When we are met with abuse and cat-calls that “protesting never gets you anywhere”, replying “remember the mass trespass” is a helpful rejoinder. How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land and How to Take It Back, which will be published on 2 May, has found that ‘half of England is owned by less than one per cent of the population. Delve deeper into the history of Kinder Scout on your Peak District walking holiday. In Rothman’s day, access to the countryside was often difficult for working class and poorer people – on 24 April 1932, Rothman and many of his mates travelled out from Manchester on their bicycles. Finally, it should never be forgotten that the mass trespass was, as one Red Pepper commentator put it succinctly, “spectacularly effective".Â. Female walker on the Kinder Scout mass trespass route against Kinder plateau and Kinder Reservoir. This month it is 80 years since the famous Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout. It was undertaken at Kinder Scout , in the Peak District of Derbyshire , England, on 24 April 1932, to highlight the fact that walkers in England and Wales were denied access to areas of open country. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All continue to bite. Take care when walking near to steep sections and the gritstone edges. Turn right through the gate. The tweet read: “Very proud of this part of our history and the role Sheffield Labour played in it. | | pin. Share. Continue upwards to Ashop Head where the Pennine Way joins the path and turn right. © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey, Dogs must be on a lead at all times from early March to end July, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kinder-edale-and-the-dark-peak/. for access to areas of open country in England and Wales. Dogs must be on a lead at all times from early March to end July. “Our request, or demand, for access to all peaks and uncultivated moorland is nothing unreasonable.”. However, public reaction to their harsh treatment led to the 1939 Kinder Scout and the legend of the Mass Trespass – David Hey Like all historical events, the truth of the event and the myth are at odds. They were constructed after the valley was flooded to create Kinder Reservoir. Pass Booth Bridge and sheep wash. ', poorer people are finding themselves ‘increasingly estranged’ from our national parks, Benny Rothman – a fighter for the right to roam, workers’ rights and socialism, Manchester Greenpeace 87th anniversary walk, Uber drivers are workers – and now things must change. Marvel at the spectacular rock buttresses and cascading water of the Kinder Downfall. The official ‘Spirit of Kinder Day’ event will start three hours later at 2:00pm in The Winnats Pass in nearby Castleton. He was explaining what he thinks motivated the young and left-wing working class activists, mostly from Manchester and some from Sheffield, who joined in and kicked off what has been called ‘the most successful direct action in British history’, the 1932 mass trespass of Kinder Scout in Derbyshire. close. Female walker on the Kinder Scout mass trespass route against Kinder plateau and Kinder Reservoir. Within weeks, their numbers had surged to more than 12,000 protestors in response to the outrage and national publicity resulting from these shameful arrests. National parks simply did not exist. Leave the car behind on this exhilarating walk that starts from Edale station and takes you high up on the windswept Kinder plateau. In April 1932, Benny Rothman and around 400 others set out to trespass on Kinder Scout, a protest against the way the general public were denied access to the UK countryside. Bowden Bridge, Peak District National Park car park, east of Hayfield. Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kinder-edale-and-the-dark-peak/. But Metcalf’s book also goes on to highlight other political campaigning Rothman carried out later in the 1930s such as organising Manchester-area young people, including from the Jewish community in which he was raised, to physically challenge Oswald Mosley and other British fascists when they tried to hold meetings. 165 Kinder Road, SK22 2 High Peak, UK. ), Yet, due to the reputation of the 1932 mass trespass, some try to use it to cover up their own repressive actions. Kinder Scout is also the location of an important piece of Peak District, and English, history. ', Guy Shrubsole, the book’s author, writes that “most people remain unaware of quite how much land is owned by so few… A few thousand dukes, baronets and country squires own far more land than all of middle England put together.”, “Land ownership in England is astonishingly unequal, heavily concentrated in the hands of a tiny elite,” Shrubsole continued. Following this trail on mobile or tablet? In 2016, Unite the Union published Mark Metcalf’s book, Benny Rothman – a fighter for the right to roam, workers’ rights and socialism. The Kinder Mass Trespass is widely credited with being the catalyst for legislation which, in 1949, led to the formation of our national parks. The walk starts at Bowden Bridge the rallying point for the trespassers. Racked with what he called “outrage”, Blunkett wrote that “these anarchists seem to think they own the issue of climate change” and said he had learned as Home Secretary between 2001 and 2004 that “that you had to be tough” when dealing with “anti-social protests.” Not exactly ‘The Spirit of Kinder’. They feed on new heather shoots high up on the moors. Share your experience. For example, last year at the height of the Sheffield tree crisis when a number of tree campaigners protecting healthy trees were being arrested under anti-trade union legislation, they were not pleased to read a tweet about the mass trespass from a member of the cabinet of Sheffield City Council. The 1932 protest saw hundreds … It also provided the impetus to form some long distance footpaths including the Pennine Way. The protest gave the area a place in the history in the campaign for National Parks. Kinder Scout holds a place in many hearts .  