<![CDATA[Frome Voices]]>59d14bb1-e42b-543c-b34d-5d505702fdc3Fri, 29 May 2026 22:42:54 +0000Captivate.fmPommy Harmarhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/19b5642a-3dc7-4aa5-8d5b-df5a080b242a/Voices-from-a-shared-waterway1-optimized-8000.pngFrome VoicesPommy HarmarPommy HarmarA three part audio adventure celebrating the Bristol Frome Soundscape and poem by Pete Weinstock Audio feature with local voices, history, community, ecology, discovery and wildlife A self-guided walk from Frenchay Bridge to Cascade Stepshttps://frome-voices.captivate.fmfalseepisodicnopodcastFrome Voices: stories from a shared waterwayFrome Voices: stories from a shared waterwayFrome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This episode brings together the many communities who know and love the river including:

Rich Scantlebury, Bird Watcher and Photographer

Geoff Wallace, Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society (BIAS)

John Rosewell, Local Historian.

Jean Davidge, Coordinator Snuff Mills Community Garden

Peter Coleman-Smith, Bristol Avon Rivers Trust Trustee, angler and botanist

Plus some of the people who just love to walk along the river.

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: a river soundscape and poem
  • Frome Voices: a self-guided walk from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini

It is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Credits

Production:

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

Music:

Wildflowers by Scott Buckley

Music promoted by Chosic

Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

]]>Frome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This episode brings together the many communities who know and love the river including:

Rich Scantlebury, Bird Watcher and Photographer

Geoff Wallace, Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society (BIAS)

John Rosewell, Local Historian.

Jean Davidge, Coordinator Snuff Mills Community Garden

Peter Coleman-Smith, Bristol Avon Rivers Trust Trustee, angler and botanist

Plus some of the people who just love to walk along the river.

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: a river soundscape and poem
  • Frome Voices: a self-guided walk from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini

It is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Credits

Production:

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

Music:

Wildflowers by Scott Buckley

Music promoted by Chosic

Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

]]>2fc9f551-560d-49b0-98e0-15e6141d96f4Tue, 26 May 2026 13:20:00 +010041:49falsefull33Frome Voices: a river soundscape and poemFrome Voices: a river soundscape and poemFrome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This episode features a new poem by Pete Weinstock entitled The Bristol Frome, once ‘brisk and fair’.

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: shared stories from a living waterway
  • Frome Voices: a self-guided walk from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini

It is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/arts-culture-and-events/arts-and-culture-funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Credits

Poet: Pete Weinstock

Sound Design: Pommy Harmar

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

]]>Frome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This episode features a new poem by Pete Weinstock entitled The Bristol Frome, once ‘brisk and fair’.

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: shared stories from a living waterway
  • Frome Voices: a self-guided walk from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini

It is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/arts-culture-and-events/arts-and-culture-funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Credits

Poet: Pete Weinstock

Sound Design: Pommy Harmar

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

]]>d22ad89f-afc1-4dac-9d39-d5c476d9cfe0Mon, 25 May 2026 13:20:00 +010007:05falsefull22Frome Voices: a self-guided walkFrome Voices: a self-guided walkFrome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This is a self-guided walk leading you from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini. The whole walk is about 6 miles long.

Directions and information are given at each stop.

You can either walk all of it or join at the following places.

Timings for Stops

0:00 Introduction

1:24 Frenchay Bridge

3:20 Halfpenny Bridge

4:42 Snuff Mills

5:50 Quarry Workers' Cottages

6:36 Wickham Bridge

7:26 Eastville Park Lake

10:46 The Old Fox Inn

11:40 Riverside Park

13:42 Castle Park

14:29 Baldwin Street

15:25 St Augustine's Parade

16: 17 Cascade Steps

Sources for Self Guided Walk Information

About Bristol

https://www.about-bristol.co.uk/mar-02.php

Bristol Avon Rivers Trust - Secret River trail

https://bristolavonriverstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Secret-River-Trail-Map.pdf

Bristol City Docks

https://bristolcitydocks.co.uk/bristol-frome-river/

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society (BIAS) - The mIlls of the Bristol Frome

https://b-i-a-s.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BIAS_Journal2_MILLS_OF_BRISTOL_FROME.pdf

