Gentle Street is a narrow and historic street ,with many houses dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The interesting, cobbled street provides one of the main routes into town and connects Christchurch Street East to St John's Church.
Paved in its entirely with some setts and once a major entry, it goes back to the origins of frome in the 7th century . Here St Aldham trod and the saxons had a look out . Medieval men called it Hunger lane. London stage coach stopped here.
The Street is famous for a location for BBC's Poldark
To claim the virtual cache
Please name the coaching inn
Plus number on door
Go up hill from here numbers on plaque on wall of building at top of lane .
Please sent me a photo of you or your gps
In this beautiful old cobbled street
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.