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Shop Independently / Eat Seasonally / Sleep Easily / Repeat Monthly The Frome Independent is an award winning, destination street market. We stand for talent.

We reclaim Frome’s high street once a month to showcase the best independent craftspeople, designers, makers, food producers and vintage traders in the South West. The market takes place on the first Sunday of the month from March to December and strives to be ‘more than a market’, incorporating live music, DJs, street performance, workshops and activities for children and adults alike on market days. The market is a free event for visitors and has quickly grown to be one of the most significant elements in the region’s calendar attracting over 80,000 visitors each year.

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WE ARE MORE THAN A MARKET

We stand for the best. We stand for independents. We work with independent local, seasonal and regional food and drink producers. We showcase fledgling and established contemporary designers & makers. We nurture traders of sustainable products, contemporary design products and vintage fashion, collectibles and furniture. We support Frome’s independent retailers and thinkers. Community. Culture. Conversation. We make that happen too. Come and reclaim the high street with us.

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01/11/2026

💫 And that’s a wrap on the penultimate market this year! What.A.Cracking.Day!

Huge thanks to all our lovely traders and visitors (and there were a lot of you today!), our performers (hat tip to the amazing Nanna Dik Downey), DJs, musicians and our Royal British Legion charity partner.

Once again, every month we are indebted to the amazing independent shops, cafes, pubs and venues of Frome town centre.

We couldn’t run our event without Festive Lizards, our specialist Park & Ride stewards, our first aid support and event cleaners, .

Last but not least, thank you to our event day crew and managers for another brilliant day. What a bunch of stars 🤩 💫

See you next time for the last one this year on Sunday 6th December 10am-3pm. ✨

31/10/2026

✨🎃 Coming to the market tomorrow? If you’re visiting from out of town there’s loads of information to help you plan your day on the VISIT link in our bio. 🚃 🚲️🚶🏾⁠
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🚍️ The D2 bus service runs hourly on Sundays - normal route from Bath, dropping off in Christchurch St West, by the Memorial theatre on market days. 🚌⁠
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If you really do need to bring your car please use our super convenient accessible Park & Ride service from:

🚌 Andros UK, Lullington Rd, Oldford, Frome, BA11 2NQ (Nov & Dec only)
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🚌 Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, BA11 2FH⁠
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🚌 Frome College, Bath Rd, BA11 2SA (Princess Anne Rd entrance)⁠

🚌 Frome Cricket Club BA11 2AH
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🚫 Every market Sunday Somerset Council traffic wardens issue dozens of Fixed Penalty Notices for parking offences. PLEASE be considerate of our local community and do not park on residential streets in town. Park and Ride is convenient and cheap - £3 per car 🚫 ⁠

Sunday 1st November 10am-3pm ✨

30/10/2026

✨The calm before…

A great Frome weekend! If you’re here for the market on Sunday, have a mooch around town before the streets are full of our pick of the west country’s artists, makers and producers.

Frome’s beautiful and we’re really lucky to have loads of independent retailers, cafes and venues on our doorstep all year round.

We’ll be here (throughout the town centre) 10am-3pm on Sunday. It’s 1st November! (No, really!)

25/10/2026

✨🍂 🎃 The clocks have gone back, Halloween is nearly upon us and there’s just one week until November’s The Frome Independent!

Stock up on the best local food and drink, direct from the producers - award winning c***rs, cheeses, bread, pies, pickles, brownies and baklava. Pick up a jar of Frome honey, sauerkraut, kimchi or pickle for a teatime treat. Choose a special gift of local ale, gin or liqueur with some handmade chocolates.

You’ll find hundreds of the south west’s best independent artists and makers selling jewellery, ceramics, skincare, prints, sheepskin, blankets, bags, clothing, cushions and candles.

Browse the Flea for vintage homewares and collectibles, furniture, garden ornaments and containers. Find the perfect accessory for a party outfit or a snuggly coat to keep out the chill.

Delicious street food and drink, mulled c***r and w**e, live music all day and vintage vinyl on the Village Green - join us in a week’s time for a fine Frome day out! 🎃🍂✨

Sunday 1st November 10am-3pm ✨

03/10/2026

✨Coming to the market tomorrow? If you’re visiting from out of town there’s loads of information to help you plan your day on the VISIT link in our bio. 🚃 🚲️🚶🏾⁠
⁠
🚍️ The D2 bus service runs hourly on Sundays - normal route from Bath, dropping off in Christchurch St West, by the Memorial theatre on market days. 🚌⁠
⁠
If you really do need to bring your car please use our super convenient, cheap and accessible Park & Ride service from:⁠
⁠
Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, BA11 2FH⁠
⁠
Frome College, Bath Rd, BA11 2SA (Princess Anne Rd entrance ONLY)⁠

