Saturday, March 3, 2012

Where can I go wilderness camping near Cambridge UK for a weekend?

I would like to drive a couple of hours and I am willing to walk 10-15 miles with a backpack and kit.Where can I go wilderness camping near Cambridge UK for a weekend?
From a legal aspect, no you can't. Wild camping is illegal in England. But if you follow a few basic guidelines, you should get away with it. Pitch late and leave early, leave no trace, and pitch as high as possible, above boundary fells (on open land). Unfortunately, the highest point above sea level in Cambridgeshire is just 146 metres - might therefore be worth travelling a bit further and getting a bit higher up.Where can I go wilderness camping near Cambridge UK for a weekend?
As above - the only legal way to do this is to find a landowner who will give you permission to do this. The only ways to do this are through personal contacts or through groups who landowners trust to use their land properly. Such groups usually want new members to be introduced by a current member or to prove their abilities on ordinary camps before being allowed into the wild-camping section (to avoid losing landowners trust).



The problem is that too many 'fly-campers' have done stupid things like leaving litter and starting dangerous fires, causing landowners to have a hostile attitude to anyone who does it.



There are people who fly-camp unofficially and who are careful to do it without causing any trouble to anyone in the process - in Cambridgeshire if possible at all that would mean pitching after dusk in a remote spot, moving on with the sunrise, cold food, and being very careful with sewage disposal.

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