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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a hamlet and industrial museum in Sheffield. It holds the status of a scheduled monument. Top of the 48 other places within 15 km is Chatsworth House, 13 km off.

Photo: Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Ashley Dace (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Sheffield

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Sheffield

Inside Sheffield

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is inside Sheffield’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Sheffield has 926 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Sheffield

Warmest in Sheffield are June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 2°73 mm

Feb8° / 2°65 mm

Mar10° / 3°59 mm

Apr13° / 5°58 mm

May16° / 7°54 mm

Jun19° / 10°74 mm

Jul21° / 12°64 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°64 mm

Oct14° / 7°77 mm

Nov10° / 4°83 mm

Dec7° / 2°84 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sheffield, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Sheffield. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sheffield’s full climate →

About

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.

Sheffield’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Sheffield
Official site: sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/abbeydale-industrial-hamlet

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 500,520 people, Sheffield is the largest of these 3. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Sheffield

500,520 people · 44 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Dronfield

21,161 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 4 km south of it

Holmesfield

583 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is	People	Places to visit
Sheffield	It’s in town	500,520	44
Dronfield	2.9 km southeast of it	21,161	6
Holmesfield	4 km south of it	583	3

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

A visit can add 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a historic house, from 48 places within 15 km.

Historic houseChatsworth House13 km away 2

CathedralSheffield Cathedral6.2 km away 3

CathedralCathedral Church of St Marie6 km away 4

MuseumBishop's House3.4 km away 5

GardenSheffield Botanical Gardens4.4 km away 6

MuseumWeston Park Museum5.5 km away 7

CastleSheffield Castle6.5 km away 8

MuseumKelham Island Museum6.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: what to know

Where is Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet?

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet?

Hamlet and industrial museum in Sheffield, UK.

When is the best time to visit Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet?

June to September are the warmest months in Sheffield, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet?

Within 15 km: Chatsworth House (13 km), Sheffield Cathedral (6.2 km), Cathedral Church of St Marie (6 km) and Bishop's House (3.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Cathedral: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St Marie: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bishop's House: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Botanical Gardens: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Weston Park Museum: Adrian Richardson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Castle: Gregory Deryckère, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Kelham Island Museum: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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