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***The Hamlet is currently closed until spring 2024 as we begin a two-year series of improvement works. The café, Joni, is open as usual.***
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Abbeydale Road South
Sheffield
S7 2QW
© Ian M Spooner
© Ian M Spooner
Abbeydale Works was once the biggest water-powered industrial site on the River Sheaf. This picturesque dam was the sources of that power.
Throughout the site’s history the dam was expanded from a narrow goit, or man-made watercourse, channelling the water from the river to the waterwheels to a five-acre body water at its peak.
Today the dam spans about four acres in total. It continues to power the waterwheels and is home to a wide range of local wildlife.
Abbeydale Dam
© Ian M Spooner
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Abbeydale Dam
© Ian M Spooner
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© Andy Brown
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© Ian M Spooner
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© Ian M Spooner
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Event
Forest Bathing and Foraging
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Sat 9 December 2023
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Things to See and Do
All About Abbeydale
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Continuing Display
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Things to See and Do
Counting House
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Continuing Display
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Things to See and Do
Worker’s Cottage
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Continuing Display
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Things to See and Do
Manager’s House
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Continuing Display
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