Frome
Town Map
Below is a detailed map of Frome. There are two
versions, the first with numbers highlighting
the main features of the Heritage Trail.
Click on the number for more information about each
area. For the full Heritage Trail see the Publications
page.
The second map highlights the varied
entertainment and leisure venues
and open spaces in the town. For more details see the
What’s On and Sport
& Leisure pages.
For the wider area around Frome please use Multimap (click here).
Heritage Map - Map 1
1. The
Bridge: Built in 1667 (contemporary
to Bath’s Pulteney Bridge), has the architectural
rarity of buildings along its length.
2. The
Blue House:
Built in 1726 as an almshouse and boy’s
school now used as an old peoples’ home. One of
Frome’s Grade I listed buildings.
3. Cheap
Street: Part of the medieval street
pattern (with Apple Alley & King Street), with a
leet (spring) running down its centre.
4. St. John’s
Church: Includes an unusual Via Crucis
on one approach. Although heavily restored, traces of
the earliest buildings can be found.
5. Gentle
Street: Cobbled, with houses from 16th-18th
Centuries. Once one of the main routes into town.
6. Rook
Lane Chapel, Bath Street: A grade 1
listed building built in 1707 and recently restored,
the front is one of the most beautiful facades in Somerset.
7. Sheppard’s
Barton: Superbly preserved street of
18th Century workers’ cottages; & Valentine
Lamp: A working gas lamp dedicated to the
memory of St Valentine.
8. Trinity:
An outstanding example of early industrial housing (late
17th Century). Probably the largest area in the country,
now fully restored and renovated.
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Heritage
Map - Map 1
Click on a number on the map for more details
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Please note the numbers on this map do not correspond with the wall plaques around town, these are for the full Heritage Trail walk, see Publications page
Entertainment
& leisure venues - Map 2
Key :
A.
Merlin Theatre ECOS amphitheatre Sports Centre
B. Memorial Theatre
C. Cheese & Grain
D. Black Swan Arts
E. Enigma Contemporary Art & Crafts
F. Frome Museum |
G. Westway Cinema
H. Junction 21
I. Victoria Park
J. Millennium Green
K. Golf courses |
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Entertainment
& leisure venues - Map 2
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Please note the numbers on this map do not correspond with the wall plaques around town, these are for the full Heritage Trail walk, see Publications page
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