Â. Speakers include the director general of the National Trust, a number of former and current Labour Party politicians, including Lord Blunkett, and former Pulp frontman and BBC Radio 2 presenter Jarvis Cocker. The memory of Kinder Scout endures, and this Saturday morning (27 April), Manchester Greenpeace will be celebrating the 87th anniversary of the 1932 Kinder Scout mass trespass with a relatively short hike that will begin at the same location. Paths are generally good, but can be rough in places, with some moderately challenging ascent and descent. During the mass trespass the ramblers left the path which was originally higher up the slope and became embroiled in scuffles with gamekeepers and water bailiffs. It continues for 1.5 kilometres on a moderate incline. They chose to notify the local press in advance, and as a result, Derbyshire Constabulary turned out in force. But decades later there is still a distance to walk in the battle against landlordism and enclosure. Further changes to access laws came as a result of the Countryside Rights of Way Act (CROW Act) in 2000. Fight for your right to roam! In fact, he and the Duchess are wealthier than the Queen. Hence the even greater value in remembering, maintaining and, more importantly, acting upon the radical spirit of the mass trespass. About sharing. I On the 24th April, 1932, around 500 walkers, mostly from Manchester, carried out a wilful mass trespass on land on Kinder Scout, a summit in the English Peak District. image caption Ramblers at Kinder Scout mass trespass. Continue along the Pennine Way to Kinder Low trig point, rising to over 2,000ft (630m). The event was organised by the Manchester branch of the British Workers Sports Federation. A smaller group of ramblers from Sheffield set off from Edale and met up with the main party on the Kinder edge path. In 1932 most of the trespassers arrived on the train but the main protagonists camped in Rowarth, north west of Hayfield, and cycled to avoid the Police who intended to intercept them. How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land and How to Take It Back, half of England is owned by less than one per cent of the population. It sets out the context and provides one of the best accounts of the mass trespass by local expert Roly Smith. All of this in an era when there is growing outrage and an increased fight-back over climate warming that is caused, in large measure, by fossil fuels. The Kinder Scout Plateau viewed from Snake path, close to Kinder reservoir. Curious gritstone outcrops can be found on the southern edge of the Kinder plateau. Class was also a factor. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Informative and inspiring. Bowden Bridge. Meanwhile, the mental health benefits of being able to get out and about in the countryside and to “commune with nature” are as real today as they were in Rothman’s time. Some folk were even imprisoned as a result of this trespass, but most of the Peak District was privately owned and crossing the lush green peaks was strictly forbidden. Kinder Scout is known as ‘The Mass Trespass Walk’ – In 1932 around 500 walkers, from around the UK trespassed en masse and walked from Hayfield to Kinder Scout to secure access right to open country for all to enjoy forever. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Traffic-free route from New Mills to Hayfield. A gortex clad posse from the Ramblers association will meet to commemorate the event, but ramblers weren't always so respectable and the campaign to open up the hills used to be about working class struggle rather than middle class leisure. On Sunday 24 April 1932, Benny Rothman and 400 young men and women set out to trespass on Kinder Scout, a protest against the way the general public were denied access to the UK countryside. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In 2015, there were – amazingly! This area was badly damaged by fire in 2003; peat moorland is a high fire risk after long spells of dry weather. In the White Peak the woods are under severe threat from ash dieback, while in the High Peak we need to plant more trees to reverse the decline of upland clough woodlands in the valleys that reach up towards the moors. And we find when we go out that the finest rambling country is closed to us. The Kinder Scout trespass was one of the most audacious and important direct actions in British labour history. This iconic moorland was the site of the 1932 Mass Trespass, when local residents staged a peaceful protest against plans to restrict access to the region. – parliamentary discussions held that considered allowing fracking within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park. Like most of the moorlands, although previously common land , Kinder was now private property reserved for the shooting classes only. Broadcaster Stuart Maconie made the comment at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Mass Trespass. Scuffles with game keepers at Sandy Heys led to a number of arrests, with five of the walkers being subsequently imprisoned. The mass trespass of Kinder Scout, also called the Kinder mass trespass, was an act of wilful trespass by ramblers and members of the Young