CANCELLED: Saggers Plays Pop: Touching cloth, A Fabricated History of Frome – Walking Festival 2025

Frome Town Hall Christchurch Street West, Frome

Unfortunately this walk has been cancelled. Back by popular demand from Rare Species Theatre Company creators of cult hit “Frome - The Fecund Coming” and Mojo Moves. Join eminent whistorian Virginia Saggers on a silent disco walking tour of Frome. This year we celebrate the rich heritage of the town in touching cloth - a […]

Plants and their uses – Walking Festival 2025

Learn about native and non-native plants around us, how to identify them, their medicinal properties and the benefit they have to wildlife. Also some foraging advice. Medium level: will require walking boots or wellies as it may be muddy in places. There is some uneven ground and a style to get over. Walk starts from […]

FMTC’s Spellbound presents We Will Rock You

Frome Memorial Theatre Christchurch Street West, Frome

WE WILL ROCK YOU follows two rebels on a quest to save rock n’ roll in a post-apocalyptic world where there are no musical instruments and rock n’ roll has died. Watch our heroes, Galileo and Scaramouche, as they team up with a group of societal outcasts, the Bohemians, to take back the iPlanet from the […]

Frome Flea Market and Craft Fair

West Woodlands Showground Bunns Lane, Near Frome, Somerset,, Frome

A vibrant Flea Market and Craft Fair with 150-200 indoor and outdoor stalls. An array of antiques, vintage home wares/clothing and retro items displayed alongside talented artisans, artists, makers and crafters showcasing their work. Classic vehicles and Live Music. A great day out with something for everyone. Onsite catering, toilets and lots of parking. Entry […]

Riverside Cleanup – Walking Festival 2025

Join Frome Families for the Future for a family-friendly riverside litter pick! We will litter pick along Welshmill, through Welshmill wood and continue to Weylands, to help out the animals that live near the river. All litter-picking equipment provided. Walk starts from Frome Canoe Club, Market Yard, BA11 1BE.

Free

Plaques Walk – Walking Festival 2025

Cheese and Grain Car Park Market Yard, Frome

The trail follows the plaques established by the Frome Society for Local Study to explore the rich heritage of Frome through its buildings and the interesting people who occupied them including Thomas Bunn, Clara Grant, Edward Cockey and Alice Seeley. The walk does involve walking up and down some of the hilly streets of Frome. […]

Frome Wheel 3rd Stage – Walking Festival 2025

Suitable for people who are comfortable walking 9 miles in open country. Please wear appropriate footware such as walking boots and bring waterproofs and a packed lunch. There are no toilets on this walk. This walk is lead by Les Stather. Please make sure you get there early as the walk leaves at 10am on […]

Plants and their uses – Walking Festival 2025

Learn about native and non-native plants around us, how to identify them, their medicinal properties and the benefit they have to wildlife. Also some foraging advice. Easy level: even, flat surfaces, mainly tarmac. Walk starts from the Cheese and Grain car park, Market Yard, BA11 1BE. To book this walk please email Katie Wood. Part […]

Seriously Playful Clowning Workshop

Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

This workshop for adults takes you through a step by step process; releasing tension and energising the body, then exploring movement and vocal expression to stimulate a spontaneous and natural state of playfulness. Improvisation games and clowning exercises follow, offering permission to be silly, have fun and step into the spotlight. Finding your inner clown […]

Frome River Walk – Walking Festival 2025

Cheese and Grain Car Park Market Yard, Frome

A short, 1 mile guided heritage walk that will explore the history and folklore of the River Frome and surrounding area, including some of the buildings of the town’s famous cloth industry. Led by historian and storyteller Lisa Kenwright, it is a gentle walk from Market Yard to Wallbridge along mostly level pavement and hard […]

Frome Heritage Trail – Walking Festival 2025

A circular walk beginning at Justice Lane and ending at Whittox Lane. The route highlights much of the incredible heritage of Frome – a town that has more listed buildings than anywhere else in Somerset – and follows the series of numbered plaques originally erected to celebrate Frome’s 1300th anniversary in 1985. There will be […]

Orchardleigh Walk – Walking Festival 2025

A circular 7 mile walk following riverside and field paths into the Orchardleigh estate, where it follows a muddy lakeside path and then tarmac driveway, returning to Frome via Spring Gardens and Cooper Hall. May not be easy walking around the lake due to mud and beaver activity. Bring water and snacks. Walk starts from […]