Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
![A view down Cooper's Hill, from the start point of the race to the finish.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/A_view_down_Cooper%27s_Hill.jpg)
The '''Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake''' is an annual event held on the
Spring Bank Holiday at
Cooper's Hill, at
Brockworth near
Gloucester, England. Participants race down the long hill chasing a wheel of
Double Gloucester cheese. It is uncertain when the tradition first began, and is possibly much older than its earliest known written attestation in 1826. The event has a long tradition, held by the people of the village, but now people from all over the world take part. ''
The Guardian'' called it a "world-famous event", with winners coming from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.
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