Dover's Hill, above Chipping Campden and overlooking the Vale of Evesham, is a beautiful plateau commanding extensive views from the plains of the Avon and the Severn to the foothills of the Welsh mountains.

Each year, on the traditional date, - the date this year will be Friday 31st May, Friday after Spring Bank Holiday, the hill echoes with the shouts and cheers of competitors and spectators as Robert Dover's Cotswold®Olimpick Games (not Olympic Games) are celebrated. Bands march, cannon fire, rustic activities and wrestling take place, and the evening is brought to a close with fireworks and a torchlight procession into Campden followed by dancing in the square.

 

See the World Championship of Shin Kicking (video - for those needing to prepare for their entry.)

 

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