A&E Distribution, Neepsend, Sheffield, South Yorks, October 2019

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1. The History
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 is 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. Meanwhile, a Google search also turns up A&E Transport Ltd, another Road Haulage Services company, to be based here too. A Companies House search confirms that they are 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 for 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

48885915248_3ec73d8746_b.jpgimg3541 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The site’s yard:

48885904738_1c294ecc9b_b.jpgimg3550 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886445931_e99ae40422_b.jpgimg3547 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886630407_5bcd4fb6af_b.jpgimg3543 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886677057_d836628cf2_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886676107_9315bf2e64_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885912798_4d15d7ebb4_b.jpgimg3544 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886444631_3cd0977fd3_b.jpgimg3548 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This MARS piece looks pretty fresh:

48886496796_70273e939c_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The loading bays round the back:

48886441046_a1537d9785_b.jpgimg3551 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886440011_a8c9968333_b.jpgimg3552 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886438921_2153b11529_b.jpgimg3556 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886437771_d992772fe5_b.jpgimg3557 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:

48886436991_b024a27876_b.jpgimg3559 by HughieDW, on Flickr

On to the main event – the main factory building:

48886495556_fdde28059d_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 06 by HughieDW, on Flickr

It’s empty but pretty photogenic:

48886494421_872ebe4cd8_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 08 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886493701_7ed793ebe8_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 09 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885896078_57b989ba1b_b.jpgimg3563 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886430891_d22b4201dc_b.jpgimg3565 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885954698_619b2b9d64_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 11 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885889223_6894aed6a1_b.jpgimg3573 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Mmmm. That looks nice!

48886604947_3db3c61fa7_b.jpgimg3574 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885886783_0fd840a646_b.jpgimg3575 by HughieDW, on Flickr

One of the better bits of graff:

48885892693_fcf82b71b8_b.jpgimg3570 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Finally, a few of that crane:

48886435471_cc1d3eae13_b.jpgimg3561 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48885885763_033a579d4b_b.jpgimg3576 by HughieDW, on Flickr

48886672977_ab26d66a44_b.jpgA&E Neepsend 07 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Brings back awful memories of working in cheap warehousing and in appalling conditions!
I'm guessing that that particular area is about to be redeveloped?
 
OOh thats nice for an empty shed, love a bit of overhead crane action too!
Worth a pop in when you're next up this way mate...

Brings back awful memories of working in cheap warehousing and in appalling conditions!
I'm guessing that that particular area is about to be redeveloped?
Yeah. It's quite a happening area round here at the moment. The big question is what happens to the brewery site as that has a massive footprint.
 

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