Article 66REW High court to rule on attempt to ban wild camping on Dartmoor

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

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Helena Horton and Tom Wall
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Landowner Alexander Darwall is seeking to overturn legally enshrined right to camp wild in national park

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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