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The Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake is an annual event held in May at Cooper's Hill, , near Cheltenham and Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people of Brockworth - the local village, but now people from over the world take part. The event takes its name from the hill it occurs on. From the top of the hill a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled, and competitors race down the hill after it. The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. In theory, competitors are aiming to catch the cheese, but since it has a one second head start and can reach speeds up to 70 mph (enough to knock over and injure a spectator as it did in 1997), this rarely occurs.

Accurate information is hard to come by, but the tradition is at least 200 years old. Suggestions have been made that the event may either date back to Roman times or have been a pagan healing ritual, but there is no evidence for this.

"The Cheese Rollers" is also the name of the nearby pub in Shurdington, about 3 miles from Cooper's Hill, but the nearest are The Cross Hands and The Victoria (both of which are in Brockworth). Competitors will frequent these venues for some pre-event Dutch courage or discussion of tactics, and after the event for some convalescence.

Cooper's Hill is also known as a stop on the Cotswold Way.

The next event will start at midday on 26 May 2008.

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May 26, 2009: It’s a bizarre and utterly English idea – throwing yourself down a hill in hot pursuit of a piece of cheese but the annual Gloucestershire 'Cheese Rolling and Wake'. Today daring ...
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Highlights from this year's Cheese Rolling Festival in the Gloucestershire village of Brockworth.
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England's Bank Holiday Cheese Rolling competition is an annual event, in which people chase a nine-pound wheel of cheese down a steep hill. The wacky event dates back to 1836. (May 30)
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The Cheese Rolling competition in Gloucester is one of the most spectacular and hazardous of rural English customs.
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Billed as one of the most spectacular and hazardous of rural English customs, the 2006 Cheese Rolling Championships made a painful return to Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire.
3 years ago
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The cheese rolling competition is back this year and the stumbles and bumbles are better than ever! We slowed it down a bit in parts to show you the real pain.
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