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1 E VAL. E VAL. M. The Friends of the River Frome' is LE. FRO. M. Y. committed to promoting and improving Key for Route Maps LE. Y. FRO. the Frome Valley for relaxation, W. AL A. KW. recreation and wildlife. A forum of local Y. groups, parish councils and other Frome Valley Walkway agencies meets regularly at different venues along Promoted Recreational paths Y. W. the river. AL A Local Paths If you have ideas or would like to raise an KW. Motorway issue please contact: FRIENDS OF. 0117 952 2141. THE RIVER FROME Road Railway Line Woodland Urban areas Public open space\countryside Cliff/quarry Railway Staion PH Public Houses Leisure Centres T.

2 T Public Toilets Public Telephone Following the Frequent bus service to/from River Frome Bristol City Centre Other Bus Stops from the centre P Parking of Bristol to the KK ii ll o ommeettrreess Designed by Graphics & Mapping South Gloucestershire Council Tel 01454 863763. Cotswold Hills 0. 0 Printed on recycled paper 0 0M i l e s Miles E VAL. M. N. The LE. FRO. Recreational Path Network Y. Frome Valley Walkway The Cotswold Way Country Code Y. W. RN. AL A. The Jubilee Way KW. Community Forest Path Please follow the Country Code VE. Falfield Tortworth Avon Walkway Oldbury-on-Severn Monarch's Way SE Jcn 14 The Severn Way at all times 8.

3 A3. The Bristol & Bath Littleton -on-Severn Thornbury Charfield Railway Path Enjoy the countryside - respect its life and work R. 5. VE. Jcn 21 M Tytherington Cromhall Aust Alveston Wickwar Guard against risk of fire M4. RI. Olveston SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 8. Tockington Hawkesbury Upton Fasten all gates 03. M4 3 3. A4. Rangeworthy Hawkesbury A4. S.. Severn Pilning Beach Almondsbury Jcn15. Keep dogs under control LL. Horton 46. Iron Chipping A. Acton Sodbury Jcn16. Jcn 20. Badminton Keep to public paths M4. 49. 32. HI. A4. M. 5.. M Bradley Winterbourne Old Jcn17 Patchway Stoke Yate Sodbury Use gates and stiles to cross Coalpit fences, hedges and walls A38.

4 Stoke 01. Gifford Jcn Heath A4. 19. LD. 32. Tormarton . 32. Filton A4 1 7 4. A4. Leave livestock, crops and M. Henbury Jcn 1. M4 machinery alone A4. WO. BRISTOL Jcn 18. 17. Downend 4.. Pucklechurch Clifton Mangotsfield Hinton Take your litter home Staple Hill Dyrham ion Siston uct . TS. str Help keep water clean A46. con Leigh Kingswood Doynton r Easton de Un Woods Warmley 0. A420 A42.. Wick Long Hanham Cadbury CO. Ashton Heath A420 Cold Marshfield Protect wildlife, plants and trees Ashton Oldland Knowle Longwell Green Willsbridge A4.

5 31. Bitton Upton Cheyney Swineford Take care on country roads Kilometres 2 1 0 1 2 3. Make no unnecessary noise Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. South Gloucestershire Council. LA09065L/99/14. 1 0 1 2. Miles E VAL. M. The Frome Valley LE. FRO. Y. Walkway Y. W. AL A. KW. Castle Park, Bristol he Frome Valley Walkway is a 29km (18 mile), T long path which follows the River Frome from the River Avon in the centre of Bristol to the Cotswold Hills in South Gloucestershire. The Route links with the Cotswold Way National Trail at one end and the Avon Walkway at the other, as well as connecting with a number of other well established recreational routes, notably, the Jubilee Way, the Monarch's Way and the Community Forest Path.

6 The path passes through a variety of landscapes including open countryside and meadows in South Gloucestershire, the historic town of Chipping Sodbury, wooded valleys south of Winterbourne Down, the pretty village of Frenchay and landscaped parks in Bristol including Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood. In Bristol the Route runs through city parks and along pavements. Some sections of the River Frome are culverted near to the City Centre, including the point where it enters the River Avon near Castle Park.

7 E VAL E VAL. M M. History of the Walking in the LE. LE. FRO. FRO. Y. Y. River Frome Frome Valley Y. Y. W. W. AL A AL A. KW KW. Quarrymen's Cottages at Snuff Mills The Cotswolds from Chipping Sodbury he name Frome is derived from Anglo-Saxon he Frome Valley Walkway provides a great T Frum meaning rapid or vigorous. The social & economic history of the local area along the path T opportunity for everybody to enjoy the local parks and woodlands in Bristol and to explore the is well documented, which passes a number of open countryside in South Gloucestershire.

8 The medieval churches, old quarries, mines and mills. path follows the River Frome, as it gently winds its Bristol, meaning Bridge Town', was an important way, creating an easy and level walking Route for trading centre by 1000AD and during the Middle much of its length. The Route in Bristol, between Ages became prosperous from the increase in Castle Park and Frenchay Bridge, mostly follows imports & exports. The marches along the Frome & off-road tarmac paths close to the river or the Avon were drained and reclaimed as the City pavements for short sections close to the City.

9 The grew, and industries expanded to supply goods for middle section of the Route , extending out from the the colonial and slave trades. The ships grew larger edge of the City between Frenchay and Winterbourne and required deeper waters leading to a decline on Down, wanders through riverside woodlands and the wharfs of the Frome. Upstream a number of runs over unsurfaced and surfaced paths, which mill operated industries existed and leisure include the occasional gate, stile and bridge. The activities such as boating & fishing were popular.

10 Upper section of the walkway runs through open Originally, there were 13 one arch bridges along the countryside on field footpaths, narrow in places, city section of the Frome, but these were all with regular stiles. The path officially ends in Old destroyed by the gradual covering over of the river Sodbury, at the foot of the Cotswold Hills, although in the 18th & 19th centuries and by the M32 motor- continuing on to Tormarton along the Cotswold way construction. Way you pass the source of the Frome and there are spectacular views from the top of the escarpment.