Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The museum forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back to at least the 13th century.

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Opening hours:
Thursday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: hamlet and industrial museum in Sheffield, UK
Also known as: “Abbeydale Works” and “Abbeydale Works Museum”
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beauchief Gardens and Dore & Totley railway station.

Beauchief Gardens

Garden

Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.

Beauchief Gardens is a small area of formal parkland in south-west Sheffield. The gardens lie between Abbeydale Road South to the north-west, the River Sheaf and the railway line to the south and Beauchief Dam to the east. Beauchief Gardens is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

Dore & Totley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dore & Totley railway station serves the south-western Sheffield suburbs of Dore and Totley in South Yorkshire, England; it is sited 4+3⁄4 miles south of Sheffield. Dore & Totley railway station is situated 2,400 feet south of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

Beauchief Abbey

Church

Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beauchief Abbey is a medieval monastic house now serving as a parish church in the southern suburbs of Sheffield, England. Beauchief Abbey is situated 2,500 feet east of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbeydale and Whirlow.

Abbeydale

Neighborhood

Abbeydale is an area of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England that follows the valley of the River Sheaf. It covers many districts of Sheffield in the south-west of the city running roughly from Heeley Bridge in the district of Heeley to Dore Road between Beauchief and Totley.

Whirlow

Suburb

Whirlow is a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England, it lies 3.7 miles south-west of the city centre. The suburb falls within the Dore and Totley ward of the City.