Catherine Street · FromeThe Frome Valentine
The Frome Valentine
Gas Lamp
The world’s only gas lamp dedicated to love.
The ceremony
Gather at dusk on Valentine’s Day
Come rain or shine. People gather from 5.30pm. At 6pm the ceremony begins, culminating with the lamplighter, in period costume and carrying a traditional pole, lighting the lamp.
There’s something romantic about gaslight and post boxes. Gaslight is like moonlight. When I realised that, it became a Valentine lamp. It took over everything.
For more than thirty years Reg Ling cared for and maintained the lamp and organised the annual lamplighting ceremony himself. In 2025 he handed the lamplighters pole to Eddie Young to continue the tradition. The Friends of the Frome Valentine Gas Lamp now keep the Valentine Lamp and the annual ceremony in trust for the people of the town.