Wild campers to protest against landowner’s bid to ban Dartmoor camping

Alexander Darwall is seeking to remove the public’s right to responsibly wild camp on sections of Dartmoor, which has been permitted since 1985. Photograph: Matt Gibson/Alamy

Wild campers are planning to hold protests against a landowner’s attempts to outlaw sleeping under the stars on Dartmoor.

Rallies attended by those who camp, and those who support the right to, will take place on Dartmoor on Sunday and outside the high court in London on Monday to express fierce public opposition to an attempt to legally overturn the right to camp in Dartmoor national park.