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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Swimmers poised for biggest mass trespass so far at Kinder reservoir

Kinder reservoir in Derbyshire, below Kinder Scout, the scene of a mass trespass  in 1932.
Kinder reservoir in Derbyshire, below Kinder Scout, the scene of a mass trespass in 1932. Photograph: Steve Taylor ARPS/Alamy

Up to 1,000 swimmers are expected to head to Kinder reservoir in Derbyshire on Sunday in the biggest trespass of the water to date. The turnout will mark the anniversary of a mass trespass that helped establish the principle of the right to roam in the UK.

The swim trespass of Kinder reservoir, situated below Kinder Scout where the 1932 protest took place, has become an annual event and is growing rapidly with the boom in wild swimming.

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