The Supreme Court has ruled people have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor. The ruling, which is likely to reignite debate over public access to land in England, means Dartmoor National Park in ...

As a queer woman in my early thirties, I’m not a stereotypical wild camper: neither a solo man nor half of an outdoorsy heterosexual couple. I never camped as a child on family holidays and the first ...

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 ...

It’s official – wild camping in Dartmoor National Park is legal. After a two-year legal battle, last Wednesday, May 21, the Supreme Court ruled that a millionaire landowner in the park was wrong to ...

Two landowners have won a High Court challenge against the right to wild camp without permission in Dartmoor National Park. Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall argued that some wild campers on their ...

On Tuesday 8 October, the Supreme Court will consider whether the right to wild camp on Dartmoor continues to be a cherished freedom. The case, brought by Alexander Darwall, owner of 4,000-acre estate ...

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 ...

Timeline of the wild camping debate Agreement reached following Dartmoor wild camping discussions By BMC Senior Policy & Campaigns Officer Dr. Catherine Flitcroft, 19/01/2023 The BMC's Policy & ...

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A multi-millionaire hedge fund boss and his wife have lost their Supreme Court battle to ban people from wild camping on Dartmoor. Five judges unanimously dismissed a legal challenge brought forward ...

Should members of the public be allowed to camp on Dartmoor without first asking permission? This is the question that has left Devon bitterly divided over the past six months. And now another twist ...