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Every guide to wild camping rules.
Start with the basics, then go deeper. Every rule on these pages cites an official source and carries the date a person last checked it.
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Dartmoor wild camping: tents only, and what that means for vans Dartmoor is the one place in England where you can wild camp without asking the landowner. It is backpack camping in a tent, and it excludes vans, motorhomes and campervans outright. Jul 20 France: bivouac and national park camping rules Bivouac is a French permission for walkers, not for vans. What the word means, the hours each national park sets, the two parks that ban it outright, and why an aire is the answer if you are driving. Jul 20 The Nordic right to roam: Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark Sweden, Norway and Finland grant a general right of access that includes pitching a tent. Denmark does not work that way. And none of the four gave us anything that covers sleeping in a motorhome. Jul 20 Scotland wild camping: the Outdoor Access Code explained Scotland gives you a statutory right to camp on most land. It covers a tent, not a campervan, and a national park byelaw can override it. What the Outdoor Access Code actually permits. Jul 20 Wild camping vs free camping vs aires: the differences that keep you legal Three different acts, governed by three different bodies of law. Why 'wild camping is banned here' and 'you cannot sleep in your van here' are not the same sentence, cited to official sources. Jul 20