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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Wild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rules

MPs and campaigners celebrate after the supreme court ruling
MPs and campaigners celebrate after the supreme court ruling. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Wild camping will be allowed on Dartmoor after the supreme court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land.

Dartmoor was – until the legal action – the only place in England where wild camping without the permission of the landowner was enshrined in law. In Scotland, people have enjoyed this right since 2003.

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