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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

‘Captured the public zeitgeist’: Court to hear appeal against England wild camping ban

Wild camping protesters held placards and flags as they gathered in the village of Cornwood on the edge of Dartmoor, in south-west England, in January 2023.
Wild camping protesters held placards and flags as they gathered in the village of Cornwood on the edge of Dartmoor, in south-west England, in January 2023. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

When wealthy hedge fund manager Alexander Darwall won a court case to stop people wild camping on his land in Dartmoor national park in January, he could not have imagined that it would spark a mass uprising and what may turn out to be the biggest shake-up of land rights in a generation.

This week, the owner of the 1,619-hectare (4,000-acre) Blachford estate on southern Dartmoor, which offers pheasant shoots, deerstalking and holiday rentals, will be back in the headlines after the national park won the right to appeal against the high court ruling.

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