The spirit of Kinder: what the ‘right to roam’ means today
Aug 14, 2020
3 minutes
by Faraz Shibli
TODAY WE CAN ENJOY extensive legal freedom to enjoy the British countryside - but it wasn't always this way.
Let's take a quick history lesson. In the nineteenth century, hillwalking began to grow in popularity. But this led to tension between the traditional view of the countryside as the home of agriculture and aristocratic sports with an emerging view of the outdoors as a place for public recreation. Conflict arose when landowners blocked access to their land – and so began the drawn-out struggle
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