--- title: what is the gloucestershire cheese roll? All the Details description: The annual event is filled with injuries to both humans and cheese canonical: https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-30T15:25:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:09.581Z og:title: Extreme Cheese Fans Roll Down Steep Hill for a Lot of Cheese og:description: The annual event is filled with injuries to both humans and cheese og:url: https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3745566b32733b23/698931d1e76ad20b1563223b/gettyimages-493905125.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Extreme Cheese Fans Roll Down Steep Hill for a Lot of Cheese twitter:description: The annual event is filled with injuries to both humans and cheese twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3745566b32733b23/698931d1e76ad20b1563223b/gettyimages-493905125.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Video Shows Extreme Cheese Fans Rolling Down a Dangerous Hill for a Lot of Cheese by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 30, 2018 3:25 PM CUT  Ryan Fairley from England celebrates after winning a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014\. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Ryan Fairley from England celebrates after winning a race down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual cheese rolling and wake near the village of Brockworth near Gloucester in western England on May 26, 2014\. With a disputed history dating back to at least the 1800s, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling involves hordes of fearless competitors chasing an eight pound Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hill. The slope has a gradient in places of 1-in-2 and in others 1-in-1, its surface is very rough and uneven and it is almost impossible to remain on foot for the descent. The winner of the race down the hill wins the cheese.AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)JUSTIN TALLIS—AFP/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 30, 2018 3:25 PM CUT When one thinks of dangerous sports things like mixed martial arts, street luging, and BASE jumping come to mind. Go ahead and add [cheese](http://time.com/money/5235430/10-best-grilled-cheese-sandwich/ "undefined") rolling to the list. The annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll competition in Brockworth, England, involves stalwart athletes chasing eight-pound rounds of [double Gloucester cheese](https://www.cheese.com/double-gloucester/ "undefined") down a ridiculously steep hill. It sounds quaint, however it’s anything but with cheese-chasers often seriously injuring themselves in the process. This year’s reigning champion was locally-raised [cheese](http://time.com/4619162/cheese-health-food-cholesterol/ "undefined")\-chasing hero Chris Anderson, a soldier by trade, who ran down the steep hill, tearing his left calf, as he chased his wheel of cheese as it topped out at speeds of 70 mph, [according to the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-44279874 "undefined"). His fiercest competition came from an Australian man called “Mangoes” who wore only a “budgie smuggler” (a Speedo-like swimsuit) and boots and called the race “the most exhilarating thing you can do.” Anderson managed to eke out a victory, though, breaking the all-time record for the most cheeses won in Gloucestershire’s death-defying races. Anderson has now won 22 cheesy victories in the last 14 years. His prize? The Gloucester [cheese](http://time.com/22011/europes-war-on-american-cheese/ "undefined") he chased so valiantly. It’s a bittersweet victory for the champ, because reportedly, he only likes cheddar. > [](https://twitter.com/louisa%5Fbaldwin/status/1001065955114536960) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/"},"headline":"Video Shows Extreme Cheese Fans Rolling Down a Dangerous Hill for a Lot of Cheese","datePublished":"2018-05-30T15:25:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:09.581Z","description":"Risking life and limb for cheese","url":"https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3745566b32733b23/698931d1e76ad20b1563223b/gettyimages-493905125.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3745566b32733b23/698931d1e76ad20b1563223b/gettyimages-493905125.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-TRADITION-CHEESE-ROLLING","caption":"Gloucester Cheese Rolling Competitoin","creditText":"JUSTIN TALLIS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5294136/gloucestershire-cheese-roll-2018/","name":"Video Shows Extreme Cheese Fans Rolling Down a Dangerous Hill for a Lot of Cheese"}}]}] ```