River Frome, Bristol
The River Frome is a
river in
South Gloucestershire. It is not to be confused with other rivers in the south west of
England with the same name.
Twenty miles long, the River Frome rises in Dodington Park in the
Cotswolds of
Gloucestershire, then follows a roughly south-westerly route towards
Bristol. The river ends at its confluence with the
River Avon, where its last reach forms part of the
Floating Harbour. It has two main tributaries and a number of smaller ones.
Between
Stapleton and Frenchay the river drops nearly 50 ft, and as a result there were a number of corn and other mills.
Encyclopedia
The
River Frome is a
river in
South Gloucestershire. It is not to be confused with other rivers in the south west of
England with the same name.
Twenty miles long, the River Frome rises in Dodington Park in the
Cotswolds of
Gloucestershire, then follows a roughly south-westerly route towards
Bristol. The river ends at its confluence with the
River Avon, where its last reach forms part of the
Floating Harbour. It has two main tributaries and a number of smaller ones.
Between
Stapleton and Frenchay the river drops nearly 50 ft, and as a result there were a number of corn and other mills. They were
undershot mills with no mill ponds - today, all that is left is a wheel at Snuff Mills. From Frenchay Bridge to Snuff Mills the river is navigable, but only by canoe.
Where it passes through Bristol the river was prone to flooding, but a storm water channel has since been constructed to control this. It emerges from an underground
culvert at what
Bristolians call
The Centre . This culvert was recently lengthened to over two miles when a motorway spur was built.
In the mid
20th century the River Frome was known in some parts of the city as the
Danny River. The derivation, and even the spelling, of this name is uncertain.
The
Frome Valley Walkway is a 29 kilometre public path that runs almost the entire length of the river from Old Sodbury to
Bristol. The River Frome has a regionally significant population of the endangered native
white-clawed crayfish.
See also
