[4] There was also a massive increase in sports clubs led by Marxist political activists,[6] who opposed the private ownership of large areas of countryside.

[note 1] According to the Hayfield Kinder Trespass Group website, this act of civil disobedience was one of the most successful in British history.

"[11] The Kinder mass trespass was one of a number of protests at the time seeking greater access to the moorlands of the northern Peak District.

The harshness of the sentences imposed on the leaders of the protest was headline news in local and national newspapers, resulting in the issue gaining public attention and sympathy.

[12] An unintended consequence of the mass trespass was greater interest being paid to ramblers' behaviour and potential ways to regulate it.

In 2011, historian David Hey questioned the narrative of the Kinder Scout trespass as "a simple explanation of the triumph of the 'right to roam' movement".

[14] In 1989, walkers' rights activist Tom Stephenson challenged the assertion that the trespassers had reached the summit of Kinder Scout, saying they made it only as far as Ashop Head.

[7] The events form the subject of the song "You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932)" on Chumbawamba's 2005 album A Singsong and a Scrap and inspiration for "Walking in the Footsteps of Giants" by northern folk band Harp and a Monkey.

[17] A commemorative plaque marks the start of the trespass at Bowden Bridge quarry near Hayfield, now a popular area for ramblers.