u/Albertjweasel

As promised, a full guide explaining the legal position of wild camping throughout the UK, compiled with the assistance of specialist lawyers.

I live in a town in the north of England and was surprised to read on my GPs website that we are apparently a rural community. It's a town of about 14,000 surrounded by villages, the A1 runs through our town and we have a train station connecting us to the capital of Scotland and London. We can get to 2 different cities in about 40 minutes on a train and 60 minutes by car, with plenty of other towns in between. I would have considered the Scottish highlands to be rural, not a northern English town. It feels like an excuse from the GP website, them saying 'sorry don't expect good care, we are too far away from any other civilisation'.