A "hauntingly beautiful" photograph of the Milky Way above the ruins of a Tudor mansion has won top prize in the South Downs National Park astrophotography competition.

The image was taken by Richard Murray from Waterlooville, Hampshire, at Cowdray ruins in Midhurst, West Sussex.

Runner-up was a shot of the moon rising behind Beachy Head lighthouse, near Eastbourne taken by Andrew Parker.

A picture of a toad at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, won the nature category.

The competition celebrates the national park's status as one of only 20 International Dark Sky Reserves in the world, which recognises the region as one of the best places globally to stargaze.