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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Dartmoor wild camping ruling ‘huge step backward’

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A High Court ruling that people do not have a right to wild camp in Dartmoor National Park without landowners’ permission has been called a “huge step backwards”, as disappointed campaigners vowed to “go to war” and challenge the decision.

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought a successful legal challenge over wild camping, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock and the environment.

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