Wild camping rules, country by country
Guides
Know the rule before you pitch.
Scotland: what the Outdoor Access Code actually allows
A real right to camp on most unenclosed land, with conditions, plus byelaw areas where the right is suspended for part of the year.
The Nordic right to roam
What allemansratten covers, how far from a house you have to be, and where the rule is a statute rather than a custom.
France: bivouac and the national parks
Bivouac is a one-night, no-trace stay near where you walked in. The parks each publish their own conditions, and they are not identical.
Dartmoor backpack camping
The one place in England with a right to camp on open moor, tents only, in the areas the official map shades. Everything else needs permission.
Next step
Want somewhere you are certainly allowed to be?
Rules pages tell you where wild camping is permitted. They cannot tell you that a particular field is fine, and we will not pretend otherwise. If you would rather not make the judgement call, an official aire removes the question entirely.
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