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The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Thirty-eight years before Kinder Scout, a group of Manchester walkers started marking, mapping and legally defending paths that landowners kept blocking. They're still doing it.

18 Aug 2026Read

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Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

Winnats Pass became a rallying point in the struggle for moorland access, most notably during the 1927 mass trespass and the annual access demonstrations that followed. By the late 1920s, these gatherings drew crowds of up to ten thousand—turning a narrow Derbyshire gorge into the symbolic heart of the rambling movement.

18 Aug 2026Read

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Benny Rothman and The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: When Walking on the Moors Became a Criminal Matter

On 24 April 1932, around four hundred ramblers walked onto forbidden moorland in a planned act of defiance. Six were arrested, and five received prison sentences—not for trespassing, but for public-order offences and assault. The harshness of the convictions turned the defendants into symbols and accelerated the campaign for open access.

18 Aug 2026Read

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Ethel Haythornthwaite and the Battle for Longshaw: When One Woman Helped Shape the National Parks

In 1924, Ethel Haythornthwaite founded the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Rural Scenery and led the successful public appeal to save the Longshaw Estate. Her work on landscape protection and open access helped lay the intellectual and political foundations for Britain's national parks and green belts.

18 Aug 2026Read

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G.H.B. Ward and the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers: When Socialism Meant Walking Together

Ward founded the Clarion Ramblers in 1900 with a simple idea: countryside access was a worker's right, not a landowner's gift. By 1932, they'd been arguing the point for thirty-two years.

02 Oct 2026Read

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The Duke of Devonshire's Grouse Moor Problem: When Keepering Meant Keeping People Out

Before 1932, gamekeepers were employed not just to manage grouse but to ensure ramblers didn't spoil the shooting. Some carried sticks; all carried the law on their side.

02 Oct 2026Read

Guide

The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Thirty-eight years before Kinder Scout, a group of Manchester walkers started marking, mapping and legally defending paths that landowners kept blocking. They're still doing it.

18 Aug 2026Read

Guide

Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

Winnats Pass became a rallying point in the struggle for moorland access, most notably during the 1927 mass trespass and the annual access demonstrations that followed. By the late 1920s, these gatherings drew crowds of up to ten thousand—turning a narrow Derbyshire gorge into the symbolic heart of the rambling movement.

18 Aug 2026Read

Guide

Benny Rothman and The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: When Walking on the Moors Became a Criminal Matter

On 24 April 1932, around four hundred ramblers walked onto forbidden moorland in a planned act of defiance. Six were arrested, and five received prison sentences—not for trespassing, but for public-order offences and assault. The harshness of the convictions turned the defendants into symbols and accelerated the campaign for open access.

18 Aug 2026Read

Guide

Ethel Haythornthwaite and the Battle for Longshaw: When One Woman Helped Shape the National Parks

In 1924, Ethel Haythornthwaite founded the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Rural Scenery and led the successful public appeal to save the Longshaw Estate. Her work on landscape protection and open access helped lay the intellectual and political foundations for Britain's national parks and green belts.

18 Aug 2026Read

Guide

G.H.B. Ward and the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers: When Socialism Meant Walking Together

Ward founded the Clarion Ramblers in 1900 with a simple idea: countryside access was a worker's right, not a landowner's gift. By 1932, they'd been arguing the point for thirty-two years.

02 Oct 2026Read

Guide

The Duke of Devonshire's Grouse Moor Problem: When Keepering Meant Keeping People Out

Before 1932, gamekeepers were employed not just to manage grouse but to ensure ramblers didn't spoil the shooting. Some carried sticks; all carried the law on their side.

02 Oct 2026Read

Guide

The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Thirty-eight years before Kinder Scout, a group of Manchester walkers started marking, mapping and legally defending paths that landowners kept blocking. They're still doing it.

18 Aug 2026Read

Guide

Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

Winnats Pass became a rallying point in the struggle for moorland access, most notably during the 1927 mass trespass and the annual access demonstrations that followed. By the late 1920s, these gatherings drew crowds of up to ten thousand—turning a narrow Derbyshire gorge into the symbolic heart of the rambling movement.

18 Aug 2026Read

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The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

Benny Rothman and The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: When Walking on the Moors Became a Criminal Matter

Ethel Haythornthwaite and the Battle for Longshaw: When One Woman Helped Shape the National Parks

G.H.B. Ward and the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers: When Socialism Meant Walking Together

The Duke of Devonshire's Grouse Moor Problem: When Keepering Meant Keeping People Out

The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

Benny Rothman and The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: When Walking on the Moors Became a Criminal Matter

Ethel Haythornthwaite and the Battle for Longshaw: When One Woman Helped Shape the National Parks

G.H.B. Ward and the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers: When Socialism Meant Walking Together

The Duke of Devonshire's Grouse Moor Problem: When Keepering Meant Keeping People Out

The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society: Fighting for Rights of Way Since 1894

Winnats Pass and the Fight for Access: When Ten Thousand Gathered on a Limestone Road

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