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 is enjoyed on Dartmoor by backpackers and bikepackers who explore the moor and its tors using lightweight tents, sleeping bags, ... Adventures of a Wild Camper, ...

Dartmoor wild camping: ... and also as occurring in the open air notwithstanding that while the camper is actually in the tent the outside air will be to some extent excluded." ...

The Park Authority had argued it was "very different to camping in family-sized tents or in camper vans and motor homes, which on Dartmoor are directed to designated or registered sites".

The public can 'wild camp' in Dartmoor again without landowners' permission after the National Park Authority won their appeal case. The right to do so had been allowed under a decades-old local ...

He also found that the DNPA had not established that there was a "settled practice" of wild camping on Dartmoor. ... Designated campsites are a must for large tents, camper vans and motor homes.

Hot topic: why wild camping on the UK's Dartmoor has been restored. Up until a recent ban, Dartmoor was the last place in England and Wales where the public had the right to freely sleep beneath ...

Dartmoor wild camping ban lifted as campaigners win battle against wealthy landowners. Judges rule unanimously to overturn decision removing rare right to wild camp without landowner’s permission ...

NEWS FEATURE: A bitter dispute between a millionaire hedge fund manager and campers he tried to ban from pitching up on his land may have come to an end, Matt Mathers reports ...

Dartmoor ponies - that have roamed freely over the land for centuries - are the symbol of the moor. The owner of an estate on Dartmoor has won the right to remove people "wild" or backpack camping ...