Frome’s annual Walking Festival offers a diverse weekend programme of guided walks, trails and activities for young and old alike. Explore Frome’s history and heritage and the beautiful surrounding countryside in walks ranging from easy afternoon strolls to longer riverside rambles.

The 2025 programme includes 19 walks over 3 days, centred around history, nature, the countryside and even dancing. 13 of the walks are free. Please click on individual walks below for specific booking information.

Before the next walking festival why not get out and explore in and around our beautiful town with one of our walks which you can download from our town walks page.

Fri 8th Aug 2025 10:00 - 12:00

Plaques of Frome – Walking Festival 2025

The trail follows the plaques established by the Frome Society for Local Study to explore the rich...
Frome Memorial Theatre
Fri 8th Aug 2025 10:15 - 12:15

War Graves – Walking Festival 2025

This moderate 2-mile walk will visit Frome’s Commonwealth War Graves. There are over 50...
Fri 8th Aug 2025 10:30 - 12:30

Rocks & Our Pre-historic Past – Walking Festival 2025

Join Simon Carpenter, a local geologist, on this moderate 2 mile walk, to find out more about the...
Fri 8th Aug 2025 13:00 - 14:30

Frome River Walk – Walking Festival 2025

A short, 1 mile guided heritage walk that will explore the history and folklore of the River Frome...
Fri 8th Aug 2025 14:00 - 16:00

Frome Heritage Trail – Walking Festival 2025

A circular 2.5 mile walk beginning at Justice Lane and ending at Whittox Lane. The route highlights...
Fri 8th Aug 2025 14:00 - 16:30

The Canal That Never Was – Holcombe Section – Walking Festival 2025

The route follows the line of “the canal that never was”, passing coal workings that would have...
Sat 9th Aug 2025 10:00 - 12:00

Plaques Walk – Walking Festival 2025

The trail follows the plaques established by the Frome Society for Local Study to explore the rich...
Sat 9th Aug 2025 10:00 - 12:00

Longbridge Deverill and The Woods – Walking Festival 2025

A mostly level walk on country roads, good footpaths and forest tracks, exploring Longbridge...
Frome Memorial Theatre
Sat 9th Aug 2025 10:15 - 12:15

War Graves – Walking Festival 2025

This moderate 2-mile walk will visit Frome’s Commonwealth War Graves. There are over 50...
Sat 9th Aug 2025 11:00 - 12:30

Nordic Walking Intro – Walking Festival 2025

Geors Richards leads this 1.5 hour workshop for complete beginners, teaching the basic Nordic...
Sat 9th Aug 2025 14:00 - 15:30

Kind/Unkind Walk – Walking Festival 2025

A guided heritage walk looking at some of the Victorian and Edwardian social history of the town of...
Sat 9th Aug 2025 15:00 - 16:00

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

Unfortunately this walk has been cancelled. Back by popular demand from Rare Species Theatre...