The Latest Breaking News from Dartmoor

Move comes as campaigners call for wider access to land after court of appeal ruling on Dartmoor case says activity is lawful

Dartmoor is once again open for bikepacking and wild camping after wealthy landowners' lawyers arguments are thrown out by High Court judges

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

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

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

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

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

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