I HAVE wild camped on Dartmoor more times than I can count and the fact that this right was even debated in court seemed ludicrous to me. Back in 2021, the battle for the right to wild camp on ...

Great Mis Tor, Bellever Forest, River Dart, Foggintor Quarry and Haytor are some great places to visit while camping ...

The UK Supreme Court allows wild camping on Dartmoor. This reverses a High Court decision favouring landowner Alexander Darwall. The ruling is based on the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985. It defines wild ...

Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or ...

The behaviour has been attributed to hot weather and an increased interest in Dartmoor’s unique wild camping status, especially on social media. According to officials, fly camping incidents have ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Members of the public have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor without landowner permission, the UK ...

“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.” So said the American humorist Dave Barry in his skit about ...

Visitors to Dartmoor National Park have been reminded to leave no trace following a rise in “fly camping” this summer. Park rangers have reported a surge in campers discarding equipment such as ...