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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Visit our new Learning Centre and workshops

‘All About Abbeydale’ reveals the story behind the works, its people and their working lives

See the last complete surviving crucible steel furnace in the UK!

Follow the repair of the Hamlet’s waterwheels and machinery

Traditional crafts and skills displays showcased throughout the year

Abbeydale Works was once the largest water-powered industrial suite on the River Sheaf

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a unique eighteenth century industrial works. Catch a glimpse of life at home and at work at a rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 18th century.

Abbeydale Works was once a producer of agricultural tools and the largest water-powered industrial site on the River Sheaf. It is now a group of Grade I and Grade II listed buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

See the Manager's House and Worker's Cottage, waterwheels, workshops, tilt hammers, a grinding hull, steam engine and the last complete surviving crucible steel furnace in the UK!

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet has been restored and transformed following a 3 year £1million Heritage Lottery Funded restoration project completed in 2016.

 

***The cafe at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is currently closed for refurbishment - we look forward to welcoming you soon with a new look, great coffee and a fantastic new menu!***

What's on

Tour: Benjamin Huntsman's Crucible Steel

Take a tour of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and find out about Benjamin Huntsman’s industry-changing invention of the crucible steel method.

Learning Centre

Our fully accessible Learning Centre. Our new café is coming soon!

All About Abbeydale

Our new gallery tells the story behind the works, its people and their working lives.

The Works!

Everyone can get hand-on with history at The Works!