The mass trespass is intended to highlight the lack of 'right to roam' provisions in England ahead of the next general election
The mass trespass is intended to highlight the lack of 'right to roam' provisions in England ahead of the next general electionCampaigners have descended on a Gloucestershire park as part of a mass trespass contesting the pay walling of England’s green landscapes.
“After over 300 years of Cirencester Park being open to the public for free,” Bathurst Estate has turned the space into a “commercial venture”, Lewis Winks, a campaigner for Right to Roam told“The public has already paid, the exchequer has paid, taxpayers have paid, and the slaves that were sold to fund the purchase of the estate paid an awful price for the park. It’s been paid for many times over,” Dr Winks stressed.
“On one level there are running costs for land and land management,” Dr Winks admitted. “I think if you’re struggling to manage a space that’s been freely open to the public for three centuries then there’s surely a better way to run it than as a commercial venture.”Previously, the Bathurst Estate argued that the new pass system will help pay for conservation works, as well as making sure walking routes are “well maintained and visitor areas are clean, interesting and enjoyable”.
Dr Winks said the campaign wanted to “encourage politicians to engage with some of the nuances of what it would mean to open up access to the countryside.”
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