There are at least 7 different countryside walks around Frampton Cotterell / Coalpit Heath. This ‘Parish Walk’ is being made accessible for people with disabilities. Visitors alight from a bus beside the Parish Church, so the description starts here.

1. St Peter’s Church built of pennant sandstone, has a 17 ^th century tower with 19 ^th century main building, also wrought iron gate with stone posts, reinstalled from the village pound. Nearby is ‘The Globe Inn’ from 18 ^th century, which is convenient for refreshments.
2. Walk along Mill Lane, through Drew’s Yard (where a steel foundry flourishes), to reach the river beside a modernised weir. In former days there was a mill-race which activated the grind stones converting corn into flour.
3. Alongside the Frome, bushes overhang this pathway, often alive with bird song, and you may spot a kingfisher. The millpond once was here where the river is deeper, and village youngsters learned to swim.
4. Beneath deciduous trees the Frome babbles over rounded stones; remains of a fallen mill. The Frome Walkway crosses a girder bridge, but the Parish Walk turns southwards, crossing a field towards an ancient stile and gateway.
5. The stony pathway crosses arable land, leading to a kissing gate for entry into the ‘Centenary Field,’ purchased 1986 to celebrate 100 years since Parish Councils were established. It is open space with recent plantation of 1800 native trees contributing towards the Forest of Avon.
6. Some may cross the Centenary Field towards the parish church and terminate their walk. Others continue parallel to the hedge, to follow the path between bungalows then across Church Road. Go along Beaufort Road through Benson’s Estate with chalet bungalows.
7. Make a dog-leg to walk along Park Row, a tree-lined cul de sac. Come now to ‘The Park’ where may be seen a Game of cricket, rugby, or soccer, on pitches adjacent to a Sports Pavilion. Also provided is children’s play equipment, while nearby are tennis courts; skate-board ramp and netball court.
8. At the end of Park Row go through a kissing-gate to the Hilly Fields to get our best views across the Frome Valley. Walk diagonally towards the river then cross Nightingale’s Bridge, built of pennant stone and used by pack-horses during earlier centuries.
9. Having rejoined the Frome Walkway, turn northwards, close to the river as the path crosses two meadows with wooden bridge crossing a stream, then into Rectory Road.
10. Cross the river bridge, then walk across the Glebe Field, skirting another part of the ‘Forest of Avon’. This circular tour for the Parish Walk takes about an hour.