FROME FESTIVAL TREASURE HUNT

A fixture of Frome Festival’s programme, the annual Treasure Hunt challenges you to find your way around Frome with the help of mildly devious clues.

You do not need knowledge of Frome, just a keen eye and a sense of humour. All the clues are found within a reasonable distance of the town centre, some of which link to this year’s Silver Anniversary theme. So give it a go and enjoy an afternoon or two strolling around our wonderful town.

Treasure Hunt Prize

Designed by goldsmith Annette Gabbedey

We are hugely grateful to Annette Gabbedey for donating a beautiful handmade solid silver garnet Curvy Pendant, specially created for the Festival’s Silver Anniversary. Annette has generously supported the Treasure Hunt with a prize every year for 25 years

Sun 27th July
Deadline for completed entries

August
Winner announced

Carol Holt and Elaine Lavender joined forces to win this year’s Frome Festival Treasure Hunt. The prize – a silver pendant designed by local goldsmith Annette Gabbedey – was presented to the winners by Festival Co-chair Andy Jones.

The Treasure Hunt raises funds to help support the festival and gives participants the opportunity to explore hidden parts of the town, whether they are longstanding residents or new to Frome. Carol Holt reflected on the search saying, “it was nice finding bits of Frome you didn’t know existed”, with her teammate Elaine Lavender adding, “I appreciated that it followed this year’s fabric theme.”

Gavin Rea, who has created the Treasure Hunt for the past few years, explained “there were eight fully correct answers received and a large number of very near misses with the winning entry drawn from a hat. A lot of people came a bit unstuck on clue 22 – right location, but the answer I wanted was glow-worms.” Carol Holt admitted that she would not have got that question right if she hadn’t gone to the ‘Frome Heritage Tree Walk’ covering Millennium Green earlier that week as part of the festival. As a Treasure Hunt regular she also noticed something during last year’s search that helped. Both winners agreed that they’d had “great fun doing it”, with plenty of tea stops along the way.

Annette Gabbedey Goldsmiths has sponsored the Treasure Hunt from the outset as a way of giving back to the community. Carol and Elaine are looking forward to sharing the prize necklace.