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Wild camping in Jersey: is it legal? (2026)

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Jersey has the vehicle rule crystal clear and the tent rule unwritten. A visiting motorhome or caravan may be used as accommodation only at a designated, registered campsite, for no more than 31 days — and parking on private land with consent is expressly a different thing from overnighting there. On tents, the 2023 Order says nothing.

Checked July 2026

This is not legal advice: it's what the official sources say, checked by hand, plus what I lived myself. Verify before you bet the fine on it.

Van and motorhome

allowed with conditions

Jersey: 31 days and a registered campsite

The island's rule for anyone arriving with a vehicle: a visiting motorhome may be used as overnight accommodation only while stationed at a designated campsite registered under the Tourism Law, and the visiting-caravan route runs for no more than 31 days.

  • Parking on private land with consent and overnighting on private land are expressly different things: the latter stays restricted to a designated campsite.

Sources

Planning and Building (Caravans) (Jersey) Order 2023, article 4 — Jersey Legal Information Board · Travelling to Jersey with caravans or motorhomes — Government of Jersey

Checked July 2026

Forest and ordinary ground

unconfirmed

The tent, unanswered — Jersey

A gap we declare as one: the 2023 Order is limited to caravans and doesn't classify tent camping, and the public-parks regulations we opened supply no island-wide rule either. A positive registered-campsite framework and a caravan restriction don't establish what happens with a tent.

Sources

Planning and Building (Caravans) (Jersey) Order 2023, interpretation and article 4 — Jersey Legal Information Board

Checked July 2026

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