkenwell like they own the place, full of muscle and attitude, while the man on the 2 Leads is just along for the ride.

East Passage  Anita Siddi  35-65

Hayward’s Place Mattie Faint Over 65s

Sans Walk  Paolo Valli  Over 65s
Clerkenwell really is one of the most photogenic boroughs in London. It has a timeless charm and character that few other parts of London have. 

Goswell Road  Sharon Ngan  35-65
Ancient Warriors, Modern Blocks - World Book Day Book Characters Alive

Northampton Road   James Taro  35-65
It’s a nice tree. I like the smaller one growing up beside it too.

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