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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Barkham

Protesters to hold mass trespass of Cirencester Park over charging plans

Cirencester Park on the Bathurst Estate
Cirencester Park on the Bathurst Estate. Pedestrians, joggers and cyclists will have to pay £4 to enter the park, with annual passes costing £30. Photograph: Shaun A Daley/Alamy

Hundreds of people are expected at a mass trespass of Cirencester Park in protest against the introduction of charges and electronic gates for pedestrians and joggers.

Local people are fighting the charges, the first in 329 years since the landscaped parkland, part of the 6,300-hectare (15,500-acre) Bathurst Estate, was established beside the Cotswolds town.

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