Gathering Voices - The lost river ‘fair and brisk’

https://www.gatheringvoices.org.uk/post/the-lost-river-fair-and-briskThe Frome Gateway Story

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b5fc190251be438fabf992da209741f7

The Frome Valley Walkway

http://www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

The Old Fox Inn

https://bristolslostpubs.com/easton/old-fox-2/

Snuff Mills Action Group

https://hmajid136.wixsite.com/snuffmills/events

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: shared stories from a living waterway
  • Frome Voices: a river soundscape and poem

This project is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/arts-culture-and-events/arts-and-culture-funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Rich Scantlebury, Bird Watcher and Photographer

Credits

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

]]>Frome Voices is a three-part audio soundscape celebrating Bristol’s second river, the river Frome. This is a self-guided walk leading you from Frenchay Bridge to the Arnolfini. The whole walk is about 6 miles long.

Directions and information are given at each stop.

You can either walk all of it or join at the following places.

Timings for Stops

0:00 Introduction

1:24 Frenchay Bridge

3:20 Halfpenny Bridge

4:42 Snuff Mills

5:50 Quarry Workers' Cottages

6:36 Wickham Bridge

7:26 Eastville Park Lake

10:46 The Old Fox Inn

11:40 Riverside Park

13:42 Castle Park

14:29 Baldwin Street

15:25 St Augustine's Parade

16: 17 Cascade Steps

Sources for Self Guided Walk Information

About Bristol

https://www.about-bristol.co.uk/mar-02.php

Bristol Avon Rivers Trust - Secret River trail

https://bristolavonriverstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Secret-River-Trail-Map.pdf

Bristol City Docks

https://bristolcitydocks.co.uk/bristol-frome-river/

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society (BIAS) - The mIlls of the Bristol Frome

https://b-i-a-s.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BIAS_Journal2_MILLS_OF_BRISTOL_FROME.pdf

Gathering Voices - The lost river ‘fair and brisk’

https://www.gatheringvoices.org.uk/post/the-lost-river-fair-and-briskThe Frome Gateway Story

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b5fc190251be438fabf992da209741f7

The Frome Valley Walkway

http://www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

The Old Fox Inn

https://bristolslostpubs.com/easton/old-fox-2/

Snuff Mills Action Group

https://hmajid136.wixsite.com/snuffmills/events

Frome Voices Series

The other two elements in the series are

  • Frome Voices: shared stories from a living waterway
  • Frome Voices: a river soundscape and poem

This project is part of Bristol City Council’s Cultural Conversations Grant

Thanks to Bristol City Council and Friends of Eastville Park for supporting the project.

The Bristol Frome

The river rises just north of the M4 and runs under the A46 to appear in the Dodington Park Estate in South Gloucestershire. It then flows through beautiful countryside, towns and villages including the medieval town of Chipping Sodbury. It passes beneath the 11-arched spectacular Winterbourne Viaduct, carrying the London to South Wales main line and on past Frampton Cotterell to starts its urban section. It then winds under the M4 and the ring road, past the landscaped Oldbury Court estate, originally an old hunting lodge within the Royal Forest of Kingswood and on to Snuff Mills.

Snuff Mills will reward you with its beautiful garden created and tended by volunteers before the river reaches Eastville Park Lake. It then begins its final section some of which is now culverted underground until finally it emerges in central Bristol at Cascade Steps to flow out into the harbour at the Arnolfini.

Historically, the river supported mills, tanneries, and other small industries, while much of its urban route has been modified for flood management. The Frome Valley Walkway takes you all the way along its 20 miles, joining together two long distance trails, the Cotswold Way and the River Avon Trail.

Links

Bristol Avon rivers Trust (BART) - www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Bristol City Council Cultural Conversations funding - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/museums-parks-sports-and-culture/arts-culture-and-events/arts-and-culture-funding

Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society - www.b-i-a-s.org.uk

Friends of Eastville Park - www.facebook.com/groups/107934965930710

Frome Valley Walkway leaflet - www.fromewalkway.org.uk/frome_valley_booklet.pdf

Snuff Mills Action Group - www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064666570279

The Big Blue Map of Bristol - www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/791-big-blue-map-of-bristol/file

Thanks also to

Andy Gee, Friends of Eastville Park

Mo Lewis, Friends of Eastville Park

Rich Scantlebury, Bird Watcher and Photographer

Credits

Series created, hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar

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