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Benny Rothman, a key leader of the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout and tireless campaigner for greater access to the countryside, was honored yesterday with the unveiling of a new blue plaque on his former home in Cheshire…

Every few years there comes another anniversary of the Kinder Scout trespass, attended by walks, rallies, exhibitions, speeches and like festivity…

It was a day jam-packed with celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, an iconic event which captured the desire for better outdoor access…

In this previously-unheard interview,  Benny Rothman – leader of the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout – recounts the events leading up to the trespass in his own words…

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Trespass, the iconic act of defiance that provides an emotional core to much of the work of outdoor movement. The trespass was a pivotal moment in a movement that has given us National Parks, secured our ancient rights in Scotland and most recently the All Wales Coast Path…

With the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Kinder Scout mass trespass taking place this week, walk will be devoting our entire homepage to the occasion…

With the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass approaching, the Ramblers is calling for a ‘virtual mass trespass’ to highlight the many places that remain off limits to walkers and others…

S P B Mais: now there’s a name; broadcaster (‘Britain Calling’, ‘This Unknown Island’, and very much else), journalist, walker, and, above all, the writer of about 200 books, mainly about Britain and the landscape

In a previously-unseen interview with Benny Rothman, leader of the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout, Rothman regretted that the trespassers did not unite with the official ramblers’ federations…

Not surprisingly, the recollection of the mass trespass by John Watson, head gamekeeper and estate manager on James Watts’s Kinder estate, was quite different from that of the trespassers. He claimed it was an “over-publicised and grossly-exaggerated disturbance”