Frome Walking Festival
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 2023 programme offers 18 walks over 3 days, centred around history, nature, the countryside and even dancing. 14 of the walks are free.
Download the 2023 Walking Festival Programme
Alongside the guided walks you’ll also be able to pick up a free “fairy doors” map to take a whimsical self-guided walk through Welshmill woods. Copies of the new Frome Wheel map by Walkers are Welcome, presenting 54 miles of routes through historic streets, beautiful green spaces and ancient woodland will also be on sale. Stop by the Walkers are Welcome pop-up stall by the Cheese & Grain, during the Walking Festival, for these new maps and some old favourites.
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.
List of Events
A-Z of Frome
Take a journey through Frome to discover some significant and little-known aspects of its rich and varied past.…
Orchardleigh
A circular walk following riverside and field paths into the Orchardleigh estate, where it follows a muddy lakeside…
Writer’s Walk
Writing can be a solitary occupation and so authors, editors, copy-writers, journalists and more are invited for a…
A Very Short Walk Around the Long History of Frome
If you love hearing about local history but don’t feel you can manage to climb a mile up…
War Graves
On Remembrance Sunday this walk will visit many of the war graves that exist in the town’s churchyards.…
Folklore of Frome
Join Frome Town Guide and storyteller Lisa Kenwright for 75 minutes as she veers into the Otherworld of…
The Awful Killing of Sarah Watts
In September 1851, the brutal murder of Sarah Watts near Frome caused Victorian Society to be appalled but…
Plaques of Frome
The trail follows the plaques established by the Frome Society for Local Study to explore the rich heritage…
Family Friendly Nature Treasure Hunt
Led by Claudette Anderson from the award-winning walking and wellbeing app Go Jauntly, children will need their nature…
Health Walks through Quirks of Frome
Setting off at 10.30am prompt the walk will follow an interesting route in search of the quirks of…
Health Walks Stourhead and the Beach Clump Memorial
A Health Walk is a walk done on a regular basis for well-being. This 4-mile walk goes on…
Celebrated Women of Frome: Christina Rossetti
The famous Victorian poet Christina Rossetti stayed in Frome for a year and this walk visits several of…
