Discover Frome

Frome Heritage Tree walk
2026-08-09 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join local author and heritage tree specialist Julian Hight on a walk to see some of Frome’s most majestic trees and hear about their history, legacy and lore. This easy 1.5 mile walk will include Millenium Green and Rodden Meadow.
Meeting place: outside Cheese & Grain
Walk leader: Julian Hight
Mileage: 1.5 miles
How to book: book online here, email julianhight@hotmail.com or phone 07747 397081
This walk is part of Frome Walking Festival 2026.

The Market Place through time
2026-08-09 15:00 - 16:00
A very slow, very short, stroll around Frome Market Place with storyteller and guide Lisa Kenwright or Frome Guided Walks, offered in association with The Good Heart. The centre of Frome today is not just the product of accidental tides of history but of deliberate planning for an imagined future. Join us to discover how the Market Place may have looked in the past and the decisions, and decision-makers, who created what we see today. On pavement with dropped kerbs at the two side-road crossings, but be aware that the area around the Boyle Cross has a steep slope. All welcome and suitable for any to hear but aimed at the understanding of age 11+.
Meeting place: Boyle Cross, Market Place
Walk leader: Lisa Kenwright
Mileage: 300m
How to book: book online here or phone 07815 718638
This walk is part of Frome Walking Festival 2026.

The Lost Pubs of Frome #3 (South)
2026-08-09 18:30 - 20:00
The Lost Pubs of Frome #3 is the third and final walk taking place across the festival weekend. This walk will visit the sites of more than a dozen lost pubs in Keyford and the Butts and participants will hear various stories surrounding them, including the connection with an infamous Victorian murder. The route will mostly be flat, but there will be some relatively steep gradients during the walk. Led by David Lassman. Over 14s only (under 18s to be accompanied by adult).
Meeting place: Outside Frome Fire Station, Keyford
Walk leader: David Lassman
Mileage: approx 1.5 miles
How to book: email davidlassman@davidlassman.com or phone 07395 607614
This walk is part of Frome Walking Festival 2026.

Twilight Beaver Watch
2026-08-27 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-09-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Heal Somerset, Lower West Barn Farm, Bindon Lane, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5HH, United Kingdom
This is a rare opportunity to join a small group for a twilight beaver watch and experience the magic of seeing these remarkable animals living wild. You’ll enjoy a peaceful and immersive evening watching wildlife emerge as day turns to night.
Our thriving beaver family has really made themselves at home on site at Heal Somerset, establishing an impressive lodge and building a network of dams. They have been busy transforming the landscape in extraordinary ways and they are creating thriving wetlands that support a wealth of wildlife, improve water quality and increase biodiversity.
Full disclosure: beavers are often seen from the viewing area, so there’s a good chance that you’ll see at least one, but we can’t guarantee it. But even if you don’t, you will learn lots about them as well as witness their hard work whilst spending valuable time in nature.
Each beaver watch will be carefully led by experienced wildlife guide Nick Patel. His respectful approach will minimise disturbance as the beavers’ wellbeing is always the priority. We ask that all attendees follow this approach.
About your workshop leader, Nick Patel:
Nick is a tour guide, conservationist, naturalist and birder and is passionate about helping to protect, create and maintain British wildlife. A lifelong Birdwatcher, and former Nature reserve Warden, Nick has devoted his life to shouting about how amazing our native biodiversity is and just why we should care for it.
Nick says “Having led tours here at Heal Somerset for two years now, I’ve witnessed first-hand the speed at which nature has already made a comeback. I’m super passionate about showing everyone who visits the site the wealth of wildlife bouncing back, including some really beautiful species and fabulous rewilding habitats.”

Wet, Wet, Wet: Beaver and Human Wetlands of Heal Somerset
2026-09-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Heal Somerset, Lower West Barn Farm, Bindon Lane, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5HH, United Kingdom
Discover how humans and beavers are joining forces to restore vibrant wetland ecosystems at Heal Somerset. On this guided walk and talk with rewilding ranger Daniel Hill, you will experience first-hand these developing wetlands and learn how dams, ponds, scrapes and more can shape water movement, biodiversity, and habitat recovery. Together you will explore how beaver activity and human intervention can complement each other to create healthier habitats, cleaner water, and climate-resilient ecosystems.
About Daniel Hill
As the Rewilding Ranger at Heal Somerset, Dan manages the site’s monitoring and land management programs. You can find him surveying for signs of beavers, co-ordinating volunteer work parties, or working with partners to deliver the hydrological restoration plan, amongst a huge variety of other tasks. Dan’s passion for nature was sparked as a child growing up on an organic small holding in rural south Wales watching red kites soar above. His love of rewilding developed through volunteering with the RSPB on the Somerset Levels after completing a degree in Mathematical Sciences.

Medicinal Mushrooms Workshop
2026-11-07 10:00 - 16:00 | 42 Acres, Witham Friary, Frome, BA11 5HL
Learn how to safely identify & sustainably grow, harvest & preserve medicinal mushrooms & extract their medicine. Create your own wild mushroom ‘medicine cabinet’ and inoculate your own log to take home & fruit in your garden for years to come.
During this full-day workshop, you’ll discover native, wild, medicinal mushrooms growing at 42 Acres and in the local southwest area.
For the first half of the day, you’ll be heading out on a guided foraging walk; illuminating the incredible world of medicinal fungi that we commonly walk past. You’ll learn the key features needed to safely identify each mushroom and where each is commonly found.
In the afternoon you will be creating your own wild mushroom ‘medicine cabinet.’ You will learn how to safely preserve your mushrooms and extract their medicine for use all year round, in yours and your loved ones lives – for a host of illness and preventative uses. This medicine is often very expensive and our shared vision is to support you to be able to do it yourself safely. Our intention is for you to feel empowered to harvest your own mushroom medicine cabinet and grow your own medicinal mushrooms.
You will also learn the ancient technique of mushroom inoculation – a highly sustainable method that mimics nature and produces mushrooms dense in nutrients that are hard to find from other food sources. Take home your own inoculated log – where it will fruit in your garden for years to come.
What to expect:
Learn about the properties of Turkey Tail, Shiitake, Lions Mane and Artist Conk, most of which are native strains to the UK and cultivated from the wild here at 42 Acres.
Be guided through the basics of drying and making tinctures.
Learn the technique of mushroom inoculation – the world’s oldest recorded farming method.
Learn more about 42 Acres’ wild-tending principles and our pioneering agriwilding projects.
What is included:
This workshop includes a tasty lunch from our “Soil to Gut” menu – you will eat food grown on the land you’re walking. Wild teas will be provided throughout the session.
Our session will open with a guided meditation and a check-in, in the spirit of our vision to help ourselves attune to living in harmony with nature. We believe that connecting in this way encourages deeper connection and mindful working practices, for both us and the land.
This is a unique and hands-on day ideal for any fungi lover or wild medicine cabinet enthusiast!