Frome Cricket Club BA11 2AH
⁠
🚫 Every market Sunday Somerset Council traffic wardens issue dozens of Fixed Penalty Notices for parking offences. PLEASE be considerate of our local community and do not park on residential streets in town. Park and Ride is convenient and cheap 🚫 ⁠

Sunday 4th October 10am-3pm ✨

30/09/2026

✨🍂🎃 Such a pleasure to commission this glorious original design from the brilliant melanie lino for our autumn / winter season. We couldn’t be more chuffed with the result! Turns out happy cats strutting towards Sunday’s The Frome Independent is EXACTLY what we needed. 🐾🍂✨

✨Find Mel Wickham and her fabulous linocut prints along with dozens of other artists and makers on the historic Frome Bridge, this Sunday 4th October 10am-3pm ✨

27/09/2026

✨🍂 🎃 Join us next Sunday for a lovely autumnal day out at October’s The Frome Independent!

Browse hundreds of the very best local makers & artists and stock up on harvest time food and drink directly from the producers.

It’s time to start cosying up your home and wardrobe and as Sustainable Fashion Week draws to a close you’ll find lots of beautiful preloved pieces (plus expert advice) from our fabulous Flea traders.

We have a great selection of delicious street food, from cheese toasties and crumpets to Canonese dim sum. Grab a coffee or a Somerset c***r and enjoy a relaxed market mooch.

See our Market Directory for a list of our traders throughout the town centre (plus Somerset Farmers Markets) and our Visit page for travel and accessibility information (link in our bio).

See you next week! 🎃🍂✨

Sunday 4th October 10am-3pm

06/09/2026

✨What a day, Frome! Late summer sunshine and warmth, loads of lovely visitors, the best traders and our amazing town centre independent businesses.

Thanks to this month’s brilliant performers, activity providers -portraits, Zoe Clementine H-Strickland, DJs, Somerset Farmers Markets and our charity partner, Shared Earth Learning. Special shout out this month to Ginny Mojo Moves Rare Species Entertainment for a really joyful tribute to the legend that is Dolly.

As always we are grateful to our cleaners, local legends Busy Bees, our on-site medic Star Medic, our music stage technicians Nomad Live and our stewards Festive Lizards. BIG thanks as well to our market day crew and event managers who are all absolute stars 🌟

See you again next month on Sunday 4th October (October? that can’t be right?!) 🍂 ✨

05/09/2026

✨Coming to the market tomorrow? If you’re visiting from out of town there’s loads of information to help you plan your day on the VISIT link in our bio. 🚃 🚲️🚶🏾⁠
⁠
🚍️ The D2 bus service runs hourly on Sundays - normal route from Bath, dropping off in Christchurch St West, by the Memorial theatre on market days. 🚌⁠
⁠
If you really do need to bring your car please use our super convenient accessible Park & Ride service from:⁠
⁠
Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, BA11 2FH⁠
⁠
Frome College, Bath Rd, BA11 2SA (Princess Anne Rd entrance ONLY)⁠

Frome Cricket Club BA11 2AH
⁠
🚫 Every market Sunday Somerset Council traffic wardens issue dozens of Fixed Penalty Notices for parking offences. PLEASE be considerate of our local community and do not park on residential streets in town. Park and Ride is convenient and cheap 🚫 ⁠

Sunday 6th September 10am-3pm ✨

📷 Ena May 🎀

30/08/2026

✨Just one week until September’s The Frome Independent and we’ve got a lovely late summer lineup for you this month. As always, we’re bringing the best artists, makers, Flea traders and seasonal food and drink to the town centre.

As the heatwave subsides, we’ve got bursts of colour for your pots and borders in Homes & Gardens along with cut flowers, plant accessories, garden ornaments and homewares.

Browse with our selection of expert vintage and antique traders in the Flea for furniture, art, clothes and accessories, jewellery, collectibles and gardenalia.

It’s been a tough summer for lots of local growers and producers so make sure to bring your basket and stock up on delicious food and drink from our selection of traders and Somerset Farmers Markets

Our artists and makers always bring a whole load of colour and joy with them. Shop from our suitcase traders and designer/makers from Catherine Hill, through the town centre and round into Justice Lane. Find something you love from original art, prints, glass, jewellery, skincare, ceramics, leather work, home fragrances and lots more.

Live music on the Busking Stage plus the vinyl disco, 🖤Lucie Sheridan, linocuts with Zoe Clementine H-Strickland and the Sunday Art Club on the Village Green (by Frome Library).

🪩 💖 Don’t miss a special Mojo Moves style tribute to the wonderful Dolly Parton on the Village Green at 1pm. Bring your finest Dolly do and all the rhinestones for a unique 9-5 dance along 🪩💖

Sunday 6th September 10am-3pm ✨

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Frome
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Website

http://www.thefromeindependent.org.uk/

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