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Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake

The official Cheese-Rolling media page states that Cheese-Rolling at Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester is held annually on Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

Date / ruleSpring Bank Holiday Monday
ScopeGloucestershire, England / Cooper’s Hill event
VerificationEvent Organizer Recurring Rule Verified
PortabilityRule Based Annual
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyCalculate Rule
Authority summary

What is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake?

The official Cheese-Rolling media page states that Cheese-Rolling at Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester is held annually on Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

Date and recurrence

Spring Bank Holiday Monday

This observance follows a reusable calendar rule rather than one fixed Gregorian date. The actual date can move from year to year. Rule: UK Spring Bank Holiday Monday

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Gloucestershire, England / Cooper’s Hill event. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Cheese Rolling Gloucester

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling — Media & PressEvent Organizer
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake?

Spring Bank Holiday Monday The stored recurrence guidance is: UK Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

Does Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake fall on the same date every year?

It follows a recurring calendar rule, so the Gregorian date can change from year to year.

Is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Gloucestershire, England / Cooper’s Hill event. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake?

The stored designation basis is: The official Cheese-Rolling media page states that Cheese-Rolling at Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester is held annually on Spring Bank Holiday Monday.. Supporting provenance includes Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling — Media & Press. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Gloucestershire, England / Cooper’s Hill event. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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