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Persondevan5
22/7/2010 at 1:27pm
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Wanted to ask if it would be legal to camp in a random spot in the derring woods (pluckley) and start a camp fire?

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22/7/2010 at 1:30pm
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who owns the land ?


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22/7/2010 at 1:34pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Littleskink on 22/7/2010
who owns the land ?

i think its The Woodland Trust


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22/7/2010 at 1:42pm
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Scotland or the rest of the UK?

Probably OK in Scotland, probably not in the rest of the UK?

There's different rights to roam/camp from what I remember.

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22/7/2010 at 1:44pm
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Quote: Originally posted by riddles on 22/7/2010Scotland or the rest of the UK?

Probably OK in Scotland, probably not in the rest of the UK?

There's different rights to roam/camp from what I remember.
yeah its in the uk but i havent found much saying that it is illegal and people have done it...


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22/7/2010 at 5:13pm
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About the only place you can wild camp legally in England is Dartmoor and a few other places.

If you don't have the landowners permission, yes, it is illegal.


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Many woods including those of The Woodland Trust will not allow any form of fire because of fire risk to flora and fauna. If you want to do as you suggest then permission would be needed, and quite likely refused for reasons above.

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If it is not the woodland trust then it will still belong to someone and you won't have permission. It will be trespassing. If it is owned by a public body the makes it open to the public they will  have rules saying you can't do it.



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Hi, I think you are on a stickey wicket there. Sugest you buy Ordanance Survey map Explorer series map no. 137 would cover Pluckley. These quite clearly show the areas in/on which the public have the "Right to Roam". This does not of course mean that you can do as you like as most areas, particularly in the south east are in private ownership and for the most part the R to R means just that and covers walking hiking etc. Some areas are more relaxed and allow other pursuits but I would think that the Woodland Trust would give a big no no to the lighting of fires. You would probably get away with a weekends camping if you used a camping stove but smoke coming from a wooded area will atract all the local busy bodies for miles around and I'm sure the local bobby wouldn't be long in moving you on. Good luck............Mick


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Scotland is more accommodating with regard to "wild" camping. There are rules governing this- not to camp within so many yards of a highway, etc, but they are far more in tune with wild campers.



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