r/BushcraftUK • u/4dcatman • Aug 01 '17

Questions about uk laws related to bushcraft.

Hello. I am thinking about going on a wild camping trip sometime in the following months and using a tarp shelter while I am (and having a campfire) and are wondering if there are any laws on cutting down trees and if I have to apply for a wood gathering licence

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u/Ulysses1978 Aug 02 '17

You shouldn't need to fell anything to keep a fire for a few days if you choose your spot. You've more chance of a grumpy farmer being your problem than a straight legal issue. Where are you thinking of going?

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u/4dcatman Aug 02 '17

North of London somewhere, possibly up in Surrey hills

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u/Ulysses1978 Aug 03 '17

Sorry bud, I don't know that neck of the woods but space is at a premium that way and folk may be more precious about a man in the woods.

Do you have transport for further afield? North Wales too far?

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u/4dcatman Aug 03 '17

Possibly. Hopping on a train is possible

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u/Ulysses1978 Aug 05 '17

It's just that I found a perfect camp site one year near a village called Llanbedr. It's a lake/tarn up through a sessile oak valley near "The Roman Steps" an old drovers road that winds up and over into past a few decent peaks into the next. Your going to have no worries up there. Honour system camp site (nothing there so just charging for the field) but you would have no problem setting up in the ancient woods (too steep to fell) that line the stream that rolls down from Llyn Cwm Bychan.