Fromes Hill
| Fromes Hill | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Fromes Hill Chapel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO681465 |
| Location: | 52°6’58"N, 2°28’1"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | HR8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
Fromes Hill is a small hamlet in Herefordshire, strung along a single road, the A4103 Worcester to Hereford road. The hamlet is about a mile southg of Halmond's Frome and a little over a mile south-south-east of the more substantial village of Bishops Frome.
The Herefordshire Trail walk runs past the western edge of Fromes Hill.
The population is around 350.
The hamlet has a pub (the Wheatsheaf), a restaurant, an ex army store and a church. A T34 tank sits on top of the hill.
Fromes Hill is found about 15 miles east of Hereford, seven miles north of Ledbury and 118 miles west of Worcester. The farms hereabouts grow apples and produce cider, wheat and other corn and and hops.
The Bosbury Cider Festival draws upon Fromes Hill to provide the cider produced and sold at the festival. Most of the cider and wine is produced at the Frome Valley Vineyard.
Fromes Hill Hillclimb
From 1904–1907 Fromes Hill was the location of an international hill climb.[1]
- On 30 August 1904, the main event was won by E.V. Fielder, who averaged 11.8 mph in his Wolseley 6 hp.[1]
- On 17 June 1905 the event was run over a 1,289-yard course and was won by M.H. Orr-Ewing, driving a Daimler 28/36 hp.[1]
- On 24 May 1906 the Frome's Hill, "Open" event used the 1,289-yard course and was won by a Daimler 30/40 hp.[1]
- On 3 May 1907 the 1289 yard "Open" was won by a Daimler 35 hp.[1]
- In possibly another 1907 event the Fastest Time of the Day was set by Algernon Lee Guinness (“ALG”) driving his 1905 Darracq model 200 which was equipped with a 25,422cc V8 engine and had been designed for an attempt on the Land Speed Record.