Key for Route Maps E L O R L M E VA - Frome Valley Walkway

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. 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.

2 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. 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. Stoke 01.

3 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. 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.

4 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. 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. 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.

5 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. 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. 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 .

6 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. 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. E VAL. M. ristol Castle, around which B. LE. FRO. Y. the City grew, originally Y. stood on what is now Castle W. AL A. KW. Park. The Castle was surrounded by a moat created by the Avon and the Frome .

7 The Old Fox PH Inn The River Frome runs down the centre of Lwr. River Street under what is now the car park. Ashley R Three PH. d Blackbirds Stapleton Road This long wide road used to be a ropewalk Railway Station where long ropes were spun. The Quaker St. Pauls A4. Meeting House and the New Street flats stand Roundabout 32. 0. on the site of what was possibly Britain's first Ea s workhouse, established by Bristol Quakers to n 2. in 1698. M3. W. ay The now busy St. Paul's Roundabout Lebeqs Tavern used to be the site of Britain's first successful et PH. re commercial brass factory, established by St in d Quakers in 1702. Slag from this industry was dh oo used in building blocks and can be seen in a G. number of structures, including the walls Engineers Arms ad alongside the river. Riverside PH. Ro Park n to le ap t ee St Str Rd d lan ell Bond Street u nd PH. nyw o wf Ne White Elephant ad Pen Ro et n gto Stre Pen fair e Horse el lin P . Th St nS. W r ve Ri mb Riverside Park t.

8 La St. Ma ir tthi We as P t. Lwr ad k st S. Bro We Cas P St. T ket Mar tle d Mi Ol The charming Old Fox' pub once stood on the dla St. Castle banks of the River Frome and is worth a visit for nd Park its display of photographs depicting Victorian Ro ad Avon Easton and local coal miners. The pub was the first Walkway to be bought by CAMRA ( Campaign for Real Ale). ay and it was a haunt of the world famous cricketer, le W. to Bristol Temple Meads Grace, who was a local doctor. Temp Railway Station N 1. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No. LA09065L/99/14. E VAL. M. outh of Eastville Park, P T. S. LE. FRO. Frome Bridge Y. flooding of the Frome and Y. the Avon has caused serious and W. AL A. KW. widespread damage in the past, especially in Eastville, St. Werburghs and d a Broadmead. A number of flood prevention Ro Bla k ckb ill r err Pa H. schemes in the City culminated in the completion y Hil m Wickham l ha of the Northern Stormwater Interceptor in 1968, ick Court W.

9 Which can be seen at Eastville. Wickham Bridge ll Hi Colston l ll Hil Be Weir Merchants Arms PH. Eastville Park Heath Road Mul Eastville P. ler Park Roa d Mu ller Roa d T. Fis hp on ds Ro ad The Queens Head PH. ad Ro on Wickham Court can be seen above the river north et 32. pl M. a of Wickham Bridge. This 17th Century farmhouse St was reported to have been the meeting place of Cromwell and Fairfax in 1645 before the attack on N Bristol in the Civil War. The Black Swan PH 2. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No. LA09065L/99/14. E VAL. M. he picturesque cottages facing T. LE. FRO. Frenchay Y. the river at Snuff Mills were Hospital Frenchay Y. originally quarrymen's cottages. Old W. AL A. KW Be quarry workings can be found along gb St. Johns Frenc the Valley , particularly around Snuff Mills park. ro Church ok The Pennant Sandstone was loaded onto barges Park P. hay H. and taken down-river to Bristol. The remaining Frenchay Common ill Pe mill is one of several which used to work this ar The White ce section of the river.

10 The waterwheel seen turning sH. Lion was the last one to be used on the site. ill PH. ad Ro Weir rk Pa Frenchay ay Frenchay Bridge ch Mill Fre en nc Fr ha y Rd Weir at Snuff Mills Oldbury Court ue Estate en Weir Av ll Gi T. P. Snuff Mills Weir Halfpenny Weir Bridge Manor Rd Frenchay Bridge Downend Road N. 3. Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No. LA09065L/99/14. E VAL. M. renchay, a corruption of F. M. LE. FRO. 4. Y. Fromeshaw' meaning small Y. wood by the Frome , was originally W. AL A. KW. a community of millers and quarry- men. Serious flooding has occurred along this stretch in the past and the stormwater channel with concrete sides was constructed to act as a measuring weir so that the flow could be controlled. The Grove at the bottom of Frenchay Hill is associated with Edward Higgins, a notorious highwayman who arrived from America A417. in 1763. His ill-gotten gains allowed him to 4. become established in Bristol's high society before Frenchay he was executed in 1767 despite attempts to forge a reprieve.