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Tom Pilgrim

Dartmoor landowners win legal fight against wild camping without consent

Wild campers have visited Dartmoor for over 100 years

(Picture: PA)

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 land caused problems to livestock and the environment and sought a court declaration that members of the public could only pitch tents there overnight with their consent.

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