Kelham Island started life as one of the first industrial districts of Sheffield with factories and houses jostling alongside each other. At the heart of the area is the River Don and the goit that created the original ‘island’. 800 years later, Kelham Island has been named Britain’s greatest urban neighbourhood and its pubs were listed by the New York Times as one of the best places to visit in the world.
Led by local resident Anders Hanson, this tour will tell you the story of Kelham Island’s origins growing from countryside the heart of the city’s metal working industries. It will show you some of the great architecture and art such as Green Lane Works, Cornish Place and Globe Works. You’ll discover the life of one of Britain’s foremost anti-slavery campaigners, a notorious murderer, and a groundbreaking poet. At the heart of all this is the industrialists, manufacturers and workers whose wares were world famous, putting Sheffield on the map, but often at great personal cost.
