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 ...

So said the American humorist Dave Barry in his skit about camping back in the 90s. And as any wild camper – particularly those who’ve spent many nights in a tent around Dartmoor National Park ...

Areas where wild camping could take place, without the public having to seek individual permission from landowners, were already being shown on an interactive map on the authority’s website.

Last week the court ruled the long-held tradition of wild camping had no basis in law, after a case brought by a landowner. There is now an agreement between Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA ...

But wild camping is for the most part illegal in England and Wales without the landowner’s permission — save for in Dartmoor National Park, where access rights were recently restored.

Wild camping is a form of open air recreation, the Court of Appeal ruled Lawyers for the Darwalls argued on Tuesday that a 1985 law which allows "access to the commons on foot and on horseback for ...

All people have to do is get off the beaten path, and go wild camping. Wild camping is the term given to primitive camping at an unestablished backcountry site off-trail without fee utilizing self ...

2025 is the year we put wild camping firmly on the map. Through our We Wild Camp campaign, the BMC are calling for a definitive moment in the political spotlight - one that raises the profile of wild ...

For me, it was the place where I – short of time and money – cut my teeth as an adventurer, allowing me to hone the art of responsible wild camping without the worry of falling fowl of the law ...