Communist League. Continue downhill towards Hayfield. Copy link. At the time of the Trespass in 1932, calls for a … The film’s story of the Kinder Scout mass trespass is intertwined with interviews with current-day environmental campaigners and other resisters. Â. Although fracking within the national park boundaries now seems unlikely to occur, possible fracking around the borders of the park and expanding shale gas extraction at many other sites in our legendary “green and pleasant land” remain a threat. For many years Kinder Scout was the scene of bitter conflict over public access to moorland. “The keepers offered little or no resistance and we just walked past them,” Rothman said later, and the young and determined hikers did reach the summit of the “forbidden territory of Kinder,” again in Rothman’s words. The secret to victory? Follow a bridleway up hill at White Brow alongside the reservoir until you reach the Snake Path at the foot of William Clough. Stay at the foot of the iconic Kinder Scout plateau in this rustic bunkhouse and retrace the footsteps of the trespassers along the historic route that others fought so hard for. Carry on along the ridge to Sandy Heys. clock. He added proudly that his own grandfather was one of the more than 400 peaceful trespassers onto an area that today is part of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire.   Â. It was members of the Young Communist League who organised the pivotal mass trespass on Kinder Scout in 1932. They had the same spirit of resistance," said Greenpeace activist Martin Porter. In May 2018, a 13-minute documentary was released called Mass Trespass; the video includes a brief dramatisation of the 1932 trial in Derby. Affordable and frequent rail travel is not always available and normally requires some onward travel, such as a local bus service, many of which have suffered severe cutbacks due to austerity measures brought in since 2010. 23rd April 2012: Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Whatever you want from a walk, we've got something special just for you. The route can become muddy after wet weather. Below and to your right are Cluther Rocks, where roadside millstones used to be quarried. In 1932, 600 ordinary men and women took to the moorland of Kinder Scout to protest about restrictions on walking in the countryside. Get the best news and features straight to your inbox every month, For more information about the Green Party, including how to become a member, visit www.greenparty.org.uk, Celebrating the 1932 Kinder Scout mass trespass, Who Owns England? Take the current Duke of Devonshire, 74, who is the seventh richest person in the UK. Hide Map. Continue to the flag path, following the route to the left, to Edale Road. Let’s be up front: the progressive movement today often has some pretty dark and depressing moments. So walk in the footsteps of the trespassers and enjoy what others fought so hard for. Continue to the flag path, following the route to the left, to Edale Road. And although they did not convince a jury composed of the upstanding Derbyshire county establishment of their innocence, they did set in train a protest and lobbying movement that led in 1951 to the creation of the Peak District National Park, Britain’s first. The Mass Trespass The mass trespass onto Kinder Scout started from Bowden Bridge on 24th April 1932, with 400 walkers heading up William Clough. Nearest stations are Glossop and New Mill and Chinley. Five men from Manchester, including the lead… There's a commemorative plaque here on the quarry wall. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kinder Scout Mass Trespass's 80th anniversary marked. The mass trespass of Kinder Scout, also called the Kinder mass trespass, was an act of wilful trespass by ramblers and members of the Young Communist League. 24 April 2012. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. What makes it so special to so many people? In recent years, interest in the mass trespass and Rothman’s story has stepped up a notch. His column last week in The Daily Mail on Extinction Rebellion was headlined: “Why hasn’t the full force of the law been used against these eco anarchists who fill me with contempt?”. At his trial later in 1932, Rothman was clear about the stakes for working people: “We ramblers after a hard week’s work, and life in smoky towns and cities, go out rambling on weekends for relaxation, for a breath of fresh air, and for a little sunshine. Rothman, a member of the Young Communist League, and five mates were arrested. At Longshaw we're creating a new native tree nursery where saplings will be grown from seeds to create the next generation of trees for the Peak District. Carry on towards Booth Bridge. On sunny days a series of colourful rainbows arch over the rocks. Four or five hundred ramblers, mostly from Manchester, trespassed in mass on Kinder Scout to-day. