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UNCOVERED: 4 | History Defined

Dartmoor wild camping ban lifted as campaigners win battle against wealthy landowners

Judges rule unanimously to overturn decision removing rare right to wild camp without landowner’s permission

The Independent UK

Wild camping allowed on Dartmoor again after court appeal succeeds

Dartmoor National Park Authority had appealed against January high court ruling that outlawed practice

The Guardian - UK

Camping not recreation ‘because you are just asleep’, Dartmoor appeal told

Court told wild camping is not open-air recreation as park authority appeals against recent ban

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Court of Appeal hears challenge over right to wild camp on Dartmoor

A judge previously ruled that people do not have the right to camp overnight on Dartmoor Commons with landowners’ permission.

The Independent UK

Prince William to expand Duchy of Cornwall’s temperate rainforest

Duchy hopes to at least double size of Wistman’s Wood, a 3 hectare fragment of ancient woodland, by 2040

The Guardian - UK

King Charles and Prince William face fight over taxpayer funds on Dartmoor

More than £13m of subsidies mainly paid to tenants of Duchy of Cornwall have done little to restore nature in national park

The Guardian - UK

Bovey Castle review: a truly beautiful stay in Dartmoor National Park

Originally opened in 1930 by Great Western Railways as a hotel and golf resort, Bovey Castle – or Bovey Castle Hotel and Spa to give its full name – is a genuinely impressive site. Those railway people knew what they were doing frankly as, it must be said, do current…

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Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers

Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest

The Guardian - UK

Bannau Brycheiniog: new name for the park but poor state of nature harder to fix

The former Brecon Beacons has acknowledged it is facing an onslaught of environmental threats – with the UK’s national parks from Dartmoor to the Cairngorms facing similar pressures

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Park authority members back appeal against Dartmoor wild camping ruling

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought the successful legal challenge against the DNPA, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock.

The Independent UK

Landowner accuses Dartmoor officials of ‘acting like campaigners’

Dartmoor National Park Authority is preparing to appeal against court decision to overturn right to wild camp

The Guardian - UK

Park authority can appeal against Dartmoor wild camping ruling

In January, a judge concluded that a nearly 40-year-old piece of legislation did not provide a right to wild camp on Dartmoor.

The Independent UK

Dartmoor wild camping hopes rise as park wins right to appeal against ban

Authority given permission to challenge high court ruling in favour of landowner

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs and farmers in clash with Natural England over Dartmoor sheep

Move to stop overgrazing harming bird habitats would ‘destroy ancient tradition’ and harm business, say MPs

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Country diary: The dawn chorus here begins with a quack

West Dartmoor, Devon: They’re my harbingers of spring – a pair of mallards that arrive in the garden to nibble on the grain beneath the bird feeders

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Poem of the week: Letter to a Land Owner by Sean Borodale

A poem in response to the ban on wild camping in Dartmoor – a quiet, tender appeal against the belief that ‘powerful landscapes are only for the wealthy’

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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

Daily Mirror

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

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The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

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

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