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 ...

It was a landmark ruling widely celebrated in the outdoors community - the right to wild camp on Dartmoor was enshrined in a court ruling in May. But now reports have emerged of an increase in fly ...

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 ...

Why does the Dartmoor wild camp ban matter? The crux of the matter is that, if the ruling from the High Court proceeds as is, a precedence will then be set for a permission-based system on the moor.

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 ...

Dartmoor ponies - that have roamed freely over the land for centuries - are the symbol of the moor. ByClaire Marshall BBC Rural Affairs Correspondent The owner of an estate on Dartmoor has won the ...

“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 ...

Until recently, the most dramatic news coming from Dartmoor National Park, the 368-mile windswept jumble of jagged tors in south Devon, revolved around sporadic sightings of the ‘enormous, coal-black ...

John Harding, right, and friend James Gingell recorded a three-day trek across Dartmoor The Supreme Court has ruled people have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor. The ruling, which is likely to ...

In January 2023, a ruling from the High Court dealt a blow to wilderness and adventure lovers in the UK. Wild camping is to be banned in Dartmoor. However, the National Park have now reached an ...

The owner of an estate on Dartmoor has won the right to remove people "wild" or backpack camping on his land. The High Court ruling on Friday has been seen as a test case for countryside access.

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 ...