Frome, with 25 000 citizens, is the fourth biggest Somerset county town. It is a picturesque place built on steep hills, with cobbled streets and buildings of well-preserved, interesting architecture referring to the Middle Ages.

The beginnings of the permanent colonization date back to 685, when Saint Aldhelm, abbot from Malmesbury, established a mission on the coast of Frome river. The church built in that place was consecrated to saint John the Baptist.

With the passage of time, the number of population increased, and Frome became an important location, the fact which was mirrored by the inscription within the Domesday Book (1086), with the reference to the market, which took place there.

Weaving industry, the beginnings of which date back to the 14th century, became important by the end of the 17th century, when Frome was already a well prospering town. It was regarded as a big and significant center until the Bath city began to focus the attention. Rivalry with the Northern textile cities in the 19th century and unwillingness towards the modernization contributed to the failure of the weaving industry.

However, the last traits of textile industry survived until 1960s. Other industry branches - especially printing - developed, nevertheless with insignificant further increase.
Although since the 1960s the population of Frome doubled in comparison with the number that the town has sustained for the previous 100 years, fortunately, new buildings did not disturb the old ones in the center and the town preserved its charm. Today, in Frome, there are many galleries and craft houses and the town is known as the centre of art. Many professional craftsmen, possessing their workshops, offer a wide range of goods and services from jewelry and clothes design to musical instruments. production and artistic blacksmith.

Frome is surrounded by a marvelous country landscape. Mendip hillocks gently rise in the direction of Cheddar hills (this is the place of Cheddar cheese origins). One can walk them around beginning and ending the wandering in Frome. A nearby possession Longleat encourages to take a walk through the forest and along the lake.