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Camping on the Dales Way
Q. Is it possible to camp along the Dales Way. We have only found BB\Hotel accommodation.
From Ilkley to Bowness could cost us £345 each!
Please help
Bill Randles, Eaglescliffe
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A. There are campsites along The Dales Way - a close study of the OS maps will reveal their locations (see Appletreewick, Dent, Sedbergh).
There's a camping field in Kettlewell which doesn't appear to be marked on the map - at the start of the path to Black Dyke.
There's also a YHA at Kettlewell and a bunch of bunk barns/independent hostels in the Dales from Bolton Abbey to Dent.
Mike Knipe, Crook
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A. Camping isn't really a problem on The Dales Way as we discovered last year. Most landowners and bunk barn owners will (9 times out of 10) allow you to pitch for the night if you ask them nicely.
Wild camping is also an option if you are discreet and move on in the morning.
It may be worth your while doing a recky by car and organising your overnight stops, so at least you have peace of mind and avoid been stuck on a fell at midnight with a Pot Noodle for company.
Enjoy yourself
Stefan Reeves, Ripon
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A. I walked the Dales Way (East to West) in September 08 and the camp sites I used were as follows: Masons Campsite, Appletreewick (£5) - adjacent to the path, largeish campsite with good facilities, handy for Appletreewick pubs Heber Farm Campsite, Buckden (£2) - very basic, camp in a sheepfold and only facilities are the National Park public toilet block in the village but handy for The Buck Inn. Small detour from the path back into Buckden village. Ewegales Farm Campsite, Cowgill (£4) - quite basic facilities but there is a shower (although your 20p doesn't last long!). Nowhere to eat or buy food so you have to be provisioned for your own meal(s). Route path actually passes through this campsite's field. Pinfold Campsite, Sedbergh (£5) - large caravan and campsite with excellent facilities. Welcome respite from more 'basic' sites. Small detour along river from route but well worth it. Burneside Hall Farm, Burneside (£2) - not an official campsite but the farmer permits camping in the beautifully situated field by the duckpond. Basic facilities - toilet and cold water sink with access to an outside hot tap too. Adjacent to route path just before Burneside village. Hope this is helpful.
Ian Roe, Pontefract
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NB. Wild Camping and The Law in England, Scotland and Wales.
Tents cannot be pitched just anywhere because every piece of Britain is owned by some individual or some organisation and according to the strict letter of the law permission must be obtained prior to pitching tent and camping.
In practice however, this is often impractical and wild camping is usually tolerated in the more remote areas - typically, more than half a day's walk from an official campsite or other accommodation providing you:
- Keep groups small
- Camp as unobtrusively as possible
- Leave camp as you found it
- Remove all litter (even other people's)
- Carry out everything you carried in
- Carry out tampons and sanitary towels (burying them doesn't work as animals dig them up again)
- Choose a dry pitch rather than digging drainage ditches around a tent or moving boulders
- Toilet duties should be performed 30m (100ft) from water and the results buried using a trowel
- At all time, help preserve the environment
- And if you are in any doubt about what you're doing, find out more
In Scotland, the current access legislation (which came into effect in early 2005) is explicit about your right to wild camp on hill land.
There appears to be an exception to this with respect to camping in Dartmoor National Park where the right to wild camping is actually enshrined in the National Parks & Access to the Countryside Act, 1949 amendment Dartmoor Commons Act, 1985 - see Wild Camping in the UK for more details.
For the definitive answer with respect to wild camping in Scotland see the answer supplied by the Scottish Natural Heritage
NB. go4awalk.com cannot offer any advice on suitable locations for wild camping - but click here for walks from exisiting campsites.
Hope this helps
Mike (Editor)
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