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
Coopers School House which stood on the site. The house is still standing, and has recently been refurbished to become the school's sixth form centre. In 1969 later the school accepted its first intake of 37 boys. In 1981 the school became an all-ability comprehensive school. The school became a specialist Technology College in 2002, and was renamed Coopers Technology College. In February 2012 the school converted to an academy. It subsequently renamed itself Coopers School. The school won a national award for ICT in 2006, for using computers to improve the way in which it is run. The school's website allows