Open To All - Who Really Holds The Power On Dartmoor?

This show was rescheduled from 24th March 2025.

As a National Park, Dartmoor is supposed to be accessible to all, and until recently was the only place in the country you could wild camp freely. But a recent court case has thrown all that into doubt. Can we feel confident about being able to access Southern England's biggest wilderness in future? Part of Dartmoor Tors Festival.

Matthew Kelly is a historian and author of Quartz and Feldspar, a social history of Dartmoor, and The Women who saved the English Countryside, which includes a portrait of Sylvia Sayer, who fought to protect Dartmoor in the twentieth century.

Guy Shrubsole is the best-selling author of Who Owns England and The Lost Rainforests of Britain. His latest book, The Lie of the Land, argues that landowners have failed in their duty to care for the countryside, and urges communities to fight back.

Lewis Winks is a social scientist, writer and campaigner. He co-founded The Stars Are For Everyone to defend the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, and works with Right to Roam to protect and extend public access to the countryside.