Dartmoor Preservation Association

Dartmoor holds a special place in the heart of many people, both locally and further afield. With its stone rows, cairns and tors, plus its many streams and rivers, it draws walkers, wild campers and adventure seekers from far and wide. But Dartmoor is a vulnerable landscape which has, for many years, been under threat. For 140 years, the Dartmoor Preservation Association has advocated and campaigned for this precious landscape, opposing non-native afforestation, china-clay pit expansion, reservoirs, A-road building and huge telecoms masts. At the same time as preventing disfigurement of the Moor the DPA has campaigned on issues of fundamental importance to the future of Dartmoor including the creation of the National Park in the first place, the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985, access legislation and wild-camping rights.