I've not seen it mentioned, so.

[Pudsey Bear]

Has anyone been fined or officially been moved on when wild camping?

 

[Boris7]

I feel there’s a reason why no one’s mentioned it

 

[alcam]

Has any been fined or officially been moved on when wild camping?

Not in 10 years travelling in van .
Suspect very few

 

[n brown]

quite often in spain and portugal ,usually by customs cops and a few times at gunpoint . got a ticket at tarifa ,but i think the locals had them printed ,didn't pay of course . got moved off a riverbed in provence ,but to be fair ,it had started raining. got moved at midnight off the lake at the bottom of the gorge du verdun . we were parked under a large ''camping sauvage interdit'' sign ,first i've ever seen ,but we [about 30 vans ] had been there for 2 weeks .

 

[campervanannie]

First time in over 40 years we were fishing 2 years back on Sheerness at Leysdown on sea there was about 20/vans and some council officials came and gave us all an official document telling us to leave by the end of the day and on the document that we were given a copy of stated that if we were caught overnighting again it would be a £1,000 fine.

 

[Pauljenny]

We used to come and go to the Cemetery at Alcoutim. Overlooking the Guardiana River, on the Spain/ Portuguese border.
Long before the Aires were set up. Lovely walk into to town where we regularly shopped and ate.
We'd go off, exploring, for a few days, coming back for a rest and refubish.
The Cemetery staff would join us for a beer and help us with learning the lingo.
They had a washroom with solar hot water and said that we we could use it , after they'd knocked off at lunchtime, having showered and didn't need any more hot water until noon, the next day. We did this over 2 winters.
One mid morning, 4 big French Vans rolled up the wives took all their laundry into the washroom, the husband's got the furniture out and set about putting clotheslines up...
A young cop came up on a motorcycle, Banging on their doors . Lots of chelping and grumbling.
The cop came up to us and said he was moving them on, following a complaint from the grave diggers.
He said "I'll have to ask you to go, too, but the gravediggers say you're ok.".
" Do please drive off , then come back after lunch.."
It was our private hide away until the internet arrived.
That was the only time in nearly 20 years of wildcamping.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

First time in over 40 years we were fishing 2 years back on Sheerness at Leysdown on sea there was about 20/vans and some council officials came and gave us all an official document telling us to leave by the end of the day and on the document that we were given a copy of stated that if we were caught overnighting again it would be a £1,000 fine.

I'm not sure they would be able to do that.

 

[campervanannie]

I'm not sure they would be able to do that.

They had the police with them and it’s the same document they dish out at Stonehenge every so often we were leaving that day so we just left early I think they do it every so often to clear out the long term Stayers.

 

[Dezi]

Not once in 30 years, but like Uriah Heap, I have got a grovelling smile, and a umble character

Dezi

 

[Glandwr]

About 8 yrs we were parked up near a French van with two women in it on a wide road overlooking the sea settling down for the night north of Porto when a couple of Portugese cops turned up. No English or French but they were agitated and making obvious "move on" gestures. After we stopped cooking, got the sat dish down and were just ready to start up they returned with reinforcements.

HE could speak English, we want you to move inland he said friendly enough. There is a big, big storm coming!!!!

 

[barryd]

Been moved on a couple of times In France but just asked nicely by the Rozzers

 

[st3v3]

I got a fine in a carpark that I quite obviously wasn't allowed to be.

Not really a surprise lol.

 

[trevskoda]

Been moved on a couple of times In France but just asked nicely by the Rozzers

If they handcuffed you then just play a few bars of unchained melody and you are free, may be a tad tricky mind you.

 

[caledonia]

Not parked anywhere daft enough or pi55 anybody off enough where we chose to park so no.

 

[izwozral]

Only moved on by others bad behaviour so avoiding an ugly confrontation.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Only moved on by others bad behaviour so avoiding an ugly confrontation.

You mean met by that face of yours that only a mother could love? xx

{runs and hides... }

 

[izwozral]

You mean met by that face of yours that only a mother could love? xx

{runs and hides... }

Kick a dog while he's down why don'tcha.
Even the wall I ran into was better looking than me.

 

[Dezi]

You mean met by that face of yours that only a mother could love? xx

{runs and hides... }

You talking about me big nose?

Dezi

 

[RSD7a]

I was parked up at Stanage Edge, Derbyshire and had a Peak District Park Ranger hammering on the door at 6am. Nearly died of fright. He just wanted to tell me it was ok to park up for the odd night but not to stay for a week ... Timing eh?

 

[rabW]

Never asked to move, but certainly blocked off now by big boulders or whatever on some great wee overnight spots.