Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England. It was traditionally held by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, but now people from all over the world take part. "The Guardian" newspaper called it a "world-famous event", with winners from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Nepal. The event is traditional and takes its name from the steep hill on which it occurs. Until recent years, it was managed in a quasi-official
Chosen Hill, Gloucestershire outliers of the Cotswold scarp. The Hill is encircled by four nature reserves, considered and managed as one reserve, by the Woodland Trust and also by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust under agreement with Severn Trent plc since 1990. The largest conifers were planted some 120 years ago. Recent planting dates from the 1940s. The large trees include Scots pine, Austrian pine and coast redwood. The more recent plantings include larch and pine. The ancient woodland area includes oak, ash, hazel and field maple. Also growing are hawthorn, blackthorn, crab apple, wild cherry and holly. Gorse and ash grow in the grassland.