Kinder Scout mass trespass

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The Kinder Scout mass trespass was a landmark 1932 protest in England in which ramblers deliberately walked on private land to demand public access to the countryside, helping pave the way for national parks and expanded rights of way.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
mass trespass ⓘ
protest ⓘ
associatedWith Derbyshire ⓘ
Hayfield ⓘ
cause exclusion of the public from grouse moors ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual walks on Kinder Scout ⓘ
memorial plaques in the Peak District ⓘ
country England ⓘ
date 24 April 1932 ⓘ
enduringLegacy symbol of the fight for public access to the countryside in Britain ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark event in the struggle for countryside access in Britain ⓘ
influenced access legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
creation of national parks in England and Wales ⓘ
development of public rights of way ⓘ
legalOutcome several participants received prison sentences ⓘ
location Kinder Scout ⓘ
longTermImpact helped pave the way for the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 ⓘ
mainParticipants ramblers ⓘ
working-class walkers ⓘ
mediaCoverage national press in the United Kingdom ⓘ
movement access to the countryside movement ⓘ
ramblers’ rights movement ⓘ
notableArrestee Benny Rothman ⓘ
numberOfArrests 6 ⓘ
opposedBy gamekeepers ⓘ
landowners ⓘ
police ⓘ
opposedInterest grouse shooting interests ⓘ
organizedBy Benny Rothman ⓘ
Young Communist League members ⓘ
partOf history of the British labour movement ⓘ
purpose campaign for walkers’ rights ⓘ
demand public access to private land ⓘ
protest against restrictions on moorland access ⓘ
region Peak District ⓘ
relatedConcept open access land ⓘ
public rights of way in England and Wales ⓘ
right to roam ⓘ
relatedOrganization Ramblers’ Association ⓘ
result imprisonment of several protesters ⓘ
increased public awareness of access issues ⓘ
startingPoint Hayfield, Derbyshire ⓘ
terrain moorland ⓘ
year 1932 ⓘ

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Kinder Scout → eventLocation → Kinder Scout mass trespass ⓘ
Hayfield, Derbyshire → hasHistoricalSignificance → 1932 mass trespass of Kinder Scout ⓘ
linked to: Kinder Scout mass trespass
Benny Rothman → knownFor → Kinder Scout mass trespass ⓘ
Benny Rothman → participantIn → Kinder Scout mass trespass ⓘ
Benny Rothman → causeOfArrest → Kinder Scout mass trespass ⓘ
Benny Rothman → causeOfImprisonment → Kinder Scout mass trespass ⓘ