River Frome, Herefordshire

Frome
The river at Rowden Mill
Mouth shown within its county, Herefordshire
Location
Country	United Kingdom
County/Unitary Authority	Herefordshire
towns	Bromyard
Physical characteristics
Mouth	River Lugg
• location	facing parish of Hampton Bishop, the eastern approach to the city of Hereford
• coordinates	52°03′40″N 2°38′06″W / 52.061°N 2.635°W / 52.061; -2.635Coordinates: 52°03′40″N 2°38′06″W / 52.061°N 2.635°W / 52.061; -2.635
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	River Lodon or Lodon Brook
etymology	(to be discussed)

The River Frome is a river in Herefordshire, England. It flows through Bromyard, and Bishops Frome. Immediately below the depopulated village of Stretton Grandison its tributary, the river or brook named the Lodon, joins it. It then flows west, past Yarkhill and the farmstead or locality of Prior's Frome before its confluence with the Lugg (which skirts the north side of Hereford here) at Hampton Bishop about 2 miles (3.2 km) before the latter joins the Wye.

The river gives its name to hamlets on the high ground to the east: , Fromes Hill and Castle Frome.

In 2007, like many other rivers in England, the Frome burst its banks. This occurred at places including lower parts of Bromyard, causing homes to be evacuated. A smaller scale recurrence occurred in April and July 2012.

See also[]

• Rivers of the United Kingdom

References[]

Hereford and Leominster, Bromyard and Ledbury (OS Landranger Map Series) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8

External links[]

Media related to River Frome, Herefordshire at Wikimedia Commons