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This land is our land – but greed is trumping freedom

Letters: It seems we have no right to be on this planet without the permission of landowners, writes Peter Reilly; plus letters from Linda Gresham and Paul Dobbs

The Guardian - UK

Loving homes needed for mini ponies and donkeys following 'heartbreaking' centre closure

The Miniature Pony Centre near Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor is looking to find 'loving, forever homes' for its animals once it shuts its doors to the public for the final time

Daily Mirror

Tale of two tribes in Dartmoor wild camping row

A bitter dispute between a millionaire hedge fund boss and the campers he has banned from pitching on the land he owns is reaching boiling point, Matt Mathers reports

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Dartmoor park launches attempt to appeal against wild camping ruling

Lawyers argue judgment to end wild camping without landowner’s permission may be flawed

The Guardian - UK

Labour government would pass right to roam act and reverse Dartmoor ban

Exclusive: Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon says access to land and waterways ‘needs to change’

The Guardian - UK

It’s good to give your books a new lease of shelf life

Brief letters: Donating to charity | Death of a king | War dead | Dartmoor | Jacinda Ardern

The Guardian - UK

Dartmoor wild camping ban shows why Britain needs a universal right to roam

When the owners of the 4,000-acre Blachford estate in Dartmoor, a vast moorland in south-west England, recently won the right to exclude campers from their land, it demonstrated how fragile the right to enjoy Britain’s countryside is.

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Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp

More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England

The Guardian - UK

Dartmoor landowner who won wild camping ban may be putting rare beetle at risk

Exclusive: Alexander Darwall, who said he brought case to improve conservation, is releasing pheasants near protected woodland

The Guardian - UK

The UK government knows it’s on borrowed time – that’s why it’s tearing up our freedoms

In relationships, controlling and coercive behaviour is now a criminal offence. In British politics, it is glorified, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘Nothing can take its place’: dismayed Dartmoor wild campers share memories

Lovers of the national park mourn loss of right to camp – for some a balm for their mental health, for others a rite of passage

The Guardian - UK

MP who received donation from landowner refuses to criticise Dartmoor camping decision

Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall was given £5,000 according to parliament’s register of members’ interests in 2020

The Guardian - UK

Two national parks in UK revealed as the best in Europe for hikers - see the full list

The New Forest and Lake District are the best national parks in Europe for hiking trails, according to an analysis of the areas by outdoor specialists Cotswolds

Daily Mirror

The Dartmoor wild camping ban further limits our right to roam. It must be fought

The high court ruling is an outrage when we are already banned from 92% of the country’s land, says writer and science communicator Sophie Pavelle

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‘Something beautiful has been taken away’: campaigners vow to fight ban on Dartmoor camping

A judge’s decision making it unlawful to pitch a tent on the moors without the landowner’s permission is set to spark a wave of right-to-roam protests

The Independent UK

Dartmoor wild camping ruling ‘huge step backward’

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought a successful legal challenge over wild camping.

The Guardian - UK

Share your memories of wild camping on Dartmoor

We would like to hear from people who have slept under canvas on Dartmoor, after the right to wild camp on the moors was overturned in high court

Evening Standard

Dartmoor landowners win legal fight against wild camping without consent

Alexander and Diana Darwall said wild campers on their land caused livestock and environmental problems

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The Independent UK

Landowners win legal challenge over Dartmoor wild camping

Alexander and Diana Darwall had argued that some wild campers on their land caused problems to livestock and the environment.

The Guardian - UK

Right to wild camp in England lost in Dartmoor court case

Wealthy landowner Alexander Darwall wins case against national park after arguing right to pitch tent on moors did not exist

The Guardian - UK

Dartmoor camping ban could hit birdwatchers and climbers, court told

National park argues attempt by landowner to stop people sleeping overnight could restrict other ‘sedentary pursuits’

The Independent UK

Landowners’ legal challenge is ‘attack’ on Dartmoor wild camping, court told

Alexander and Diana Darwall believe that camping “often creates problems and risks” which are “getting worse”.

The Guardian - UK

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

Landowner Alexander Darwall is seeking to overturn legally enshrined right to camp wild in national park

The Guardian - UK

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

High court will rule next week on challenge brought by Alexander Darwall to remove right to wild camp on moor

Daily Mirror

Real-life 'Hound of the Baskervilles' spotted on Dartmoor in eerie photo by walker

Matthew Peek was out in Dartmoor National Park with his girlfriend when he snapped a picture that he later discovered seemingly showed a mysterious 'beast'

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