Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Sheffield counts Abbeydale Miniature Railway, an attraction, among its places to visit. Within 5 km there are 7 more places to visit. The site is in the hands of Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd.
Attraction in Sheffield
Inside Sheffield
Abbeydale Miniature Railway is inside Sheffield’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
In Sheffield the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.
Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Look also at Chatsworth House, 13 km away.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd
- Town
- in Sheffield
- Official site
- sheffieldmodelengineers.com
Its place on the map
Orange shows Abbeydale Miniature Railway; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Sheffield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Abbeydale Miniature Railway
With 500,520 people, Sheffield is the largest of the 3. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Abbeydale Miniature Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | It’s in town | 500,520 | 44 |
| Dronfield | 2.6 km southeast of it | 21,161 | 6 |
| Holmesfield | 3.6 km south of it | 583 | 3 |
After Abbeydale Miniature Railway
3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a historic house are among the 48 within 15 km.
Historic houseChatsworth House13 km away2
CathedralSheffield Cathedral6.8 km away3
CathedralCathedral Church of St Marie6.6 km away4
MuseumBishop's House4 km away5
MuseumAbbeydale Industrial Hamlet600 m away6
GardenSheffield Botanical Gardens4.9 km away7
MuseumWeston Park Museum6 km away8
CastleSheffield Castle7.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Abbeydale Miniature Railway
Where is Abbeydale Miniature Railway?
Abbeydale Miniature Railway is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Abbeydale Miniature Railway?
Attraction.
Who runs Abbeydale Miniature Railway?
Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd.
When is the best time to visit Abbeydale Miniature Railway?
June to September are the warmest months in Sheffield, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Abbeydale Miniature Railway?
Within 15 km: Chatsworth House (13 km), Sheffield Cathedral (6.8 km), Cathedral Church of St Marie (6.6 km) and Bishop's House (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 (8)
- 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
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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