The lengthy legal battle ended on Wednesday, May 21, when the Supreme Court ruled that wild camping on Dartmoor should be allowed. For non-campers, this may seem insignificant.

Wild camping has long been legal in Scotland under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, but in England there is no general right to wild camp on most private land, with Dartmoor being an exception.

If wild camping in winter, keep a close eye on sunset times. We started pitching at 3pm, which meant by sunset at 4:30pm we were comfortably tucking into dinner with a whisky hot chocolate in the ...

Public DOES have the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, Supreme Court rules after multi-millionaire hedge fund manager and his wife tried to ban it By ROBERT FOLKER and TOM COTTERILL Published: 06:51 ...

Wild camping is "not about large tents and fairy lights", Dartmoor's authority has said after a court decision affirming the right to pitch a tent on the moor. Supreme Court judges unanimously ...

Wild camping, which involves pitching your tent away from all infrastructure, carrying all of your equipment and leaving no trace, is permitted in Scotland, where most land has been free to use by ...

Areas in purple on the map are where agreements have been reached with landowners for permissive wild camping, subject to people following the code of conduct. The list is subject to change as and ...

Wild camping has long been legal in Scotland under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, but in England there is no general right to wild camp on most private land, with Dartmoor being an exception.

Wild camping on Dartmoor is completely free of charge and allows people to reconnect with nature Cyann Fielding, Travel Reporter Published: 16:25, 22 May 2025 Updated: 16:25, 22 May 2025 ...

Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton & Honiton Richard Foord has today presented a bill in Parliament to protect wild camping at Dartmoor and people’s access to National Parks. The bill, named the ...

Read more: Why wild camping should be a basic human right However, even straight-line routes shouldn’t be taken for granted as there aren’t signs or paths telling you where to go, and Dartmoor ...