'The stars are for everyone'
We must keep wild camping legal in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park.
Source: theecologist.org
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Row over ownership of Norfolk's Burnham Overy Staithe
Burnham Overy Staithe is at the centre of an extraordinary row as villagers say the land was wrongly claimed by the Earl of Leicester and…
Source: edp24.co.uk
Garro Lane in Mullion is now common land in Cornwall
The Open Spaces Society, which applied to register the land, has welcomed the decision.
Source: falmouthpacket.co.uk
Royston Kite Festival: Application to continue on heath
The Rotary Club has sought permission for Royston Kite Festival to continue on Therfield Heath.
Source: royston-crow.co.uk
Environment Agency defends controversial Kendal flood defence decision
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency said that the impact of the flood-defence work on Gooseholme Park was outweighed by the public benefit after campaign…
Source: thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
Mistley residents plead for Essex County Council's help over fence
RESIDENTS of a village in Tendring are demanding that a Supreme Court ruling is acted upon by Essex County Council - in order to improve health and…
Source: gazette-news.co.uk
How can England reclaim its moors?
Although wild camping has long been legal in Scotland, 92% of England's countryside remains off-limits. Now Dartmoor National Park is at the centre of a battle to reclaim the outdoors.
Dartmoor National Park Dartmoor Preservation Association Commons Act Camping Tag Hiking Nature Outdoors Features
Source: bbc.com
Rochdale News | News Headlines | Hundreds of objections received for controversial Ponderosa houses planning application as Land Registry documents show a restrictive covenant may cover the land
Hundreds of objections have been received after a controversial planning application for 30 rental homes on a patch of...
United Kingdom Sue Smith Ponderosa Committee Mary Primary School Rochdale Borough Council Housing Strategy Team Rochdale Council
Source: rochdaleonline.co.uk
Wild camping to be allowed in UK national park after appeal
London (AFP) July 31, 2023 - Camping overnight will be allowed again in a national park in southwest England after an appeal on Monday overturned a High Court ruling which had banned the long-standing tradition.
City Of United Kingdom Robert Macfarlane Dartmoor National Park Authority High Court Dartmoor National Park In Devon
Source: terradaily.com
The Guardian view on wild camping at Dartmoor: immersion in beauty is legal after all | Editorial
<strong>Editorial:</strong> An attempt to ban backpackers from one of England’s most beautiful national parks has failed. Now we need a wider conversation about access to nature
United Kingdom Stuart Broad Alexander Darwall British Mountaineering Council Dartmoor National Park Authority Haytor Rocks
Source: theguardian.com