bradfield

The Lost Ganister and Clay Mines of Sheffield project: 2017 - to date: Part 1: Stocksbridge, Deepcar and Wharncliffe is HERE Part 2: Oughtibridge and Beeley Wood is HERE Part 3: Wadsley, Worrell HERE Part 4: Loxley Valley and Stannington HERE Part 5: Ughill and Bradfield This area has quite a...

Unfortunately can’t find any history on this place, just a couple YouTube videos and an image on Google so appreciate any help. Came across this by chance on a walk in Bradfield (after visiting the brewery) so went for a look inside. Not much to report but thought it was worth a few pictures...

1. The History On Mill Lee Road are the former water-board filter houses which filtered water from the Agden, Dale Dike (the cause of the 1864 great flood of Sheffield) and Strines reservoirs in Bradfield Dale. The filter houses were built in 1913 and extended in 1953. In 1930 the Filter House...

History The works was built in 1913 and extended in 1954, to purify water from the Strines, Dale Dike and Agden reservoirs. In 1930 it had the first telephone installed in Bradfield and served well with the Yorkshire Water Authority taking over in in 1974. The UK’s water industry became...

Me and @jack watkins arrived in the area and entered the field that we thought the post was. What we found was a large clump of thorns and brambles and under all of that (hopefully) was the post. We found a small gap in the brambles and started to crawl towards the centre of the clump. We went...

Bradfield Water Treatment Works, Lower Bradfield, South Yorkshire – July 2017 Day two of Mookster and I’s Not particularly successful Northern Road Trip. We rose stupidly early as usual and missed breakfast; it’s always way too late in the morning!!! We parked my classic Volvo in the middle...

History: The water works was built in 1913 to filter and treat water taken from the Dale Dike (the cause of the 1864 great flood of Sheffield),and Agden reservoirs in the nearby Loxley Valley. The water works was cutting edge technology in it's time and it even had the first telephone to be...

The Visit I was told about this place by some pensioner explorers who loved the street art around Sheffield, set off the week after to have a look for ourselves. Set in a lovely little village, not much left inside now but some amazing street art in there! The History The water works was...

The Visit In a rather unassuming building in a rather unassuming village, lies the Bradfield Water Works. The building itself looks a little quaint on the outside but is surprisingly large inside. For a village (or town) that it so small and secluded (it felt like it was literally in the middle...

The Visit I was told about this palce by some pensioner explorers who loved the street art around Sheffield, set off the week after to have a look for ourselves. Set in a lovely little village, not much left inside now but some amazing street art in there! The History The water works was built...

The Explore.......... Visiting family in Sheffield, decided to go for a little mooch with my nephew.........non member......as yet!!! :rolleyes: A Bit of History........... These are the former Yorkshire Water Board filter houses, which filtered water from the Agden, Dale Dike and...

Visited with a cock. Literally. This place is in such a cute wee village, like something out of Midsummer Murders. Apologies for the crap photos, I left my camera in the hotel and didn't realise until I was at my destination. So all photos taken that day on are from my phone / point...

These are the former water board filter houses which filtered water from the Agden, Dale Dike and Strines reservoirs in Bradfield Dale. The filter houses were built in 1913 and extended in 1953 before being closed in 1995 when a new water treatment works was opened in the Loxley Valley. Low...

Bradfield Filter Houses, Bradfield, Nr Sheffield. Thanks to Guybrush for the heads up on this one :thumb Bit of history: Built in 1913 and extended in 1954, it had units and filters for water from STRINES, DALE DYKE and AGDEN reservoirs. In 1930 it had the first telephone installed in...