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Carry on browsing if you're happy with this, or find out how to manage cookies. What, in the heart of the 1930s’ Depression, brought forth the mass trespassers? The 1932 trespassers would have walked on the road, but we can now use paths either side of the river. In 1932, five men were jailed for their part in the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, when about 500 men and women took to the hills in defiance of … Â. In July and August the landscape is colourful with flowering heather. The efforts of Rothman, then aged only 20, the five other young men who were also arrested – four of them went to prison with Rothman as a result – and the other 400 young trespassers, mostly socialists and communists, who had travelled out from nearby cities on that spring day, sparked the start of a campaign to open Britain’s countryside to the public. "They were acting in a similar spirit to Extinction Rebellion, Occupy, anti-fracking activists and trade union militants of our own time. Because certain individuals wish to shoot for about ten days per annum, we are forced to walk on muddy crowded paths, and denied the pleasure of enjoying to the utmost the countryside. Rejoin the metalled road at Ashes Farm and continue to Bowden Bridge car park. On Sunday 24 April 1932, Benny Rothman and 400 young men and women set out to trespass on Kinder Scout, a protest against the way the general public were denied access to the UK countryside. 23rd April 2012: Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For many Kinder Scout is very much the spiritual home of walking. Look for signs of iron smelting underfoot. Lest we never forget Benny Rothman and the mass trespassers... because of their passion and bravery we have our freedom to roam. (See the end of this article for details.) But it was unreasonable to the local gentry, their gamekeepers, and very well-off landowners such as the grandfather of the current Duke of Devonshire, who employed the keepers and who suggested that the mass trespass was “shaming” for his family. There they clashed with gamekeepers sent by local landowners to keep people off their land. Parking Garage / … Hayfield, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, Bowden Bridge car park, grid ref: SK048869. Inspiration 4 future! Alternatively, take the route skirting along the reservoir enclosure wall to the bridge where there's an information panel. Leave the moorland and walk on a path through fields to the tarmac road at Coldwell Clough. Â. Walking Route Details. Edale Road is an old packhorse route. The mass trespass increased public rights to access the countryside and many argue it led to the National Parks legislation in 1949. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. Kinder Downfall is often shrouded in mists, as the wind blows the tumbling water into the air. Regular buses to Hayfield from Stockport via Marple and New Mills, Glossop and Chapel-en-le-Frith. Woods for the future - what we are doing: Kinder moorland walk - a glimpse into the future. Fracking is one. Long may they continue to inspire us.” (Full disclosure: I am the producer of Mass Trespass. This area was considered private land, held under the tight grip of the wealthy aristocracy, and these people were protesting the lack of public access to the British countryside. The Mass Trespass from Manchester in 1932 is now credited by every journalist and even by some historians as the turning point in the battle for ‘the right to roam’ over forbidden lands. Kinder Trespass - The Kinder Mass Trespass of 1932 2007 marked the 75th anniversary of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Derbyshire Peak District. “If my father was still alive today, I'm sure he would be very involved in the anti-fracking movement; in fact he’d probably be at the head of any marches that were organised," Benny’s son Harry Rothman told me a few years ago when I was doing research for a film – Benny Rothman died, aged 90, in 2002. The Mass Trespass of Kinder Scout was one of the most inspirational moments in the history of the rambling movement, inspiring walkers and … The Kinder Mass Trespass was a hugely significant event in the history of the Peak District eventually led to the creation of all the National Parks we still enjoy today. The 1932 mass trespass onto Kinder Scout is an event that has immense significance in the history of working class struggle, and continues to resonate through campaigns such as those by the Occupy movement today. Demagogues like Trump and Farage have large followings. Find hundreds of places to explore on foot on our walking map and lots more walking ideas. Carry on, keeping the stream on your left. Share page. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Published. "They believed the existing rambling groups in the local area were not acting fast enough, that they were too connected to the establishment," Porter, who lives in nearby Glossop, told Green World last week. Edale Cross marks the summit of the road. In April 1932 over 400 people participated in a mass trespass onto Kinder Scout, a bleak moorland plateau, the highest terrain in the Peak District. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Access to our national parks is still difficult for many. Kinder Scout was the scene of the famous 1932 organised mass trespass, where ramblers wilfully trespassed onto Kinder Scout to fight (some literally!) Turn right … “, And we also can be certain that Benny Rothman – if he were alive – would not find it inspirational to learn who has been chosen as a featured speaker for Saturday afternoon’s ‘Spirit of Kinder’ event: Lord David Blunkett of Sheffield. The walk would go down in history as the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass of 1932 (named after the moorland plateau), and would later be seen as a seminal moment in the struggle for public access to private land. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Manchester Greenpeace 87th anniversary walk starts at 11:00am on 27 April in the Derbyshire village of Hayfield where the 1932 mass trespass also began. In 1932 around 500 walkers, mostly from Manchester, trespassed en masse and walked from Hayfield to Kinder Scout to secure access right to open country for all to enjoy forever.
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