A COLLECTION of award winning photographs showing the beauty of the region’s national parks is going on show.

The North York Moors National Park Authority is hosting a display of the winners and runners-up from the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award.

The 2009 award was supported by the nine English national park authorities to help mark the 60th anniversary of their creation.

The Take a View exhibition at the Inspired by…gallery will include images chosen by the English national park authorities to represent their areas.

They are to go show at the Park Authority’s Danby visitor centre from march 6-28.

The exhibition is the first public showing of these images since their launch in December 2009 at London’s National Theatre.

Andy Wilson, the park authority’s chief executive, said: "We are thrilled to have secured such a prestigious exhibition.

"The images are truly stunning and make you appreciate how many different and outstanding places our small island has to explore.

"We are fortunate to have many of these superb places of natural beauty on our doorsteps."

The Diamonds in the Landscape exhibition of work by landscape photographers including Joe Cornish, Val Corbett and David Tarn is also running at Danby.

The Moors National Park Centre, in Danby, is open daily from 11am to 4pm and entry is free.

Details on the exhibition and other events can be found at www.visitthemoors.co.uk/events.