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Mark Cummings | 17:27 UK time, Monday, 14 March 2011

Ticket prices have been announced for the new look Cooper Hill Cheese Rolling Festival.

If you are 14 or over it'll cost you £20 a ticket ... 13 and under its £15 a ticket.

The organising committee say that "We feel that £20 is not an exhorbitant fee for a wholesome day's entertainment"

But what do you think? There are 5000 tickets available on each day ... so will you fork out now to ensure that you can get in on the day? will you hold out until the day to see what the weather is like? Or will you decide to pass?

Let me know by emailing me ( cummings@bbc.co.uk ) or leave a message here on the blog.

Cheese rolling - photo copyright press Association

updated comments...Tuesday 15th

Chris who's the event organiser for the Nailstock Festival is struggling to see why it will cost so much to put the event on.

Tim in Cirencester has only lived in the county for a couple of years and was planning to go to the famous cheese roll. However for me, my partner and three children it would now cost £85. What do you think my kids would say if i give them a choice between Drayton Manor Park or watching people fall down a hill hurting themselves? I know what they'll pick. It's a shame i would have loved to have gone.

Gill in Quedgeley says as far as i can tell this event generally attracts people on low income families. Therefore I'm not convinced they would be willing or even able to afford these kind of prices. People go to this event because its local and its free.

Brian in Coleford says he won't be going although he may go and watch the unofficial race with some of the locals

Dominic says he wouldn't pay that amount of money a fiver - maybe but would be much better free as it's a fine tradition.

Rachel on twitter says that she wouldn't pay £20, £5 tops.

Bern from Stroud asks why the cheese roll is costing so much? Nailstock has similar costs and actually has more staging costs but it's budgeted at £50 grand not the 200 grand being proposed here. Nailstock is also ploughing profits back into the local community...by the way...Nailstock tickets go on sale online this morning!)

Shirley in Bourton thinks that a lot of money to spend on watching people falling down a hill! May be it will stop as many people turning up and causing havoc in surrounding areas. i will pass!



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