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.

Heritage Map - Map 1 Click on a number on the map for more details

Entertainment & leisure venues - Map 2

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Entertainment & leisure venues - Map 2

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