the boundary of Hucclecote. The airfield has now been redeveloped as the modern Gloucester Business Park, with additional housing developments continuing to grow around it. Cooper's Hill Cooper's Hill () is a local landmark within the parish of Brockworth, and is known in Britain and beyond for its annual cheese rolling contest. A large round cheese is rolled down the steep slope of the hill and chased by a group of "runners", who in fact spend most of their brief descent to the bottom of the hill falling and tumbling. Two hundred years ago this was part of a larger mid-summer festival with other activities and competitions, but the event is now confined to the cheese-rolling and is held in May during the Spring Bank-holiday Monday. It is usually said to have originated as a pagan festival celebrating the arrival of summer, fertility, or both. The contest was the subject of the BBC One programme The Great Cheese Chase broadcast in 2018. The Witcombe Festival was originally held at the bottom of Coopers Hill but since 2018 has been in Brockworth Road. See also Coopers Edge References Sources Gloster Javelin pictures and story Cooper's Hill Annual Cheese Rolling and Wake BBC coverage of the 2004 Cheese Rolling event Injuries suffered at 2004 annual Cheese Rolling. Video of the 2014 Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill More about Frank Whittle Royal Air Force History of the Gloster E28/39/Meteor Hucclecote Parish where the E28/39 aircraft, with a jet engine designed by Sir Frank Whittle, became airborne in taxiing runs for the first time. Villages in Gloucestershire Borough of Tewkesbury