Wistmans Wood Dartmoor camping

[Not lost yet!!]

Hi,
Does anyone know if its actually ok to camp in or near the wood as it is suggested by many as a good place when searching for place to camp on Dartmoor but nobody seems to have spent the night there. I have had a look at the map on the national parks web site that shows where you can and cannot camp but cant quite locate the wood . Any help would be fab as planning to go in a couple of months and it would look pretty amazing just as its getting light as long as the hounds dont show up!!
Cheers
Si..

 

[Chris the Cat]

Man them Hounds!!
Scared the crap out of me once, only heard them mind!!
( just as well, to see them means death!!)
Chris.

 

[Waterworx]

http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/index/visiting/vi-maps.htm?Geoset=DNPA-WEB&AddLayer=DNPA_CAMPING&AddLayer=DNPA_NOCAMP&AddLayer=DNPA_PERMISSION&zoom=50

Shows Wistmans Woods in green (permission to be asked). I've not heard of anyone getting turfed out before though.

HTH

 

[littlebiglane]

I would not camp in Wistman's wood. For a variety of reasons. Including its a SSSi. Ands its the trees that specifically contribute towards it. So no go cutting them down for firewood!! That would be a £30,000 fine. But on a practical level its on a slope and the ground is covered in large boulders making its ruinous to walk on and difficult to camp on. See the piccie in the wiki entry and its a typical terrain of the wood. The trees also are very small and many would not be load-bearing because of the nature of the soil I expect. All in all not an ideal place to camp. If you want a woodland setting then I would not pick central Dartmoor as the place to naturally look I am afraid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wistman's_Wood

LBL