Cheese Rolling
Annual Gloucestershire race — chase a 4 kg wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a near-vertical hill.
🌤outdoor
What is Cheese Rolling?
Cheese rolling is an annual folk sports event held on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, England. Competitors chase a 4 kg wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a near-vertical grassy hillside. The cheese has been clocked at over 110 km/h; catching it is impossible so the first person over the finish line wins the wheel — after a lot of spectacular tumbling.
Quick facts
Category
Traditional & Cultural Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1–30
Where played
outdoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
1826 first written record; Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire, England
Olympic
No
Popularity
niche
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified