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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton and Tom Wall

High court to rule on attempt to ban wild camping on Dartmoor

Wild camping on Dartmoor, Devon
The public’s right to responsibly wild camp on sections of Dartmoor has been permitted since 1985. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

On a freezing afternoon underneath the ice-encrusted turrets of the Royal Courts of Justice, about 100 ramblers gathered on Monday to protest for their right to wild camp on Dartmoor.

In a case being heard this week, a wealthy landowner is trying to overturn the legally enshrined right to camp wild in the national park.

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