Visit our new Learning Centre, café, gallery 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 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.
Look at some of our taxidermied butterflies and moths and make your own dolly-peg moth or butterfly.
Our new fully accessible Learning Centre, Waterwheels Cafe and Museum Shop.
Our new gallery tells the story behind the works, its people and their working lives.
Everyone can get hand-on with history at The Works!
Rediscover Abbeydale with so many exciting changes to explore ...
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