SP332 – The Geology Around Frome – What Is Beneath Your Feet?

Now available as a 10-week course! Due to popular demand, this course is returning for those who missed it the first time around, or who would like to relive it.

Find out why Cheap Street in Frome has a leat running down it. And why most historic buildings in Frome are made of limestone and not red brick. Come along and find out why Frome is famous for geology; in particular, how the Father of English Geology, William Smith (who lived and worked in the nearby area) managed to single-handedly make the world’s first map of an entire country  – England, Wales and bits of Scotland.