Singer's Trail
This year Frome in Somerset has been celebrating the life of John Webb Singer with the heritage project Casting the World. Starting as a pupil at the local charity school and working his way up through an apprenticeship to owning his own clock and watchmaking business, Singer went on to create the foundry responsible for a huge number of famous statues , such as Boudicca and Her Daughters on the Thames Embankment, Lady Justice on the Old Bailey and Alfred at Winchester.

The Singer's Trail is a guided walk that will take in some of the important places in Singer's life, telling the story of how he came to create his famous foundry along the way.

We will meet near Boyle's Cross in the Market Place, Frome, Somerset for this walk which is about 1.3km (around threequarters of a mile) and takes about an hour and a quarter. The route loops around the town centre, climbs the hill to Christchurch Street and finishes at St John's Church. There is one set of steps, with a step-free alternative and please be aware that our route will include some steep cobbled streets.

Led by Frome Town Guide Lisa Kenwright. This walk was originally created for Casting the World by project curator Sue Bucklow. A free leaflet describing the main places on the trail is available from Discover Frome.