Top ten Shed of the Year 2021 entries
![Ally Scott with her entry The Peculiar Pear, in Southampton, Hampshire, a frontrunner in the Workshop and Studio category](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260209122_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfy2dmClwgbjjulYfPTELibA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
This year, 331 entrants are vying for the title of Cuprinol Shed of the Year, more than double the number in 2020.
The "lockdown" category introduced in last year's competition has been retained, with several DIY bars created as pubs in England remained closed until coronavirus restrictions began to ease in April. A public vote through readerssheds.co.uk decided each winner
Here: Ally Scott with her entry The Peculiar Pear, in Southampton, Hampshire, a frontrunner in the Workshop and Studio category
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Credit: Tom Wren/PA
![Cuprinol Shed of the Year workshop/studio category by Nicholas Pointing of his entry Chitty Inventor's Workshop, in Sandown, on the Isle of Wight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260209024_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJKshGvN1om7Aqkp8aAKZGV206ZC705r5ZExmQGWsJ7I.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Isle of Wight resident Nicholas Pointing built a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-inspired shed, an entry in the workshop/studio category, as he wanted a space to construct a replica of the film's car for his wife
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Credit: Tom Wren/PA
![Father Len Black in his shed, the Oratory of St Joseph, in Inverness](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208605_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfy2dmClwgbjjulYfPTELibA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Catholic priest Father Len Black, from Inverness, has held Mass since 2011 in this summerhouse, The Oratory Of St Joseph, an entry in the Lockdown category
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Credit: Katielee Arrowsmith/PA
![Cuprinol Shed of the Year unexpected/unique category entry by Gary Pound with his grandaughter Madsion Pound, 30 months, in his shed Grandad Arcade in Witham, Essex](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260209006_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfy2dmClwgbjjulYfPTELibA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
This shed in Essex is full of arcade machines from the 50s right through to the 80s, which Mr Pound has been collecting for over 25 years, it's vying for victory in the Unexpected and Unique category
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Credit: James Linsell-Clark/PA
![Cuprinol Shed of the Year nature's haven category of Nathan Macara and Rebecca Roseff in their shed Batbarn, in Colwall, Great Malvern, Herefordshire, which they built for the endangered species of the greater and lesser horseshoe bat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208631_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfyf2A9a6I9YchsjMeADBa08.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Rebecca Roseff, an archaeologist from Herefordshire, has built this entry in the Nature's Haven category to help endangered species of the greater and lesser horseshoe bat
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Credit: Anita Maric/PA
![Cuprinol Shed of the Year pub/enterainment category by Danielle Zarb-Cousin of her shed Creme De Menthe-70s Summer Bar in Thorpe Bay, Essex](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208826_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqx1rGucoo2J_ExhuM2sOt-5Dg7ACGJPdPR4xgCzbOV8A.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Influencer Danielle Zarb-Cousin impressed the judges with her 1970s-inspired Creme de Menthe bar in her parents' garden in Essex, which she created after going through a break-up
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![Tranquillity Base by Les Rowe in Wallasey, Merseyside, is a Budget category entry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208167_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqaRL1kC4G7DT9ZsZm6Pe3PehAFAI_f6ud569StXyOKH0.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Tranquillity Base by Les Rowe in Wallasey, Merseyside, is a Budget category entry
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Credit: Alex Cousins/PA
![Cuprinol Shed of the Year category cabin/summerhouse entry by Martin Gabbutt of his shed Clutterbuck Lodge, in Blackburn, Lancashire](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208280_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqaRL1kC4G7DT9ZsZm6Pe3PehAFAI_f6ud569StXyOKH0.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Set in a garden in Blackburn in Lancashire with views of the Pennies, Clutterbuck Lodge by Martin Gabbutt was made of mainly recycled furniture including two wardrobes, three desks five tables and six chests of drawers
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Credit: Alex Cousins/PA
![Martin Anderson’s Balnaird Chapel, in Strathpeffer, Scotland](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260208556_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfy2dmClwgbjjulYfPTELibA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Martin Anderson’s Balnaird Chapel, in Strathpeffer, Scotland, is entered into the Lockdown category
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Credit: Katielee Arrowsmith/PA
![Shobie's Hair and Wig Shed, in Sevenoaks, Kent](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2021/06/02/TELEMMGLPICT000260209087_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfy2dmClwgbjjulYfPTELibA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Shobie Lee’s Shobie’s Hair and Wig Shed in Sevenoaks, Kent, is entered in the Workshop/studio category
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Credit: James Linsell-Clark/PA