29 July 2024, 08:27 | Updated: 29 July 2024, 09:39
A huge brawl broke out at a popular beauty spot in the Peak District over the weekend with visitors attacking each other with large sticks and branches.
The fight broke out at the famous Dovedale Stepping Stones in the Derbyshire national park on Saturday afternoon.
Footage from the incident has been circulated on social media.
In the videos, people can be seen hitting each other with large sticks as others watch on and try to break it up.
Derbyshire Police and the National Trust have been approached for comment.
Good Morning @YvetteCooperMP it appears people are brawling and smacking each other with large tree branches at Dovedale Stepping Stones in the Peak District. Should families avoid the area? Best put some signs up saying please do not behave that way, as it’s not normal. pic.twitter.com/dJjHCdS6MR
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A 25-year-old man told the MailOnline: “We were at the Stepping Stones and there was a bloke trying to cross it.
“There was one guy with a pushchair wanting to come across and all of a sudden it all kicked off.
“They were shouting at each other for a while before they started fighting and then they began picking up sticks.
“There were families there and children watching on.”
Dovedale Stepping Stones are located at the base of Thorpe Cloud, a peak in the national park.
The stepping stones form the county boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
The National Trust acquired the stones in 1934 and they became part of a a National Nature Reserve in 2006.