1. The History
Can find very little history on this place. The former Distribution Warehouse is in an area known as Hallamshire Works on Boyland Street, in the Neepsend district of Sheffield on a 1.8-acre site. The site was well-placed due to its direct access into Sheffield city centre and out to the M1 Motorway at Junction 36. A Street View capture from October 2014 shows the site being used by C&D Transport Express. A Google search also turns up A&E Transport Ltd, also a Road Haulage Services company, to be based here too. A Companies House search confirms that they were one and the same and owned by the same directors, although A&E predates C&D.
They appear to have vacated the site in early 2016 as the premises were being advertised by estate agents Frank Knight in March 2016. The photographs from back then show the site to be clean, tidy and secure and on offer at an annual rental of £67,000. After then, with lots of other choices in terms of factory space rental in the area, the site seems to have been unoccupied. However, while the brochure pictures of the site show no trailers in the yard, today there are five left behind, hinting the premises may have subsequently been let out.
2. The Explore
In the good old days Sheffield had a hat-trick of great explores (The former Law Courts, George Barnsley’s and the adjacent Cannon Brewery). Pickings are now pretty slim in the Steel City and we’re now down to here and Eagle Works just down the road in this neck of the woods. It’s a far cry from the halcyon days of exploring in Sheffield. However, with a bit of time to kill and the weather pretty decent for an October afternoon, I decided to head over here, with fairly low expectations. It’s been empty for a while and a regular hangout for the skateboarders and the graff artists. It’s a really easy in and relaxed explore, although as a former distribution centre, it’s spare in terms of fixtures and fitting and is effectively just a big empty factory space. That said, it’s quite photogenic with the graff and the crane is also a point of interest and worth half-an-hour of your time.
3. The Pictures
img3541 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The site’s yard:
img3550 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3547 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3543 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A&E Neepsend 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A&E Neepsend 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3544 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3548 by HughieDW, on Flickr
This MARS piece looks pretty fresh:
A&E Neepsend 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The loading bays round the back:
img3551 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3552 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3556 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3557 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Down the side of the factory – to the right is a skate park and the massive former Cannon Brewery site straight ahead:
img3559 by HughieDW, on Flickr
On to the main event – the main factory building:
A&E Neepsend 06 by HughieDW, on Flickr
It’s empty but pretty photogenic:
A&E Neepsend 08 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A&E Neepsend 09 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3563 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3565 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A&E Neepsend 11 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3573 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Mmmm. That looks nice!
img3574 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3575 by HughieDW, on Flickr
One of the better bits of graff:
img3570 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Finally, a few of that crane:
img3561 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img3576 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A&E Neepsend 07 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Can find very little history on this place. The former Distribution Warehouse is in an area known as Hallamshire Works on Boyland Street, in the Neepsend district of Sheffield on a 1.8-acre site. The site was well-placed due to its direct access into Sheffield city centre and out to the M1 Motorway at Junction 36. A Street View capture from October 2014 shows the site being used by C&D Transport Express. A Google search also turns up A&E Transport Ltd, also a Road Haulage Services company, to be based here too. A Companies House search confirms that they were one and the same and owned by the same directors, although A&E predates C&D.
They appear to have vacated the site in early 2016 as the premises were being advertised by estate agents Frank Knight in March 2016. The photographs from back then show the site to be clean, tidy and secure and on offer at an annual rental of £67,000. After then, with lots of other choices in terms of factory space rental in the area, the site seems to have been unoccupied. However, while the brochure pictures of the site show no trailers in the yard, today there are five left behind, hinting the premises may have subsequently been let out.
2. The Explore
In the good old days Sheffield had a hat-trick of great explores (The former Law Courts, George Barnsley’s and the adjacent Cannon Brewery). Pickings are now pretty slim in the Steel City and we’re now down to here and Eagle Works just down the road in this neck of the woods. It’s a far cry from the halcyon days of exploring in Sheffield. However, with a bit of time to kill and the weather pretty decent for an October afternoon, I decided to head over here, with fairly low expectations. It’s been empty for a while and a regular hangout for the skateboarders and the graff artists. It’s a really easy in and relaxed explore, although as a former distribution centre, it’s spare in terms of fixtures and fitting and is effectively just a big empty factory space. That said, it’s quite photogenic with the graff and the crane is also a point of interest and worth half-an-hour of your time.
3. The Pictures
The site’s yard:
This MARS piece looks pretty fresh:
The loading bays round the back:
Down the side of the factory – to the right is a skate park and the massive former Cannon Brewery site straight ahead:
On to the main event – the main factory building:
It’s empty but pretty photogenic:
Mmmm. That looks nice!
One of the better bits of graff:
Finally, a few of that crane:
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