Free Roaming - The Compleat Trespasser
John Bainbridge's 2025 survey of Britain's right-to-roam movement, an expanded update of his earlier The Compleat Trespasser, tracing the history of land access and the fight to reclaim it.
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John Bainbridge's 2025 survey of Britain's right-to-roam movement, an expanded update of his earlier The Compleat Trespasser, tracing the history of land access and the fight to reclaim it.
Chief Executive of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, leading its work on access, conservation and the Dartmoor Public Access Fund.
Dartmoor
A video discussing wild camping on Dartmoor and local reactions to it.
What is the earliest known source for the legend of Old Crockern?
Dartmoor
A video about wild camping experiences on Dartmoor amidst legal uncertainties.
Dartmoor
A discussion on Dartmoor wild camping following a Supreme Court decision regarding a case against it.
Dartmoor
The Supreme Court rules on the public's right to wild camp on Dartmoor.
The hope is that this site will provide a clear and informative way to inspire people to enjoy Dartmoor by providing self-guided walking information and suggested routes.
English author, countryside access campaigner and former CEO of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, with around thirty books on British topography.
Campaign group formed to defend and restore Dartmoor's wild camping rights — a landmark access battle.
Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 138, 1900“Away to the northward is seen the boggy land in the neighbourhood of Erme Head, with the distant tors peeping over the dark brown ridges.”
Also on Our DartmoorNewleycombe Cross — A medieval cross head 0.6 m high on a 1.3 m modern shaft in its original square socket stone, 40 m south of the old track between Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys.