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Callum Parke

Public has the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has ruled that the public does have the right to wild camp on Dartmoor (Jordan Reynolds/PA) - (PA Archive)

The public does have the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Five justices unanimously ruled on Wednesday that the term “recreation” in the law governing the use of the national park in Devon is used “without qualification as to the form which it should take”.

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