Inaction stations... atmospheric photo of lines leads to Natural England award

The photograph, taken by Chris Howe, won the Lines in the Landscape section of the national competition. The overall first prize of 10,000, went to Antony Spencer for his image of Corfe Castle, in Dorset, on a frosty morning.

Other images singled out for recognition include shots of the Isle of Eigg in Scotland and Romney Marsh in Kent.

Natural England chief executive Helen Phillips said: "This year's extraordinary collection of images captures the tremendous variety of landscapes in this country and helps us appreciate the role they play as natural support systems – filtering and storing water, holding fertile soils, locking in climate-changing carbon, soaking up floodwater and buffering coastal storms.

The Take a View – Landscape Photographer of the Year awards are in their fourth year.

More than 100 of the best images will go on show in a free exhibition at the National Theatre in London from November 22. A book featuring more than 170 entries is also set to be published on October 31.